Ireland's Rising: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In Ireland's Rising, a new four part series for RTÉ One, four household names will return to their home/ancestral county to explore its connections with 1916. Anne Doyle, Ryan Tubridy, Jim McGuinness and Fiona Shaw will travel to Wexford, Galway, Donegal and Cork to learn about their county's circumstances in 1916 and to discover how each county is planning to commemorate the centenary. They will find out what was going on during that fateful week in April, how their own family lived at the time and will meet with people who are commemorating the nation's turning point in diverse and creative ways. Their assumptions will be challenged as they find out how the events of Easter week weren't just limited to Dublin and the GPO, hopefully prompting every county in the country to reflect on their own connections with 1916.

Series details

• Title: Ireland's Rising
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: History
• Premiere date: 2015-11-29
• Final broadcast date listed: 2015-12-20
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: RTÉ ONE
• Network country: Ireland
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 64742
• IMDb ID: tt4631560
• TVDB ID: 303567

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2015-11-29; final listed air date 2015-12-20; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from Ireland's Rising on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.