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Building Ireland - Episode Guide

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The Transatlantic Telegraph Cable

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Apr 23, 2020

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Engineer Tim Joyce heads to Valentia Island in Kerry, investigating how the Transatlantic Telegraph Cable transformed the island into a telecommunications hub with an impact compared to the advent of the internet

Copper mining the Beara Peninsula

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Apr 30, 2020

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Geographer Susan Hegarty heads to the western tip of the Beara Peninsula as she explores former copper mines in Allihies, Co Cork

Turlough Hill Pumped Hydro-Station

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: May 7, 2020

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Engineer Tim Joyce explores the innovative engineering of Turlough Hill Pumped Hydro-Station, which is hidden deep inside a granite mountain in Wicklow

Shannon Newtown

Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: May 14, 2020

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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

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