BBC TV is doing an interesting series called http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/listings/programme.shtml?day=wednesday&service_id=4221&filename=20070131/20070131_2240_4221_21320_40, about the flight of the Gaelic aristocracy
in the 17th century.

It has all the disadvantages of current documentaries - the loss of the Spanish Armada shown by jiggling a camera over paintings of ships, while roaring sea-sounds are played! - have they no footage of Atlantic storms! - but it's interesting about the personalities.

(I don't know if that BBC link will keep working, as it's a programme listing - can't find a separate entry on the BBC site for the programme. Oh, wait, here's a http://www.niftc.co.uk/newspage.asp?id=143&storyID=1097 about it.)