| Glenroe | |
|---|---|
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| Also known as | Gleann Rua |
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Wesley Burrowes |
| Written by | Wesley Burrowes, Tommy McArdle[1] |
| Directed by | Alan Robinson (Director & Producer), David McKenna (Head of Broadcasting Compliance, RTÉ) |
| Starring | Mick Lally, Joe Lynch, Mary McEvoy, Emmet Bergin, Geraldine Plunkett, Robert Carrickford, Maureen Toal, Alan Stanford |
| Theme music composer | Jim Lockhart |
| Opening theme | "Cuaichín Ghleann Néifinn" |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 18 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | RTÉ One |
| Release | 11 September 1983 – 6 May 2001 |
| Related | |
| Bracken, The Riordans | |
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Glenroe was a television drama series broadcast on RTÉ One in Ireland between September 1983, when the first episode was aired,[2] and May 2001.[3][4] A spin-off from Bracken — a short-lived RTÉ drama itself spun off from The Riordans — 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,[5] Alan Robinson and Tommy McCardle.[6][7] Glenroe was the first show to be subtitled by RTÉ, with a broadcast in 1991 starting the station's subtitling policy.[8]
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.[9][10]
The main protagonists were the Byrne and McDermott/Moran families, related by the marriage of Miley Byrne to Biddy McDermott.[11] Other important characters included Teasy McDaid,[12] 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.
- ^ "An Cupla Corr, The McCardle Brothers". Vimeo. 10 February 2015. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ "RTÉ Archives first episode of Glrenroe". RTÉ Archives Ireland. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ "Miley gets the last word as 'Glenroe' bows out". Irish Times Ireland. The Irish Times Ireland, 7 May 2001. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ McNally, Frank (20 January 2001). "Entire Glenroe Cast is to be axed, and this time it is no accident". The Irish Times Archive. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ "Paul Cusack Director Glenroe". RTÉ Stills Library. RTÉ. 5 July 2012. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ "Glenroe List of Directors and Producers". Trinity College Dublin. Trinity College Irish Film Department. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ "Here's to you Mrs Sweeney". The Irish Times. The Irish Times Archive, Sat 10 May 1997. 10 May 1997. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ "Raidió Teilifís Éireann – History at a Glance" (PDF). Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ "Glenroe-"Shot on location in Kilcoole"". RTÉ. RTÉ Ireland. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ "The Mollys Bar". themollysbar.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ "Biddy & Miley Glenroe, RTÉ stills library". RTÉ Website Ireland. 5 July 2012. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ "Teasy McDaid Glenroe". Stills Library RTÉ. RTÉ Ireland. 5 July 2012. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.