Ballykissangel

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Ballykissangel
Series title card
Format	Drama
Starring	Dervla Kirwan Stephen Tompkinson Tony Doyle Colin Farrell
Country of origin	Ireland
Language(s)	English
No. of series	6
No. of episodes	57
Production
Executive producer(s)	Conor Harrington Alan Moloney
Location(s)	Enniskerry & Avoca, County Wicklow, Ireland
Running time	50 min
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC 1
Original run	February 1, 1996 – April 1, 2001
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Fitzgerald's, a pub in Avoca that was used as a primary exterior set in the series.

Ballykissangel was a BBC television drama set in Ireland, produced in-house by BBC Northern Ireland. The original story revolved around a young English priest as he became part of a rural community. It ran for six series, which were first broadcast on BBC One in the UK from 1996 to 2001. A significant change in the cast occurred between the third and fourth series and to a lesser extent between the fifth and sixth.

The name of the fictional village in which the show was set is derived from Ballykissanne, a townland near Killorglin in County Kerry, where the show's creator, Kieran Prendiville, holidayed with his family as a child. The village's name in Irish is shown as "Baile Coisc Aingil", which means "The town of the fallen angel" on the sign outside the post office. Ballykissangel is often affectionately called BallyK by its fans.

The show was filmed in Avoca & Enniskerry in County Wicklow.

[edit] Characters and cast

• Father Peter Clifford (Stephen Tompkinson) (1-3) is a young English curate, newly arrived in Ballykissangel.
• Assumpta Fitzgerald (Dervla Kirwan) (1-3) owns the local pub.
• Father MacAnally (Niall Toibin) (1-6) is the veteran parish priest and Fr. Clifford's superior.
• Brian Quigley (Tony Doyle) (1-5) is a local entrepreneur, ambitious and a bit dodgy.
• Ambrose Egan (Peter Hanly) (1-5) is a young by-the-book garda.
• Niamh Quigley/Egan (Tina Kellegher) (1-6) is Brian Quigley's daughter, romantically involved with Ambrose.
• Kieran Egan (Sam Farrar) (3-5)
• Leo (James Nesbitt) Assumpta's boyfriend from College.
• Siobhan Mehigan (Deirdre Donnelly) (1-6) is the local veterinarian.
• Brendan Kearney (Gary Whelan) (1-6) is a schoolteacher.
• Padraig O'Kelly (Peter Caffrey) (1-4) runs the auto service station.
• Kevin O'Kelly (John Cleere) (2-4) is Padraig's son.
• Dr Michael Ryan (Bosco Hogan) (1-6) is the local doctor.
• Kathleen Hendley (Aine Ni Mhuiri) (1-6) owns the local general store.
• Liam Coghlan (Joe Savino) (1-6) works for Brian Quigley and is not so bright.
• Donal Docherty (Frankie McCafferty) (1-6) works for Brian Quigley and is even worse than Liam.
• Eamonn Byrne (Birdy Sweeney) (1-5) is an elderly sheep farmer.
• Danny Byrne (Colin Farrell) (4-5) is Eamonn's young nephew.
• Paddy Maguire (Anton Broadberry) (2) is a troubled youth from Dublin.
• Nora Harrigan (Catherine Byrne) is Kathleen's cousin.
• Sean Dillon (Lorcan Cranitch) (4-5) a computer programmer long moved away to London, he returns after the death of his wife.
• Emma Dillon (Kate McEnery) (4-5) is Sean's daughter.
• Father Aidan O'Connell (Don Wycherley) (4-5) is the new curate.
• Orla O'Connell (Victoria Smurfit) (4-5) is Father O'Connell's sister.
• Frankie Sullivan (Catherine Cusack) (5-6) is a new female garda.
• Father Vincent Sheahan (Robert Taylor) (6) is the new curate from Australia.
• Avril Burke (Susannah Doyle) (6) is a horse trainer.
• Edso Dowling (Paul Ronan) (6) runs the auto service station.
• Paul Dooley (Owen Roe) (1-2, 5-6) the character was called 'Sean Dooley' in the earlier episodes.
• Oonagh Dooley (Marion O'Dwyer) (5-6) is Paul's wife.
• Dermot Dooley (Ciaran Owens) (5-6) is Paul and Oonagh's son.
• Grainne Dooley (Katie Cullen) (5-6) is Paul and Oonagh's daughter.
• Superintendent Foley (Alan Barry) (2-5) the local garda superintendent.

[edit] Directors

Directors of the show include:

• N.G. Bristow
• Chris Clough
• Mike Cocker
• Paul Duane
• Peter Lydon
• Alan Macmillan
• Simon Massey
• Richard Standeven

[edit] Episodes

[edit] External links

• Ballykissangel at bbc.co.uk
• Ballykissangel at World Productions
• Ballykissangel at the British Film Institute