A series of four programmes in which Magnus Magnusson investigates some of the strands and threads in the history of Ireland, with the evidence of the people who lived it and created it.
2: The Protestant Ascendancy 1693-1890
1 love the Roman Catholic. I am a friend to his liberty but only inasmuch as his liberty is entirely consistent with your ascendancy and the strength and freedom of the protestant community.
(HENRY GRATTAN)
With JIM NORTON , KEVIN FLOOD PADDY STEPHENS ,
ANTHONY NEWLANDS , MICHAEL HARBOUR and GAVIN CAMPBELL
Producer HELEN FRY
(Repeated: Friday 11.5 am)