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''Glenroe'' is an Irish television
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broadcast on RTÉ One for 18 years between September 1983 and May 2001. ''Glenroe was'' centred on the lives of the people living in the fictional rural village of the same name in
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. The real-life village of Kilcoole was used to film the series. The series was also filmed in studio at
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and in various other locations when directors saw fit. The show was a spin-off from ''
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'' — an RTÉ drama that was broadcast from 1980-1982, which was itself spun off from '' The Riordans'' — another RTÉ drama that was broadcast from 1965-1979. ''Glenroe'' was broadcast, generally from September to May, each Sunday 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. The main protagonists were the Byrne and McDermott/Moran families, related by the marriage of Miley Byrne to Biddy McDermott. Other important characters included Teasy McDaid, the proprietor of the local pub; Tim Devereux and George Black (the
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and the
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Rector of the village respectively); Fidelma Kelly, a cousin of Biddy; Blackie Connors; George Manning; and Stephen Brennan.


Title sequence


Imagery

''Glenroe'' was noted for its original
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, which featured the words "Gleann Rua" in Gaelic script morphing into "Glenroe" over a series of rural images. The original title sequence was used from the 1983/84 series to the end of the 1992/93 series, and was replaced with a more up-to-date title sequence at the start of the 1993/94 series. Jarlath Hayes (1924–2001), master Irish typographer and designer, "who gave his best years as a man of letters working within Irish publishing…drew his own type, Tuam Uncial…it became familiar to a generation of Glenroe viewers on
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television where it featured in the credits".


Theme tune

''Glenroe''s theme tune was that of a traditional Irish song called "Cuaichín Ghleann Néifinn" and was arranged by Jim Lockhart of Horslips. The original version was used from the 1983/84 series to the end of the 1992/93 series. A newly recorded version, arranged by Máire Ní Bhraonáin of
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, was introduced with the start of the 1993/94 series, along with changes to the title sequence.


Setting and characters

The central focus of ''Glenroe'' is the fictional rural area of the programme's title, located in
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. The setting is an area consisting of a collection of farms, small village, period house and other rural locations. The programme focuses on a cast of characters living near the village. The main characters are Miley Byrne and Biddy McDermott, whose courtship and marriage form the centerpiece of the action during the early years. Their parents also feature heavily in the storylines. Miley's father Dinny Byrne is a chancer and Biddy's mother, who has been widowed early in the series, conducts a long-running relationship with Dick Moran, the local solicitor. Dick occasionally has other affairs, such as that with Terry Kileen. A number of themes are explored throughout the series from relationships, facing tragedy and other life challenges. While the main theme is drama, there are elements of comedy evident, e.g. the interactions between two central characters of Miley Byrne and his father Dinny Byrne (continuing their character portrayals from Bracken).


Origins

''Glenroe'', as a story, had origins in two previous shows, '' The Riordans'' and ''
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''. The three productions were the brainchildren of Wesley Burrowes.


Narratives


Affairs of the heart

Michael Judge, Irish playwright who wrote scripts for ''Glenroe'', published ''Glenroe: Stories from the RTÉ series created by Wesley Burrowes'' through Gill & MacMillan in 1990. The book relays the intricate relational beginnings of what would become the soap's linear storyline which would span 18 years. In the beginning two contrasting storylines of the amorous kind were present: that of the wholesome Biddy and Miley, contrasted with th
risqué
Mary and Dick. The blow-ins, as they are referred to by the book, are the Byrnes, who arrive in Glenroe from the mountains. The character of Biddy is central to the story. Her parents, Mary and Michael MacDermott, are married and dissimilar in age bracket. Biddy becomes interested in one of the blow-ins. Biddy's first comment on Miley is "he looked a bit of a gom". The relationship between Dick and Mary emerges as they have a secret love affair, Mary being frustrated in her relationship with Michael MacDermott whom she married out of obligation. The love affair would blossom through secret getaways, with the couple once trying to arrange to be together under the guise of getting away to a Bridge Congress. In the book, when Michael discovers his wife is having an affair, he strikes her. Widower Dinny Byrne found love after Teasy McDaid's arrival in Glenroe in 1987, with her having been left the local pub by her recently deceased uncle. They were married in 1991, with Teasy moving into Dinny's thatched farm cottage. Shortly after, Teasy's previous husband, Sylvie Dolan, turned up. Sylvie had disappeared years before and had faked his own death in Australia, sending a fake death certificate to Teasy. He demanded a share of the life insurance payment Teasy had received in exchange for his disappearing again. Teasy responded that she would return the money to the insurance company. Dinny and Teasy stayed together until Dinny's death in 2000.


