Who Do You Think You Are? - Series 3 - Jeremy Irons

Jeremy Irons is largely perceived as the quintessential English gentleman, but he feels a strong connection to Ireland. He has a house in Ireland, an Irish wife, Sinead Cusack, and is sure that there's Irish blood somewhere in his family history. So he embarks on a quest to find his Irish roots, a journey that takes him from Yorkshire to Dublin, on to Northern Ireland, and finally to County Cork. Jeremy also explores a family myth that one of his ancestors, his great-great grandfather Thomas Irons, rode into Westminster on a donkey to deliver a petition on behalf of the Chartists. Jeremy traces the extraordinary life of Thomas, unearthing some fascinating history from the origins of the Metropolitan police to conditions in Victorian prisons.