BUILDING IRELAND
Image Name: Building Ireland S3 Architect Orla Murphy in front of Transatlantic Telegraph Cable Company Houses 2 Valentia Co. Kerry
Image Name: Building Ireland S3 Engineer Tim Joyce in Valentia for Transatlantic Telegraph Cable Valentia Co. Kerry 6
Broadcast Details: Thursday 23rd April, 8.00pm
Engineer Tim Joyce heads to Valentia Island in Kerry, to investigate how the Transatlantic Telegraph Cable transformed the island into a telecommunications hub with an impact compared to the advent of the internet.
Episode 2 – The Transatlantic Telegraph Cable
The giant cable was dubbed ‘the engineering triumph of its age’ and created the world’s first transcontinental communications system with an impact compared to the advent of the internet. Laying the cable in the depths of the Atlantic proved to be hugely problematic but once operational, it transformed Valentia Island. The remote south-west corner of Ireland became the European hub of the Victorian telecoms industry.
