Ann Marie Horan
Narrator
Irish Love Stories (2021)
Season 1
Examines a variety of some of the greatest romances between the most iconic lovers ever to shape Ireland's history. A famous Irish love story is followed and anchored with a tangible item that represents the relationship in each story.
Released Jan. 13, 2021
Episode 25 min
None+
S1E1 - Mícheál Ó Coileáin & Kitty Kiernan
Michael Collins and Kitty Kiernan kept their love alive through the 300 letters they exchanged between 1919 and 1922.
Jan. 13, 2021, midnight
S1E2 - Robert Emmet & Sarah Curran
The doomed love affair between the Irish patriot Robert Emmet and Sarah Curran that took place during the Irish rebellion of 1803.
Jan. 20, 2021, midnight
S1E3 - Oscar Wilde & Lord Alfred Douglas
Irish playwright Oscar Wilde's illicit love affair with Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas in Victorian London cost him his family, his livelihood, his fame and his life. Wilde threw every caution to the wind in this reckless relationship.
Jan. 27, 2021, midnight
S1E4 - Eibhlín Dubh & Art Ó Laoghaire
The tragic tale of the greatest poem ever composed in the Irish oral tradition. Caoineadh Art Uí Laoghaire was composed by Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill for the great love of her life, Art, who took a stand against the Penal Laws in Ireland.
Feb. 3, 2021, midnight
S1E5 - Maud Gonne & WB Yeats
Ireland's most famous unrequited love story. Activist Maud Gonne was WB Yeats' great muse and love of his life, inspiring some of his finest poetry, including No Second Troy, a prime example of the enduring nature of troubled love stories.
Feb. 10, 2021, midnight
S1E6 - Gráinne Ní Mháille & Risteárd an Iarainn
An epic love story during a time of great change and upheaval in 16th century Gaelic Ireland. Grace O'Malley forges a path to power and leadership by land and by sea in the West of Ireland with her husband, Iron Richard Bourke.
Feb. 17, 2021, midnight
TG4
25 min/ep
300 min
Jan. 13, 2021
Oct. 11, 2023, midnight
Returning Series
NR
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