In Ireland the past is always with you. Ruins of homes and holy places dominate the landscape. Deserted by man, many now house wilder inhabitants - creatures that live too in a landscape of the mind.
From the arrival of the first people 9,000 years ago through the coming of Christianity and beyond, myths and legends have enriched the reality of Erin's wildlife. Seen through the eyes of the country's leading wildlife film-maker Eamon de Buitlear, this is a story in which Ireland's natural and human history are intertwined.
BBC Bristol
Earthwatch: page 83
(Ceefax subtitles)