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      Every scene with the grandfather is gold! (played by the same guy who played Bariston Selmy in Game of Thrones!)

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        I get annoyed by that guy, I guess the joke is he is needlessly cruel to the son-in-law but it gets old. Don’t let that put you off the show though, that is 1% of an otherwise excellent show.

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      Derry Girls is excellent. It’s part sitcom, part Irish culture, part history lesson. Great characters.

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        She is hilarious and probably my favorite character. She and the priest from Derry Girls are on another show playing very different characters.

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      As much as I loved Black Books, I somehow think of it as British instead of Irish? It has a slight hint of West-Brit to it 🤣

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          And it’s written by Graham Linehan that wrote Father Ted, but I still think it doesn’t feel Irish to me. Like, would you say that The IT Crowd was Irish? All three are Graham Linehan/Channel 4 creations.

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    When I read your post and thought “Do we have any other good Irish sitcoms outside of Father Ted and Derry Girls?”, I done some research and found this Irish Independent article listing their top 12 Irish sitcoms, and I’m now laughing away at how the article itself basically shite-talks the first 6 or so shows that they chose! 🤣

    As a footnote, I really need to watch “Moone Boy” some year.

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      similar with ‘the it crowd’ - co-stars an irish actor and is written by graham linehan

      quite a funny show, in which you’ll learn nothing more about IT other then turning a computer off and then on again to solve 99.9% of problems

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    If you’re looking for cozy I’ve heard decent things about Ballykissangel?

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    The mammy. It grates after a while, but it is funny. Most of the cast are all from the same family, often playing parts that don’t match their real life relationship.