Glenroe was a television drama series broadcast on RTÉ One in Ireland
between September 1983, when the first episode was aired, and May
2001. A spin-off from Bracken â€" a short-lived RTÉ drama itself spun
off from The Riordans â€" Glenroe was broadcast, generally from
September to May, each Sunday night at 8:30 pm. It was created, and
written for much of its run, by Wesley Burrowes, and later by various
other directors and producers including Paul Cusack, Alan Robinson and
Tommy McCardle. Glenroe was the first show to be subtitled by RTÉ,
with a broadcast in 1991 starting the station's subtitling
policy.Glenroe centred on the lives of the people living in the
fictional rural village of the same name in County Wicklow. The
real-life village of Kilcoole was used to film the series. The series
was also filmed in studio at RTÉ and in various other locations when
directors saw fit.The main protagonists were the Byrne and
McDermott/Moran families, related by the marriage of Miley Byrne to
Biddy McDermott, colloquially known as Biddy and Miley. Other
important characters included Teasy McDaid, the proprietor of the
local pub; Tim Devereux and George Black (the Roman Catholic priest
and the Church of Ireland Rector of the village respectively); Fidelma
Kelly, a cousin of Biddy; Blackie Connors; George Manning; and Stephen
Brennan.
between September 1983, when the first episode was aired, and May
2001. A spin-off from Bracken â€" a short-lived RTÉ drama itself spun
off from The Riordans â€" Glenroe was broadcast, generally from
September to May, each Sunday night at 8:30 pm. It was created, and
written for much of its run, by Wesley Burrowes, and later by various
other directors and producers including Paul Cusack, Alan Robinson and
Tommy McCardle. Glenroe was the first show to be subtitled by RTÉ,
with a broadcast in 1991 starting the station's subtitling
policy.Glenroe centred on the lives of the people living in the
fictional rural village of the same name in County Wicklow. The
real-life village of Kilcoole was used to film the series. The series
was also filmed in studio at RTÉ and in various other locations when
directors saw fit.The main protagonists were the Byrne and
McDermott/Moran families, related by the marriage of Miley Byrne to
Biddy McDermott, colloquially known as Biddy and Miley. Other
important characters included Teasy McDaid, the proprietor of the
local pub; Tim Devereux and George Black (the Roman Catholic priest
and the Church of Ireland Rector of the village respectively); Fidelma
Kelly, a cousin of Biddy; Blackie Connors; George Manning; and Stephen
Brennan.
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