Irish history

The national story as RTÉ and the BBC have told it, which in Ireland is a genre of its own. Reeling in the Years does it with news footage and pop songs and no narration whatsoever, which turns out to be the most effective method anybody has found.

• The Story of Ireland (2011) ★★
• Seven Ages of Ireland (2000) ★★
• The Hunger (2020) ★★
• Reeling in the Years (1999) ★★★
• The Irish Civil War (2022) ★★★
• The Irish Revolution (2019) ★★★
• 1916 (2016) ★★★
• Daniel O'Connell: The Emancipator (2025) ★★★
• Patrick: A Slave To Ireland (2025) ★