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Season 1

  • S01E01 Dúiche Uí Néill

    • October 27, 2009
    • BBC One

    Philip Campbell visits the the O'Neill country of Tyrone and South Derry.

  • S01E02 Tír Chónaill

    • November 3, 2009
    • BBC One

    Philip Campbell visits the refurbished castle of the O'Donnells in Donegal.

  • S01E03 Breifne

    • November 10, 2009
    • BBC One

    Philip Campbell travels to Fermanagh, Cavan, Leitrim and Sligo to discover local stories.

  • S01E04 Oirghiall

    • November 17, 2009
    • BBC One

    A journey through one of the most historical and culturally rich regions of Ulster.

  • S01E05 An Dún

    • November 24, 2009
    • BBC One

    Philip Campbell explores the Glens of Antrim and the Antrim coastline.

  • S01E06 Dal Riada

    • December 1, 2009
    • BBC One

    A look at Arthur Guinness's family history and the Battle of Bloody Bridge.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Fermanagh

    • November 17, 2011
    • BBC One

    Pilib Mac Cathmhaoil is treated to mead and traditionally cooked biscuits in Fermanagh, and takes a romantic underground cruise in the Marble Arch caves

  • S02E02 An Lú

    • November 24, 2011
    • BBC One

    Tim Mullin, a former customs officer, introduces Pilib to one of Louth's most famous smuggling hotspots and recalls artefacts that were smuggled across the border

  • S02E03 Derry

    • BBC One

    Fearghal Mag Uiginn takes Pilib Mac Cathmhaoil on a tour around the famed walls of Derry to discuss their history and some of the battles they have witnessed. Plus, Dermot Kelly shares stories of the city during the Second World War

  • S02E04 Lough Neagh

    • BBC One

    Kieran Breen takes Pilib out on the lake in a replica of a traditional Lough Neagh currach that he built from scratch with friends, and politician Patsy McGlone shares the local parties' plans to rejuvenate the Lough and surrounding areas, over a spot of clay-pigeon shooting

  • S02E05 Monaghan

    • BBC One

    In Monaghan, Pilib meets Paedar Morgan who, over the years, has acquired a treasure trove of Taisce, and is introduced to the animals on his farm, including the pig and the goose who are best friends and the Ballymena Owl

  • S02E06 Arranmore

    • BBC One

    Pilib Mac Cathmhaoil returns to Arranmore for the first time in 30 years to see if the older residents still remember him from his years as a teenage student. Conversations with Nellie Bheag and Mary Lizzie make it seem like he had never left the island, and Nora Flanagan shares a local love story