What is the appeal for Irish people of a shows depicting the lives of people in English ****holes?
I feel sad for you
Maybe, just maybe, the appeal of a drama isn't based entirely on (a) where it's set, and (b) the nationality of the characters.
"Eleanor Rigby? What the appeal of a song about some grim-faced old scouser? As for that King Lear! Some British tosser on a moor? Ooh, don't get me started...."