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[–] [email protected] 41 points 10 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] Contentedness 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sister Micheal is a treasure

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Have you ever considered Father Ted?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I liked "Moone boy" With Chris O'Dowd

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I second Moone Boy!

Padraic is the most precious sweetbabyangel.

[–] jbrains 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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 🀣

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Excellent find, Lemming

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

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

[–] xmunk 3 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago