The Arts Past and Present: Ireland - for iPad/Mac/PC

The Arts Past and Present: Ireland - for iPad/Mac/PC

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Do we use our buildings to declare who we are? How far does our heritage influence our collective identity? This insightful album reveals Ireland's shifting attitudes towards its cultural heritage. In 1922 when it broke free of British rule to become an i

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    • Feb 9, 2010 LATEST EPISODE
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    The Arts Past and Present: Ireland

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2010 1:43


    A short introduction to this album.

    Transcript -- The Arts Past and Present: Ireland

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2010


    Transcript -- A short introduction to this album.

    Transcript -- Attitudes to architectural heritage

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2008


    Rebuilding after the rebellion

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2008 4:21


    How the new government abandoned certain buildings but chose to preserve others after the rebellion and the civil war.

    Transcript -- Rebuilding after the rebellion

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2008


    Transcript -- How the new government abandoned certain buildings but chose to preserve others after the rebellion and the civil war.

    Ancient heritage

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2008 5:42


    How the Irish free state restored ancient sites to consciously reconnect with a more glorious past.

    Transcript -- Ancient heritage

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2008


    Transcript -- How the Irish free state restored ancient sites to consciously reconnect with a more glorious past.

    Nineteenth century romantic reinvention

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2008 4:54


    Transcript -- Nineteenth century romantic reinvention

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2008


    Cashel Castle, Tipperary

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2008 1:36


    The ancient monuments at Cashel provide a sense of a romantic past without oppressors.

    Transcript -- Cashel Castle, Tipperary

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2008


    Transcript -- The ancient monuments at Cashel provide a sense of a romantic past without oppressors.

    The fate of country houses

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2008 3:59


    Transcript -- The fate of country houses

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2008


    Transcript -- Why the big estates symbolised the old regime, and so were burned, stripped and redistributed.

    Castletown House

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2008 3:37


    Appreciating the stately home as a monument to Irish craftsmanship and acheivement.

    Transcript -- Castletown House

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2008


    Transcript -- Appreciating the stately home as a monument to Irish craftsmanship and acheivement.

    Changing attitudes to restoration

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2008 6:18


    Transcript -- Changing attitudes to restoration

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    Transcript -- St Mary's church becomes a trendy bar: how Ireland has moved on.

    Unravelling the issues

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2008 8:52


    Anne Laurence, a History Professor at Open University, explains the significance of Ireland's built heritage to the reconstruction of its national identity.

    Transcript -- Unravelling the issues

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2008


    Transcript -- Anne Laurence, a History Professor at Open University, explains the significance of Ireland's built heritage to the reconstruction of its national identity.

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