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Television was first received in Ireland in 1949, following the opening of high-power BBC transmitters at Sutton Coldfield near Birmingham, England and later Holme Moss in West Yorkshire, England, giving marginal reception along parts of the east coast.
Jan 11, 2020 · Television in Ireland went far beyond RTÉ. The first television programmes to be received in Ireland were broadcast by the BBC. In 1961, the year of Telefís Éireann’s launch, about half of ...
- Edward Brennan
The claim that television arrived in Ireland on 31 December 1961 is commonplace. 1. However, such claims only make sense when the word ‘television’ is interpreted to refer solely to television broadcasting rather than viewing, and when ‘Ireland’ refers only to the Republic of Ireland.
Jun 19, 2018 · This article emerges from a broader project that explores the history of television in Ireland using audience life story interviews. It argues that a dominant narrative persists in the history of television in the Republic of Ireland.
- Edward Brennan
- 2018
It was in 1949 that television was first received in Ireland when, on 17 December, the BBC began transmitting from a new 887 foot mast at Sutton Coldfield in Birmingham. The powerful transmitter meant that those living along parts of the east coast of Ireland were able to receive the signal.
A dominant narrative has addressed the history of television in Ireland as the history of the public broadcaster Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ). Thus, the history of Irish television often begins in 1961, overlooking Irish people’s experience of the medium in the preceding decade.
The claim that television arrived in Ireland on 31 December 1961 is commonplace 1 . However, such claims only make sense when the word ‘television’ is interpreted to refer solely to television broad-casting rather than viewing, and when ‘Ireland’ refers only to the Republic of Ireland.
