Great Lighthouses of Ireland

Great Lighthouses of Ireland

Documentary 2019

Available on Prime Video, Amazon Freevee, Plex

This series tells the fascinating story of Ireland's lighthouses and their continuing importance in modern Irish life. Visually spectacular the series features stunning footage of Ireland's lighthouses and reveals how Ireland became a world leader in lighthouse engineering.

Documentary 2019

TV-G

Starring Jim Norton

EPISODE 1

A Nation Surrounded

The Hook Head lighthouse : The oldest operating lighthouse in the world.

50 min · Jul 11, 2019 TV-G
EPISODE 2

Feats of Engineering

The Calf and Bull Rock lighthouses: how mountainous seas destroyed the Calf Rock lighthouse and the construction of the lighthouse on Bull Rock.

50 min · Jul 16, 2019 TV-G
EPISODE 3

Witnesses to History

The First World War, The sinking of the Lusitania, The D-Day Weather Report, Irish lighthouses and Mét Éireann.

51 min · Jul 16, 2019 TV-G
EPISODE 4

A Bright Future

The advent of the helicopter and automation.

48 min · Jul 16, 2019 TV-G

Jim Norton

Narrator
Frank Delaney

Director
Frank Delaney

Writer

About

Great Lighthouses of Ireland

DOCUMENTARY

This series tells the fascinating story of Ireland's lighthouses and their continuing importance in modern Irish life. Visually spectacular the series features stunning footage of Ireland's lighthouses and reveals how Ireland became a world leader in lighthouse engineering.

Information

Studio: Special Broadcasting Service
Released: 2019
Rated: TV-G

Languages

Original Audio: English, English (United Kingdom)
Subtitles: English (United States) (SDH)