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How Irish missionaries brought literacy and technology to Scotland and England.

Dan Snow reveals how the Irish saved Britain from cultural oblivion in the Dark Ages, as missionaries brought literacy and technology to Scotland and England.

Provocative two-part documentary in which Dan Snow blows the lid on the traditional Anglo-centric view of history and reveals how the Irish saved Britain from cultural oblivion during the Dark Ages. 

He follows in the footsteps of Ireland's earliest missionaries as they venture through treacherous barbarian territory to bring literacy and technology to the future nations of Scotland and England.

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Dan Snow reveals how the Irish saved Britain from cultural oblivion during the Dark Ages.

Provocative two-part documentary in which Dan Snow reveals how the Irish saved Britain from cultural oblivion during the Dark Ages.

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