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  • 2015-03-16T19:00:00Z on BBC One
  • 30m
  • 2h (4 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • Documentary
Martha Kearney walks in the footsteps of 19th-century artist and geologist Georges Victor Du Noyer who spent his life charting the landscape, people and buildings of Ireland.

4 episodes

Series Premiere

2015-03-16T19:00:00Z

1x01 Bog of Allen

Series Premiere

1x01 Bog of Allen

  • 2015-03-16T19:00:00Z30m

In this first episode, Martha introduces us to Du Noyer's work. She enjoys his impressions of Glendalough - a place close to the hearts of her own parents. She gets wet at the Bog of Allen. And she marvels at the majesty of the Old Head of Kinsale.

2015-03-23T19:00:00Z

1x02 Dunluce Castle

1x02 Dunluce Castle

  • 2015-03-23T19:00:00Z30m

In this episode, Martha travels north, taking in the extraordinary beauty of Dunluce Castle, and onwards to Mussenden Temple - only a romantic would expect to find a house here and only a lunatic would build it. She marvels at how Belfast was shaped by the Victorians. She visits Kearney Point on the Ards Peninsula to find out what's in a name. And she journeys south to Dunmoe, overlooking the site of the Battle of the Boyne.

2015-03-30T18:00:00Z

1x03 Rock of Cashel

1x03 Rock of Cashel

  • 2015-03-30T18:00:00Z30m

In this episode Martha examines places of power in Ireland as seen through Du Noyer's eyes. She traces the movement of power from Newgrange, through the Rock of Cashel, sees the magnificent Waterford Charter Roll, and ends up at the sumptuous Castletown House.

2015-04-07T18:00:00Z

1x04 Blasket Islands

1x04 Blasket Islands

  • 2015-04-07T18:00:00Z30m

In her final journey, Martha hits the spiritual trail, starting with the Blasket Islands off the coast of Kerry. In the Dingle Peninsula, Du Noyer discovered clocháns - stone beehive huts. Martha heads north on a spiritual trail, taking in the islands of the Fermanagh Lakelands - White Island, Boa Island and the renowned Station Island.

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