Name: The Normans Are Coming
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 25 min

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The state of Ireland and its castles during the 19th and 20th centuries, including the personal, military, social and family stories behind the buildings.

Tales of Irish Castles

End of Empire

Gothic castles include Dublin Castle, Tullynally Castle and Birr Castle -- home of one of the largest telescope in the world; Charleville Castle undergoes re-building with the help of international volunteers.

A Taste for Gothic

Strategic military castles in Limerick, Birr, Kilkenny and Athlone; ruins of Aughrim Castle, the site where the bloodiest battle on Irish soil took place.

A Century of Turmoil

The haunted castle in Leap; the first castle to be besieged by cannon fire in Maynooth; love story of Dunluce and Clonony Castle.

The Fightback

The expansion of the Norman castle building throughout the 13th and 14th centuries.

Don't Mess With a Knight

The political state of Ireland in the 12th century, which led to the invasion of the Normans.

The Normans Are Coming

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