Counting Down to St. Patrick's Day - Bonus Review
A great benefit of being a Netflix subscriber is television shows from other countries are available for renting. One of my favorite TV shows is Ballykissangel. The series begins with a young Catholic priest from England arriving at Ballyk, as it is often referred, to serve as the parish priest. The first person he meets is Assumpta, the local pub owner. Assumpta is not fond of the clergy. Father Clifford settles in and meets the villagers. Talk about a cast of characters! Ambrose is the member of the Garda, the Irish police. Picture an Irish Mayberry. His girlfriend is Niamh who is ambivalent about marriage. The local successful businessman in town is Niamh's father, Brian Quigley. He always has some scheme to make money, he operates often in the grey zone. Quigley has two handymen, Donal and Liam working for him. The problem is that aren't that handy, they are mostly the town screw-ups. But they are lovable, you can't help root for them as they are also unsuccessful and unlucky schemers. The series ran for six seasons, the cast remained pretty much the same for the first three then major character changes took place. This was just a wonderful series. I read that when the series was playing in Ireland many young men would visit their Nana on the night Ballykissangel was on and they would watch the show together. And I believe that really did happen.
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