Closest Irish TV show to "Skins"?

its_steve116

Been reminiscing on the E4 teen dramedy Skins and what a great show it was, it gave a lot of amateur actors a go at professional acting and many of them are huge Hollywood or TV stars today including Nicholas Hoult, Dev Patel and Daniel Kaluuya.

I can't really think of any Irish shows similar to its format what show would you consider our equivalent?

Hangdogroad

Finbars Class. Mid 90's, was awful from what I remember.

Love Is The Drug, set in Drogheda, early 00's.

There was an Irish language show on TG4 called Afric. Those are the only ones I can think of off of my head but Im sure there were a few more.

Badly Drunk Boy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121852760#Comment_121852760

One of the cast from Aifric went on to marry Colm 'The Gooch' Cooper. GAA royalty!

Hangdogroad

There was another show in the mid 00's called The Big Bow Wow, that was about twenty somethings rather than teens. It was widely panned as one of the worst things RTE have ever made. Eoghan Harris wrote it which is all you need to know

super_furry

Pure Mule probably.

KevMayo88

There was a dogshit show called 'The Roaring Twenties' in 2008- it was truly horrendous.

its_steve116

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121852858#Comment_121852858

I do believe Charlene McKenna herself has appeared in a later episode of Skins.

its_steve116

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121852760#Comment_121852760

A bit of research tells me that Brian McFadden AND Danny O'Donoghue were in Finbar's Class before finding greater fame as members of Westlife and The Script respectively.

Burt Renaults

Probably Glenroe.

Gregor Samsa

Craicne.

its_steve116

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121859836#Comment_121859836

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its_steve116

Does anyone remember one on TG4 called "Seacht", I think Eoghan McDermott was in it.

Hangdogroad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121926028#Comment_121926028

Only remember seeing trailers for it. There was a cute one with straight black hair and a fringe in it. In the trailer that I remember she had sort of cartoon devil horns superimposed on her forehead.

its_steve116

https://youtube.com/watch?v=YBGKuhfXAWY

Trailer

its_steve116

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121930044#Comment_121930044

Found it

https://youtube.com/watch?v=C9IGMNhKm4w&t=9s

hoodie6029

Hardy Bucks, on YouTube and TV was probably the closest.