FROM THAT SMALL ISLAND – The story of the Irish is a four-part documentary series which tells the story of the Irish from the very first inhabitants to the present day, tracing the ebb and flow of people into and out of the island.
Who are the Irish? Where did they come from? Where do they go? 6 million people live on the island of Ireland, but over 80 million people worldwide say they are Irish. What does that mean? Why, in a totally unprecedented manner, does the whole world turn green on St Patrick’s Day?
Brought to you by the same team behind the multi-award winning series 1916, FROM THAT SMALL ISLAND – The story of the Irish is a COCO Content production written and produced by Bríona Nic Dhiarmada and directed by Rachael Moriarty and Peter Murphy. Shot on location in 17 countries worldwide, the series provides a compelling narrative of Ireland and the Irish. It is narrated by Colin Farrell and the original score is by Colm Mac Con Iomaire.
Episode 1
From the beginning…
Narrated by Colin Farrell, episode 1 brings us face to face with an ancestor from 4,000 years ago as we trace over 8,000 years of human habitation of the island.
Who are the Irish and where did we come from? These are the animating questions at the heart of Episode 1 as we piece together the fascinating jigsaw of Ireland’s earliest inhabitants. We join archaeologists searching deep in caves on the trail of the earliest humans and then trace our early peoples from hunter gatherers to the first farmers of Céide Fields on the rugged coast of North Mayo to the Celtic speaking people who succeeded them. We will also, for the first time on television, come face to face with Rathlin Man, one of our genetic ancestors, as we reveal the outcome of a facial reconstruction made possible due to advances in the sequencing of ancient DNA. Rathlin Man lived over 4 thousand years ago.
