1997-2005
I've been addicted to the people and stories of Ballykissangel since I viewed the very first episode.
It's the story of a young English priest, Peter Clifford (Stephen Tompkinson), who is assigned to the rural village of Ballykissangel in coastal Ireland, and his adjustment to this new environment.
Among the townspeople who have prominent roles in the story are the agnostic barkeeper Assumpta Fitzgerald (Dervla Kirwan), the dodgy entrepreneur Brian Quigley (Tony Doyle), his daughter Niamh (Tina Kellegher) who is married to the village police officer Ambrose Egan (Peter Hanly), Quigley's comical handymen Liam Coghlan (Joe Savino) and Donal Docherty (Frankie McCafferty), the mechanic Padraig O'Kelly (Peter Caffrey) and his teenaged son Kevin (John Cleere), the community veterinarian Siobhan Mehigan (Deirdre Donnelly) and her friend-with-benefits teacher Brendan Kearney (Gary Whelan), the curmudgeonly farmer Eamonn Byrne (Birdy Sweeney). the nosy shopkeeper Kathleen Hendley (Aine Ni Mhuiri), and Father MacAnally (Niall Toibin) who is Father Clifford's superior.
The series makes some marked changes after the third season when Father Clifford and Assumpta Fitzgerald are no longer around. Added to the cast are the new prelate, a monk on his first parish assignment, Father Aidan O'Connell (Don Wycherley) and his beautiful and well-traveled sister Orla (Victoria Smurfit), a former resident Sean Dillon (Lorcan Cranitch) who returns to the community despite a long history of bad blood and his teenaged daughter Emma (Kate McEnery), and Eamonn's young nephew Danny Byrne (Colin Farrell).
Further cast loses and additions over the remaining seasons but the stories remain consistently about the people of Ballykissangel.
A BBC production.
My personal rating: B
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I've been addicted to the people and stories of Ballykissangel since I viewed the very first episode.
It's the story of a young English priest, Peter Clifford (Stephen Tompkinson), who is assigned to the rural village of Ballykissangel in coastal Ireland, and his adjustment to this new environment.
Among the townspeople who have prominent roles in the story are the agnostic barkeeper Assumpta Fitzgerald (Dervla Kirwan), the dodgy entrepreneur Brian Quigley (Tony Doyle), his daughter Niamh (Tina Kellegher) who is married to the village police officer Ambrose Egan (Peter Hanly), Quigley's comical handymen Liam Coghlan (Joe Savino) and Donal Docherty (Frankie McCafferty), the mechanic Padraig O'Kelly (Peter Caffrey) and his teenaged son Kevin (John Cleere), the community veterinarian Siobhan Mehigan (Deirdre Donnelly) and her friend-with-benefits teacher Brendan Kearney (Gary Whelan), the curmudgeonly farmer Eamonn Byrne (Birdy Sweeney). the nosy shopkeeper Kathleen Hendley (Aine Ni Mhuiri), and Father MacAnally (Niall Toibin) who is Father Clifford's superior.
The series makes some marked changes after the third season when Father Clifford and Assumpta Fitzgerald are no longer around. Added to the cast are the new prelate, a monk on his first parish assignment, Father Aidan O'Connell (Don Wycherley) and his beautiful and well-traveled sister Orla (Victoria Smurfit), a former resident Sean Dillon (Lorcan Cranitch) who returns to the community despite a long history of bad blood and his teenaged daughter Emma (Kate McEnery), and Eamonn's young nephew Danny Byrne (Colin Farrell).
Further cast loses and additions over the remaining seasons but the stories remain consistently about the people of Ballykissangel.
A BBC production.
My personal rating: B
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