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Croagh Patrick to Beal Derrig

A visit to the Atlantic shore of Ireland's north west coast, including Clew Bay and the oldest farm in the British Isles.

Coast ventures to brand new territory, the storm-battered Atlantic shore of Ireland's majestic north west coast. r>
Local legend says that Clew Bay has 365 islands, one for each day of the year; Nick Crane investigates how this astonishingly beautiful and unusual landscape was created when Ireland was covered in ice.

Neil Oliver discovers how the infamous 16th-century pirate queen Grace O'Malley turned her coastal home into an impregnable fortress.

And Alice Roberts unearths the remarkable remains of the oldest farm in the British Isles, a complex system of walls and houses laid out before Stonehenge. These Stone Age ruins have been buried in the peat for over 5,000 years.

14 minutes

Credits

RoleContributor
ProducerSteve Evanson
DirectorChris Rushton
PresenterNeil Oliver
ParticipantNicholas Crane
ParticipantAlice Roberts
DirectorChris Rushton

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