The Story of Ireland [2 Discs]

"Fergal Keane of Wild Africa and Great Railway Journeys hosts this ambitious five-part documentary program, which provides a sweeping, ambitious history of the country of Ireland. The series rests on the thesis that early 21st Century Ireland is somewhat unusual - existing as it does in an atmosphere of peace. As Keane and the program's writers remind us, such peace is entirely unique and novel for a country rooted in a long and torturous history of bloodshed and terrorism. With that as a foundation, Story of Ireland looks at the Irish as a people, and Ireland as a modernized European country. Installments, which take a chronological approach to Irish history, include: The Age of Invasions, The Age of Conquest, The Age of Revolution, The Age of Union and The Age of Nations."