Religion

The subject of religion featured in the programme throughout the series. One storyline showed how Miley, a devout
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, believed his daughter, who had been critically ill with
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, was saved by prayer and divine intervention, while Biddy, who rarely went to
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, credited the doctor with her recovery. The parish priest, Father Tim Devereaux, was upset that nobody was listening to his pastoral advice, and retired to embark on a round-the-world cruise with Shirley Manning, a widow of
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and
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ish ancestry. Another storyline evoked the question: How much money should be spent on a
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dress?


Travelling community

In the fourteenth season, Tommy McArdle, the show's producer, began to explore the topic of
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in greater depth. However, the topic had not been absent from the programme before this. The character of Blackie Conors is a member of the Irish travelling community. Another narrative which revolved around the topic of the Travelling community is Miley and Biddy trying to evict a family of travellers who park their caravan on the edge of the farm. When two pet rabbits disappear, the community suspects the travellers have eaten them. In a later episode, Anne Synnot reveals to her daughter Aileen that she is the product of her mother's affair with a Traveller. Previous to this revelation, Aileen was shown in conversation with Joseph Timlin at the bar in the Molly Malone, using the derogatory term " knacker" referring to the character Francie Donnelly.


Cancellation

In 2000, it seemed the soap was going into inevitable decline. If the actors who played the main characters and whose appearance and likeness were so intrinsic to the beginnings and the storyline of the soap were leaving, it would cease to be ''Glenroe''. Through a press release the public learned in May 2000 that Joe Lynch, who played Dinny, was to leave. Kevin O'Sullivan wrote, "
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last night confirmed his departure after 20 years, taking into account Glenroe from its beginning and its precursor
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. 'No reason was given.' A statement said the 75-year-old actor had made the decision." On 19 January 2001, despite claims four years previously that it could run for another ten years, RTÉ announced that ''Glenroe'' was to end after eighteen series. The final episode of the soap was to be broadcast the following May. The RTÉ Director of Television, Cathal Goan, said it had been clear for some time that Glenroe was "coming to the end of its natural life". In 1 August of that year, Joe Lynch, who played Dinny, died at the age of 76. The character of Biddy had been killed off in a car accident, and the actor Joe Lynch had died. ''
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'' published irreverent, tongue-in cheek-headlines about the ending of a soap and characters who were fair game for mockery and satire. John Boland, in the ''Irish Independent'' in 2001, criticised the '' RTÉ Guides coverage and lack of critique or analysis about the end of Glenroe: "a supposedly loved friend was expiring after 18 years and you're supposed to feel something about that, aren't you? Then you realised that the programme had been expiring for years and years, and that this final death throe was merely embarrassing in its lateness." Wesley Burrowes in his article for ''The Irish Times'''s Arts section on 27 January 2001, discussed the beginnings of ''Glenroe'' as a story. This started with '' The Riordans'', after which RTÉ asked Burrowes to write a spin-off which became ''
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'', and then on to Glenroe where the characters Miley and Dinny Byrne were carried forward to the slightly more urban setting of ''Glenroe'' (set in Kilkoole, Wicklow). ''Glenroe'' evolved around Miley and Biddy's love affair, with Miley admiring Biddy for her farming expertise. Burrowes articulated the problems around the decline of the series, explaining how both ratings and frequency were both guiding factors in the show's ascent and then demise. He drew correlations between ''
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'' and ''
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'', which both competed for frequency and ratings at the
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, and then explained "the more often a programme appears in a week. the higher its rating goes... Glenroe has been left as the only soap in the archipelago struggling along on one slot a week". After Burrowes left the crew of'' Glenroe'', he returned to write one New Year's episode, having been asked to do so by Paul Cusack, the show's successive producer. He concluded his piece in ''The Irish Times'''s Arts section: "let there be no whinging or moaning at the bar for Glenroe, which, for 18 years, gave good neighbours to a generation. All who were part of that have cause for pride!" The last episode of ''Glenroe'' was transmitted on 6 May 2001, attracting an audience of 591,000 viewers. Its place in the Sunday evening schedule was taken by ''On Home Ground'', a drama series set at a fictional rural GAA club, which ran for two seasons from September 2001 until May 2003. Geraldine Plunkett starred in the first two seasons of '' The Clinic'', which ran for seven seasons also on Sunday nights. Actor Mick Lally went on to join the cast of the
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drama series '' Ros na Rún'' in 2008. Mary McEvoy continues to be a proactive campaigner and actor.


