Building Ireland - Season 3

Building Ireland - Season 3

Season 3

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DatesApr 16, 2020 - Sep 10, 2020
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Episodes

Dublin Airport Terminal
Season 3Episode 130 min

Dublin Airport Terminal

Architect Orla Murphy explores Dublin Airport’s first terminal building, a gem of modernist architecture constructed in the late 1930s. This iconic building heralded the birth of Modernist Irish architecture and was the gateway to an era of international air travel for an island nation. Now 80 years old, the terminal building embodies a spirit of innovation and ambition still evident at Dublin Airport.
Apr 16, 2020
The Transatlantic Telegraph Cable
Season 3Episode 230 min

The Transatlantic Telegraph Cable

Engineer Tim Joyce heads to Valentia Island in Kerry, investigating how the Transatlantic Telegraph Cable transformed the island into a telecommunications hub with an impact compared to the advent of the internet

Apr 23, 2020
Copper mining the Beara Peninsula
Season 3Episode 330 min

Copper mining the Beara Peninsula

Geographer Susan Hegarty heads to the western tip of the Beara Peninsula as she explores former copper mines in Allihies, Co Cork

Apr 30, 2020
Turlough Hill Pumped Hydro-Station
Season 3Episode 430 min

Turlough Hill Pumped Hydro-Station

Engineer Tim Joyce explores the innovative engineering of Turlough Hill Pumped Hydro-Station, which is hidden deep inside a granite mountain in Wicklow

May 7, 2020
Shannon Newtown
Season 3Episode 530 min

Shannon Newtown

Geographer Susan Hegarty discovers how the success of the Shannon Airport Free Trade Zone sparked the building of Ireland's first new town in 300 years

May 14, 2020
Marino Garden Suburb
Season 3Episode 630 min

Marino Garden Suburb

In 1922, the new Irish government set about solving Dublin's housing crisis with a revolutionary housing scheme. The Marino Garden Suburb was one of the first schemes in Europe to provide high quality public housing with spacious gardens and parkland. 1500 houses were ultimately built to a range of innovative architectural designs and they are just as desirable today as they were in the 1920s.
Sep 10, 2020

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