Croagh Patrick to Beal Derrig
A visit to the Atlantic shore of Ireland's north west coast, including Clew Bay and the oldest farm in the British Isles.
Coast ventures to brand new territory, the storm-battered Atlantic shore of Ireland's majestic north west coast. r>
Local legend says that Clew Bay has 365 islands, one for each day of the year; Nick Crane investigates how this astonishingly beautiful and unusual landscape was created when Ireland was covered in ice.
Neil Oliver discovers how the infamous 16th-century pirate queen Grace O'Malley turned her coastal home into an impregnable fortress.
And Alice Roberts unearths the remarkable remains of the oldest farm in the British Isles, a complex system of walls and houses laid out before Stonehenge. These Stone Age ruins have been buried in the peat for over 5,000 years.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Producer | Steve Evanson |
Director | Chris Rushton |
Presenter | Neil Oliver |
Participant | Nicholas Crane |
Participant | Alice Roberts |
Director | Chris Rushton |
Broadcasts
- Sun 12 Feb 2012 16:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Sat 26 May 2012 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Sun 3 Feb 2013 13:55
- Wed 20 Feb 2013 16:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Thu 20 Jun 2013 19:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Scotland
- Sat 1 Feb 2014 17:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Wales
- Fri 7 Mar 2014 00:35Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Wales
- Fri 30 May 2014 21:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Wales
- Sat 29 Aug 2015 20:25Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Wales
- Thu 19 Nov 2015 00:35Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Wales
- Tue 23 Feb 2016 13:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Wales
- Thu 24 Nov 2016 13:00
- Tue 9 Jan 2018 13:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Wales
- Tue 16 Jul 2019 07:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland
- Sun 25 Oct 2020 13:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland
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