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With contributions drawing from genetics and archaeology we piece together the fascinating jigsaw of Ireland's earliest inhabitants.
We begin this episode by taking a snapshot of Europe in the year 1,000 and Ireland's place within it. We trace the story of the Normans, or as they called themselves, the English.
Between 1600 and 1700, continental Europe was the main destination for tens of thousands of Irish migrants. This was the first Irish diaspora.
Two million Irish people emigrated in the immediate aftermath of the Famine.
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