00:09I'm traveling back in time to an Ireland we would not recognize today. It's remarkable
00:17to think that 16,000 years ago Ireland looked something like this. It was a frozen land
00:25where no humans or animals could live. An incredibly desolate and empty place.
00:34So how did Ireland evolve into the green and pleasant land we have today? How
00:39did Ireland change from this frozen landscape? We can now tell that story, the
00:44story of how our island became Ireland.
00:52It's a journey that will take me from the frozen wastes of Iceland to the lush
00:57coastline of northern Spain as I piece together the clues. You may have to throw
01:02away some of your most cherished ideas and myths about the Irish landscape.
01:07It's a remarkable story and thanks to modern science, we can tell it for the first time.
01:14I will also be traveling in the footsteps of one of Ireland's greatest scientists,
01:19Robert Lloyd Prager, and updating his work. As new scientific discoveries are finally
01:27revealing the secrets of the Irish landscape.
01:42Secrets of the Irish landscape starts Sunday May 5th on RTE1 television and the book to accompany
01:48the series will be available shortly.
01:55Secrets of the Irish landscape starts Sunday May 5th on RTE1 television and the book to accompany
