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In tonight's episode of Blueprint, we tell the story of Ireland's first human settlers, and how they colonised this island over the past ten thousand years. The programme starts at Mountsandel, near Coleraine, the site of the earliest human settlement in Ireland. We use computer imaging technology to rebuild the Mountsandel settlement, then follow the story of our Bronze Age ancestors as they made their home here. From Mountsandel, the story widens to take in a great sweep of history, including the ancient kings of Ireland, the arrival of Christianity, the Plantation, the Famine, and the urbanisation of modern Ireland. Ten thousand years of history crammed into 50 minutes of television. Tonight at 9.00 p.m. on Â鶹Éç One.