What are some cozy Irish sitcoms. I already know Father Ted so `no Father Ted`

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morganth@discuss.tchncs.de · 42 pts · 2y (10 replies)

Derry Girls is the first one that comes to mind. It gets heavy once or twice but is generally pretty cozy.

Contentedness@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 2y (2 replies)

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

dan1101@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

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.

Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml · 1 pts · 2y
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dan1101@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y

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

Godric@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Sister Micheal is a treasure

dan1101@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y

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

cheese_greater@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Where does that stream?

M500@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 2y

https://www.justwatch.com/

Use this site. Just tore the show name and only your country. It will tell you where you can steam it.

morganth@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 2y

These things move around. I saw it on Netflix but that was a couple of years ago. I’d start there anyway.

Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml · 2 pts · 2y

Netflix

TeaEarlGrayHot@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Have you ever considered Father Ted?

christophski@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 2y

Oh, go on

Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org · 16 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I liked "Moone boy" With Chris O'Dowd

weariedfae@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

I second Moone Boy!

Padraic is the most precious sweetbabyangel.

jbrains@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Black Books.

EccTM@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 2y (2 replies)

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 🤣

StorminNorman@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Bernard is Irish...

EccTM@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y

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.

MissJinx@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y

Father ted

EccTM@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

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.

cheese_greater@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Excellent find, Lemming

xmunk@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y

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

Redkey@programming.dev · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

My Hero isn't actually Irish, but it does star Ardal O'Hanlon (Father Dougal) for almost its entire run, so it may scratch the itch.

JohnnyEnzyme@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y

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

hitmyspot@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y

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.

i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 2y