Dutch crew film in Cork

The story of Ireland’s past is being told through Cork’s experience of famine, emigration, and revolution in a Dutch TV show filmed over the past week.

Although it is not strictly a travel programme, viewers on the Netherlands’ NPO2 channel will see a range of attractions highlighting the county and the country’s history and heritage.

Presenter Fons de Poel tries in each episode of the programme to find the soul of a country he visits, and Cork was chosen for its key role in the formative years of the Irish revolution a century ago.