In the last of four programmes 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.
4: A House Divided-1893-1921
We hereby proclaim the Irish Republic as a sovereign independent state and pledge our lives to the cause of its freedom. (PATRICK PEARSE ) We must be prepared, the morning Home Rule passes, ourselves to become responsible for the government of Ulster.
(EDWARD CARSON )
With JIM NORTON , KEVIN FLOOD, J. G. DEVLIN , MICHAEL TUDOR BARNES, ROSIN DONAGHY and ALARIC COTTER
Producer HELEN FRY
(Repeated: Friday 11.5 am)