Music

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the book
, when Miley gets a delivery of a parcel and is asked about the contents, the following exchange takes place: A song from the series, " The By-road to Glenroe", performed in character by Mick Lally, was released as a single in Ireland in 1990, featuring the Jim Lockhart version of the theme tune as its B-side, and reached number 1 in the
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on 5 April 1990. During the late 1990s, new characters were introduced including a character called Paudie, who started a band. They practiced in the local parish hall, and were visited by Fr. Tracey on occasion. The band, made up of the characters Paudie Doyle, Aileen Synnot, Joseph Timlin, Catherine Daly, and Deirdre Cooney, performed in The Molly Malone bar, shot on location in
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, in a Christmas episode in the late 90s. Singer Honor Heffernan sang in this episode. The song performed by the band of youths was written by David Boyd, who played Paudie Doyle, and contained the lyrics: "When the love is real, that's the way it feels , You know the Music's louder, you know the air is sweet, and you can't stop from dancing every time you move your feet, cos when the love is real, that's the way it feels…you can smile on the inside." The character Paudie played the keyboard in the band. The character Aileen Synnot played the guitar surrounded by singing bandmates in one episode, which showed band practice being interrupted by Fr. Tracey.


Political quotes

The last decade of the 20th century, and the first two decades of the 21st century, were significant times in Ireland. ''Glenroe'' has cropped up in Dáil debates over these years, as politicians have seen it as an Irish cultural icon which was broadcast through the influential medium of television. In 1993 Proinsias De Rossa and John Deasy mentioned ''Glenroe'' in a discussion about the quality and content of Irish-made TV drama. In 1998 Michael Ring, speaking about the influence of television on young people, said, "it is important that we keep control of Irish airwaves. It is fine to see Sky television available, but it must be controlled." In January 2003, almost two years after the cessation of ''Glenroe'', Irish Actors Equity made a presentation in the Joint Committee on Social and Family Affairs Debate. Robert Carrickford, actor and member of the executive committee of Irish Actors Equity was present. Attendees discussed the precarious nature of the acting profession. Willie Penrose, who chaired the meeting, said;
The first thing I wish to do is dispel the myth surrounding the profession. There is a perception that everybody is doing well. I also come from a profession that suffers from th
same syndrome
. The top 10% in my profession might be doing extremely well, 40% just about survive and the other 50% are struggling. Perhaps the percentages are different in our guests' profession, but it is easy for it to become a media-led view that everybody is very well off and it is all glamour and glitz.
Michael Ring, at the same meeting, said, "
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are like actors... We cannot have just anybody telling social welfare services that they are an actor. There are many good actors out there that we have to deal with and judge every single day. Some of them would do well if they were on ''Glenroe'' and they would be well able to convince people they were in the profession." Later that year Paul Kehoe lamented the lack of choice for Irish viewers since the demise of ''Glenroe'': "Not enough programmes such as ''Fair City'' are being made in Ireland. Since ''Glenroe'' was cancelled, people are obliged to watch ''EastEnders'', ''Neighbours'', ''Coronation Street'' or whatever."


UK Broadcast

Glenroe was screened on 13 of the 15 ITV regional franchises, with most starting to screen the series twice weekly from June 1984 until summer 1985. Central and LWT never screening the series, STV dropped the series by end of the summer of 1984, while Border continued until 1986. UTV screened continued to screen the full series. In December 1995, as part of a soap opera-themed weekend, Channel 4 broadcast an episode of Glenroe. Glenroe was also shown on the Tara Television network in the United Kingdom via cable and SkyDigital from 1997 to the closure of the station in 2002. Classic episodes were shown in the daytime and repeated in the early evenings on weekdays, and current episodes were simulcast with RTÉ on Sunday evenings during each season. Tara had reached the 1992/93 season of Glenroe at the time of the station's closure.


Advertising

''Glenroe'' was intersected halfway through by advertisements and was very much an advertisers' medium, cushioning big brand advertisements at the peak time of Sunday evening. ''Glenroe'' reached an even wider audience after being picked up and shown further afield on cable TV. ''Glenroe'', in its totality, is an advertisement in itself, for Ireland, for "Irishness" or perhaps for an Ireland that once was. Michael Ring, politician, recently talked about an Internet TV channel – Irish TV – which sells/promotes/advertises Ireland. Glenroe was the subject of controversy with regard to actors' rights to avail of other commercial work during their contracted periods with the broadcaster. In 1990
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prohibited soap actors from portraying their characters for advertising purposes. ''The Irish Times'' ran an article titled "
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forbids 'soap star' ads." It read: "Actors in
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soap operas such as Glenroe and Fair City will be prevented from portraying well-known characters... for advertising purposes this year... In effect the ban will mean that actors such as Mick Lally and Joe Lynch will be free to earn money from advertisements and from supermarket openings as longs as they do not portray the characters they play in the ''Glenroe'' series." Three days previous another article stated: "the matter was resolved... The Characters are the property of
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".


