Building Ireland

Building Ireland

The Transatlantic Telegraph Cable (3x2)


Air date: Apr 23, 2020

Engineer Tim Joyce tells the incredible story of the Transatlantic Telegraph Cable’s arrival in West Kerry and the launch of the so-called “Victorian internet”. Engineer Brian McManus examines the innovative Irish science that rescued the project from disaster, and architect Orla Murphy tours the bespoke Victorian campus that sprang up around the cable station.

  • Premiered: Jul 2014
  • Episodes: 18
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  • Ended
  • RTÉ One
  • Thursday at 20