Building Ireland Season 3

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3x01 Dublin Airport Terminal aired Apr 16, 2020

Architect Orla Murphy explores Dublin Airport’s first terminal building, a gem of modernist architecture constructed in the late 1930s. This iconic building ... read more

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3x02 The Transatlantic Telegraph Cable aired Apr 23, 2020

Engineer Tim Joyce tells the incredible story of the Transatlantic Telegraph Cable’s arrival in West Kerry and the launch of the so-called “Victorian interne... read more

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3x03 Copper mining the Beara Peninsula aired Apr 30, 2020

Geographer Susan Hegarty visits one of Ireland’s most remote regions to rediscover the extensive copper mines of Allihies. With our team of experts, she gets... read more

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3x04 Turlough Hill Pumped Hydro-Station aired May 07, 2020

Engineer Tim Joyce explores a world-class engineering project, a power station hidden deep inside a granite mountain in County Wicklow. On top of the mountai... read more

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3x05 Shannon Newtown aired May 14, 2020

Geographer Susan Hegarty discovers how the success of the Shannon Airport Free Trade Zone sparked the building of Ireland’s first new town in 300 years. Emer... read more

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3x06 Marino Garden Suburb aired Sep 10, 2020

In 1922, the new Irish government set about solving Dublin's housing crisis with a revolutionary housing scheme. The Marino Garden Suburb was one of the firs... read more

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