Great courses (DVD). Travel

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Explore the passionate history, world-renowned culture, breathtaking landscape, and welcoming people of the Emerald Isle

"Course number 8026."

Closed captioned for the hearing impaired

Contains 24 lectures; each lecture is approximately 30 minutes

Lecturer: Marc C. Conner, PhD, Skidmore College

DVD

Disc 1.

A destination like no other -- Prehistoric and Celtic Ireland -- Early Christian and medieval Ireland -- Ireland during the protestant ascendancy -- From the Easter Rising to the present day -- Dublin's fair city --

Disc 2.

Dublin today, South and North of the Liffey -- Churches of Dublin -- Museums of Dublin -- Day trips from Dublin -- Kilkenny, the Rock of Cashel, and Cahir -- Exploring Cork --

Disc 3.

Killarney and the Ring of Kerry -- Dingle Peninsula -- North Kerry, from Tralee to the Shannon -- Clare and Galway, the heart of the West -- Travelling Ireland's northwest -- Ireland of W.B. Yeats --

Disc 4.

Irish revival in literature and art -- James Joyce's Ireland -- Experiencing Belfast -- Northern Ireland beyond Belfast -- Pub life and traditional Irish music -- Ireland in film and sport