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Waterways through Time, Season 2

Waterways through Time, Season 2

By: Turtle Bunbury Histories
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 In Season 2 of Waterways through Time, historian Turtle Bunbury continues his journey through the Waterways of Time as he further explores the rich history of Ireland’s waterways. With an instinct for quirky details, he brings us the story of the terror-inducing Viking leader Thorgesius and the Norman warlords who seized control of the Shannon, the Barrow and the other major leaders. We meet Turlough O’Connor, one of the most powerful kings of Connaught, and learn how he changed the landscape of the Shannon region. And we bring the story forward to the Protestant Reformation and the Jacobite wars. Season 2 also features interviews with Susie Coote, owner of the 45M barge, historian Cathy Scuffil about the days when boats laden with Guinness voyaged through the Irish countryside and the marine archaeologist, Dr Connie Kelleher about what’s hidden in the waterways and life on a traditional open Irish boat with Cliff Reid.2024 World
Episodes
  • NEW Episode 8, Season 3, The Navvys

    NEW Episode 8, Season 3, The Navvys
    Jul 18 2024

    Turtle is joined by Ultan Cowley who shares his insights into the daily lives, motivations and semi-mythological reputations of the Irish navvies who built the canals, and how their successors built Britain’s railways, motorways and the Channel Tunnel.

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    36 mins
  • NEW Episode 7, Season 3, The Royal Canal

    NEW Episode 7, Season 3, The Royal Canal
    Jul 11 2024

    Started on the eve of the French Revolution, the Royal Canal is Ireland’s longest manmade waterway running for 145 km (90 miles) from Dublin to the River Shannon. Here Turtle tells the colourful story of its founders Long John Binns and William Cope, and looks at why it took almost 30 years to finish the project.

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    36 mins
  • NEW Episode 6, Season 3: 30 Year Anniversary of the Shannon-Erne Waterway/

    NEW Episode 6, Season 3: 30 Year Anniversary of the Shannon-Erne Waterway/
    Jul 4 2024
    It is now 30 yrs since the completion of the Shannon-Erne waterway, linking the Shannon and Erne river systems. It was a pioneering project in many ways, not least as one of the first major collaborative efforts between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Turtle talks with renowned engineer Joe Gillespie, the main OPW representative on the project, for a reflection on how the transformational waterway came about.
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    33 mins
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