Cable television – the digital dawn

In 1995
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made a ten-year deal with a company called ''Celtic Vision'', which according to its Dundalk-born founder Robert Mathews,
"should be seen as "a 24-hour 'infomercial' for all things Irish" which can boost Irish-American trade, increase the numbers of American tourists visiting Ireland and move the US vision of Ireland away from shamrocks and leprachauns towards a more realistic representation of the modern Ireland ... The Late Late, which the company has secured as part of a 10-year deal with
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, is now a highlight of the CelticVision schedule and runs alongside Glenroe, Fair City, and a range of Gaelic sports... Mr Mathews raised $1.5 million... mainly through a number of private placings with private investors in Ireland and the United States."
Through challenges garnering funding in the early days, the company was still in operation in 2000, seemingly dissolving in 2003. In 1995 in '' The European'', journalist David Short wrote, "Soap operas, first devised by companies such as Proctor & Gamble to sell their products, are now seen everywhere in the world... people... watching everyday people living unnaturally eventful lives - Glenroe in Ireland, Country GP in
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, The Awakening in Singapore, House of Christianshavn in Denmark, Buniyaad in India and Kampos in Cyprus are other examples of the phenomenon." In 1996, ''The European'' wrote about Nova TV, which had a wide European reach. "Europe's most watched channel proportionate to population is Nova TV, controlled by Central European Media Enterprises of the US. Launched two years ago it attracts half of all adult viewers in prime time, and gains a 70 percent share of the goal viewing audience compared with only 23 percent for the state rival
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. Nova TV may be Europe's most watched channel, but the most popular program in Europe – again taking population into account – is the Irish soap Glenroe." In 1998
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'', wrote about Tara TV (1996–2002) in ''Marketing Magazine''. Tara TV, which reached a United Kingdom audience, aired both ''Glenroe'' and '' Fair City''.


Documentary

In December 2015, RTÉ aired a new documentary on Glenroe called ''Well Holy God It's Glenroe''. It was the brainchild of RTÉ presenter Bláthnaid Treacy, who appeared in the show as Miley and Biddy's daughter Denise.


Rerun

All 18 seasons of Glenroe were temporarily available on RTE Player at Christmas 2021 to celebrate 60 Years Of Television.


References


Further reading


Down Down Deeper and Down, Eamonn Sweeney, 2010


* [http://doras.dcu.ie/4628/1/Continuing_Story_Irish_TV_Drama_by_Helena_Sheehan_(doras).pdf The Continuing Story of Irish Television Drama: Tracking the Tiger, Dr. Helena Sheehan, Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2004]
The Fair City Production Line: An Examination of Soap Operas potential contribution to the Public Sphere, Edward R. Brennan 01 01 2004
* Judge, Michael
Glenroe: stories from the RTÉ series created by Wesley Burrowes
Gill & MacMillan, 1990 * Smith, Anthony
Television: An International History
Oxford University Press, 1998
Irish Film and Television Network
List of Books on Irish Film * Petitt, Lance
Screening Ireland: Film and Television Representation
Manchester University Press, 2000 * Petitt, Lance
Screening Ireland
Google Books Preview * Allen, Robert C
To Be Continued : Soap Operas and Global Media Cultures
Routledge, 1995 * Geraghty, Christin
The Study of Soap Opera
Accessed 13 June 2005 * Turner, Graem
Cultural Identity, Soap Narrative, and Reality TV
2005, Sage Publications, accessed 13 June 2005 * Turner, Graem
Understanding Celebrity
Sage Publications, accessed 14 June 2015


Viewing

* Beedles, Kathlee
Shyness Soap Opera & Story
TED x Liverpool YouTube Video, 20 August 2014


Political discussions

* Paul Kehoe
Broadcasting Bill 2003
Wed, 26 Nov 2003 * Michael Ring
Irish Actors' Equity Group: Presentation
Tuesday, 28 January 2003 * Michael Ring
Broadcasting and Other Media Bill
01 07 1998 * John Deasy & Proinsias De Rossabr>Broadcasting Authority Bill 1993
Thursday, 6 May 1993 {{RTÉ Dramas and Soap Operas 1983 Irish television series debuts 2001 Irish television series endings 1980s Irish television series 1990s Irish television series Irish television soap operas RTÉ original programming Television shows set on farms