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The Irish Empire

directed by: Alan Gilsenan, Dearbhla Walsh, David Roberts (IX)

: The Irish Empire
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780794200176
Format: Box set, Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0794200176
Label: Winstar
Manufacturer: Winstar
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Winstar
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 13, 2001
Running Time: 250 minutes
Sales Rank: 25778
Studio: Winstar
Theatrical Release Date: February 13, 2001



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Amazon.com:
The five-part series Irish Empire, first broadcast on BBC Ireland in 1999, offers a compelling, contemporary historical perspective on the events, people, and influences that shaped the identity of Irish culture as it expanded throughout the world. The focus is not on Ireland as a country but the Irish as a global community--an 'empire' formed by the emigration of millions of Irish natives, with pockets of culture all over the world and majority populations concentrated in England, America, and Australia. Wide-ranging in scope (despite an occasionally nagging lack of narrative cohesion), the series chronicles the expansion of Irish culture as a bona fide diaspora, grander in scale than that of almost any other ethnic group. This expansion began in the 15th and 16th centuries, intensified with the great famine of the 19th century, and continues to this day as many native Irish seek opportunities they could never find at home.

The five segments focus on a variety of topics, including the initial scattering of Irish people throughout Europe; the forging of an Irish identity throughout the world; the role of women in the expansion of Irish culture and the improvement of Ireland's native economy; the history of Irish Catholic and Protestant populations at home and abroad; and the often startling contrast between the Ireland of myth and memory and modern Ireland as it continues to keep pace with an ever-changing world. Overall, this is an epic account, filled with great pride and great sadness, with horrible crises and magnificent achievements. It's perhaps a bit too dry to achieve any kind of mainstream appeal, but this series should be considered essential viewing for anyone seeking to appreciate the fullness of Irish history and the place of Irish culture in the gene pool of humanity. --Jeff Shannon



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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Irish Empire
Very interesting documentary, broken down into the different time periods. Well narrated with a good ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Sometimes Dry, Sometimes Interesting
THE IRISH EMPIRE is actually a collection of 5 different but related programs which all look at the issue ... Read More


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