1: The Flow of Time.
NEW Season 3, Waterways through Time with historian, Turtle Bunbury
Release Date: 02/06/2022
NEW: Episode 1 S3: Paddling the Waterways’
NEW Season 3, Waterways through Time with historian, Turtle Bunbury
Dive into this gorgeous interview with Gwen Wilkinson, who named her homemade boat ‘Minnot’ before setting out on her 400 km journey from the shores of Lough Erne to the tidal waters of the River Barrow in Ireland.
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Hidden Treasures of the Waterways
NEW Season 3, Waterways through Time with historian, Turtle Bunbury
Turtle talks with marine archaeologist, Dr Connie Kelleher, about the exciting revelations of underwater archaeology on Irish waterways from Neolithic logboats to battle debris to the treasures of the modern age.
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Boating on the Barrow
NEW Season 3, Waterways through Time with historian, Turtle Bunbury
Boating guru Cliff Reid of www.boatrips.ie discusses the glorious historical, geographical and natural elements of the River Barrow, the second-longest river in Ireland.
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The Maguires, Kings of Fermanagh
NEW Season 3, Waterways through Time with historian, Turtle Bunbury
The Maguires, Kings of Fermanagh, were once among the most prominent dynasties in the north-west of Ireland. At their peak, their fleet of white sail boats gave them complete dominance of the waterways in and around Lough Erne, where they built the first castle at Enniskillen. This is the story of their rise and all.
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The Voyage from St. James’s Gate
NEW Season 3, Waterways through Time with historian, Turtle Bunbury
Turtle talks with historian, Cathy Scuffil about one of the most iconic aspects of the Canal Age – the sight of barges laden with Guinness barrels voyaging through the Irish countryside.
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The Normans
NEW Season 3, Waterways through Time with historian, Turtle Bunbury
This episode tells the tale of the Anglo-Norman invasion through the men who built the castles of at Athlone, the Rinndown peninsula, and McDermott’s Castle on Lough Key, as well as along the Barrow, featuring a cast of warrior-bishops, Flemish wool traders and Knights Templar who dominated the waterways.
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Turlough O’Connor, King of the Water
NEW Season 3, Waterways through Time with historian, Turtle Bunbury
The extraordinary story of the O’Connor king who ruled Ireland for 35 years, during which time his extensive fleet took control of the Shannon and the Erne, built bridges and castles along the waters, and reshaped a large stretch of the Shannon region to build a new border against his enemies to the south and east.
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45 M
NEW Season 3, Waterways through Time with historian, Turtle Bunbury
Susie Coote, owner of the 45M barge, tells the story of the boat that sank on Lough Derg in 1946 with the loss of 3 of their crew, and how it was raised in 1975 by the late Donnacha Kennedy and purchased by her late father David Coote.
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The Vikings
NEW Season 3, Waterways through Time with historian, Turtle Bunbury
The golden age for Christianity in Ireland comes to an end as Vikings arrive on Irish shores and nudge their longships up the rivers to plunder the Irish interior. This episode charts the impact of the Vikings on the Shannon, the Erne, the Barrow and the Bann, with a focus on the warlord Turgesius, who ruled over Lough Ree, and the rise of High King Brian Boru.
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8: The Grand Canal Interview
NEW Season 3, Waterways through Time with historian, Turtle Bunbury
A potted history of the Grand Canal and the Barrow Navigation, as told by Alan Lindley, whose family have been on the locks at Rahan, County Offaly, since the canal was constructed in the 1790s.
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