Sloinne

8:30 PM to 9:30 PM

Sunday 11 May

Fitzgerald

Season 2 Episode 1 of 7

A deep dive behind the stories of Ireland's most famous surnames, continuing with the history of the name Fitzgerald, or Mac Gearailt in Irish. Rónán Mac Gearailt, a lecturer at ATU who grew up in Galway City, learns about Thomas Fitzgerald who was JFK's great grandfather and Stella Bass talks about famous singer Ella Fitzgerald. Professor Micheál Ó Siochrú takes the history of the Mac Gearailt family all the way back to the 13th century

Sloinne airs on TG4 HD at 8:30 PM, Sunday 11 May. (New, series.)

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Arts ➝ Culture (without music)

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Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics

History