From that Small Island

From that Small Island

2025•50m•8.0/10

Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb

8.0/10(2)

Tells the fascinating history of an island people who have truly left their mark on the world. 6 million people live on the island of Ireland, but over 80 million people worldwide say they are Irish. What does that mean? How have we been shaped by our history? Our geography? Where did we come from? Where did we go? These questions are at the heart of this series.

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Production

COCO Television

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

June 8, 2025

Last Aired

June 29, 2025

Networks

RTÉ One

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

US

No providers available for this region.

Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

From the Beginning

E1

From the Beginning

Air date: 2025-06-08

Documentary piecing together the jigsaw of Ireland's earliest inhabitants, with contributions drawing from genetics and archaeology

Contested Identities - The Coming Of The English

E2

Contested Identities - The Coming Of The English

Air date: 2025-06-15

Examining the ways in which Ireland changed after the arrival of the Normans, the catastrophes caused by the Black Death and the Protestant reformation in the Tudor era.

New Worlds - The First Irish Diaspora

E3

New Worlds - The First Irish Diaspora

Air date: 2025-06-22

Between 1600 and 1700, continental Europe was the main destination for tens of thousands of Irish migrants. This was the first Irish diaspora.

From the Famine to the Future

E4

From the Famine to the Future

Air date: 2025-06-29

Two million Irish people emigrated in the immediate aftermath of the Famine.

Cast

Colin Farrell

Colin Farrell

Narrator

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