
Moone Boy(2012)
Martin Moone is a young boy who relies on the help of his imaginary friend Sean to deal with the quandaries of life in a wacky small-town Irish family in the 1980's.


“An English priest transferred to a small Irish village.”
A young British priest adjusts to life in a rural Irish community where life revolves around the church and the local pub. Everyone knows everyone else's business, and everyone usually has an opinion on it. While characters come and go, the small-town qualities remain.

Niall Tóibín
Father Mac

Bosco Hogan
Doc Ryan

Gary Whelan
Brendan Kearney

Deirdre Donnelly
Siobhan Mehigan
Joe Savino
Liam Coghlan

Frankie McCafferty
Donal Doherty
Áine Ní Mhuirí
Kathleen Hendley

Robert Taylor
Fr. Vincent Sheahan
Katie Cullen
Grainne Dooley

Owen Roe
Paul Dooley
Ballykissangel is a comedy, drama series that first aired in 1996 exploring themes of small town, village life, businessman, priest, religion, ireland. it stars Niall Tóibín, Bosco Hogan, Gary Whelan. A young British priest adjusts to life in a rural Irish community where life revolves around the church and the local pub. Everyone knows everyone else's business, and everyone usually has an opinion on it. While characters come and go, the small-town qualities remain.
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