Great Lighthouses of Ireland Witnesses to History (Season 1, Episode 3)
TV Episode | 52 min | Documentary

Great Lighthouses of Ireland

Witnesses to History (Season 1, Episode 3)

TV Episode | 52 min | Documentary

Als Wächter der Küste waren die Leuchttürme auch Zeugen der verheerenden Seegefechte während des Ersten Weltkriegs. Damals lieferten ihre Wärter detaillierte Berichte über das Geschehen. Und im Zweiten Weltkrieg ist der Wetterbericht des ...See moreAls Wächter der Küste waren die Leuchttürme auch Zeugen der verheerenden Seegefechte während des Ersten Weltkriegs. Damals lieferten ihre Wärter detaillierte Berichte über das Geschehen. Und im Zweiten Weltkrieg ist der Wetterbericht des Wärters von Blacksod, Ted Sweeney, ausschlaggebend für den Tag der Landung der Alliierten in der Normandie, dem D-Day. See less

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13 cast members

Name	Known for
Jim Norton Narrator Narrator See fewer	Straw Dogs (1971)
Michael Kennedy Self - Royal Irish Academy (as Dr. Michael Kennedy) Self - Royal Irish Academy (as Dr. Michael Kennedy) See fewer	Great Lighthouses of Ireland (2018)
Gerry Sweeney Self - Former Lighthouse Keeper Self - Former Lighthouse Keeper See fewer	Great Lighthouses of Ireland (2018)
Evelyn Cusack Self - Met Éireann Self - Met Éireann See fewer	Fáilte Towers (2008)
Derry Keogh Self - Local Historian, Ballycotton Self - Local Historian, Ballycotton See fewer	Great Lighthouses of Ireland (2018)
John Gore-Grimes Self - Former Commissioner, Irish Lights Self - Former Commissioner, Irish Lights See fewer	Great Lighthouses of Ireland (2018)
Mary Keenan Self (as Sister Mary Keenan) Self (as Sister Mary Keenan) See fewer	Great Lighthouses of Ireland (2018)
Pete Hodges Self - PDG Helicopters (as Captain Pete Hodges) Self - PDG Helicopters (as Captain Pete Hodges) See fewer	Great Lighthouses of Ireland (2018)
Robert McCabe Self - Director of Operations, Irish Lights (as Captain Robert McCabe) Self - Director of Operations, Irish Lights (as Captain Robert McCabe) See fewer	Great Lighthouses of Ireland (2018)
Fergus Sweeney Self Self See fewer	Great Lighthouses of Ireland (2018)
Karl Dönitz Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	U-Boat, Course West! (1941)
Dwight D. Eisenhower Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945)
Adolf Hitler Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)