Irish place-names can reveal a lot about our history, heritage and folklore and that’s what I’m going to touch on in this video as I explore 6 Irish places and examine what their name means. As you will see there is a strong connection to nature and the land as well.

In this video we are going to learn about some of the key historical moments that took place on the road to Irish Independence from the 1801 Act of Union to the declaration of a Republic in 1949. We will learn some Irish words and phrases as well as learning a little bit of Irish […]

Ireland’s Risings: from the Battle of Clontarf 1014 to the Easter Rising 1916: For centuries the Irish stood proud and fought against tyranny. As history has recorded and as the brave souls of the 24th of April 1916 proved, it is only a matter of time until someone else stands up to the tyranny that […]

A TG4 produced documentary on the conflict between the personalities of trade union leader Jim Larking and millionaire employer William Martin Murphy.

From 1840s until 1970s Dublin was blighted with the worst slums in all of Europe. Generation after generation of poor Dubliners would be forced into the disease ridden tenements to survive. This is the first documentary of note to tackle this sad and under-reported subject.

Broadcaster, historian and Irish Republican Éamonn Mac Thomáis tours his favourite parts of historical Dublin in the 1979 TV series 'Dublin - A Personal View'.

Broadcaster, historian and Irish Republican Éamonn Mac Thomáis tours his favourite parts of historical Dublin in the 1979 TV series 'Dublin - A Personal View'.

From 1840s until 1970s Dublin was blighted with the worst slums in all of Europe. Generation after generation of poor Dubliners would be forced into the disease ridden tenements to survive. This is the first documentary of note to tackle this sad and under-reported subject. This episode deals with the beginnings of the slums in the 18th and 19th century and introduces the Winston family, one of the last families to live on Henrietta street.

A look at the critical state of public housing in Dublin in 1964. Reporter John O’Donoghue talks to people who are being moved from their city centre homes to new houses in the suburbs. The film opens with a row of dilapidated cottages in Dublin city centre. Reporter John O’Donoghue describes how people have been moving out of these cottages to new homes. There are various shots of run down Georgian houses in Dublin. John O’Donoghue talks with women who are being moved out of their city centre homes which have been condemned and with families who are being housed in an army barracks by the Dublin Health Authority. They describe the conditions they are living in and their chances of getting a home of their own. John O’Donoghue talks to one man who moved out of the barracks because of the conditions there and is now living in a tent to protest at the lack of housing in Dublin. A woman describes how she and her husband moved back from England but has not been able to get a house and now two of her children are sick in hospital. The final part of the film looks at newly built corporation houses in Finglas and talks to the residents who have moved there from the city centre. The families speak about their new lives and new homes.