Glenroe

kerry4sam wrote: »

Sorry for bumping this thread but thought it better than starting a new thread on Glenroe

Someone just asked me a question that I do NOT know the answer to:

What was Mary & Biddys' maiden-name?
- Mary married Dick and became Mary Moran
- Biddy married Mylie and took his name so became Biddy Byrne

but what was their surname before they married? Wasn't Mary married before marrying Dick? (if Yeah, to whom and what was his surname).

Thanks in advance,

McDermott.

mud wrote: »

Anyone remember Mary's niece (?) from the north? I remember being so shocked when she said: "Ya batch baddy" to Biddy.

Also, didn't she spike Mary's tay with magic mushies?

Yes, dark haired one. Very cute. The only thing I remember her being in after was a tiny part in Paths To Freedom where I think Rats goes up to the North.

Edit: Just found the scene she's in, from 1:00. She's the barmaid.

https://youtu.be/rgHg7SFeDF4

Posy wrote: »

It took six years for somebody to remember her niece. She must not have made much of an impression. :pac:

Her character was kind of parachuted into the show from nowhere, I can't remember the backstory that led her to coming to live in Glenroe from the North (think she was supposed to be from Derry) and that was the beginning of the writers introducing a lot of teenage characters in presumably a bid to attract younger viewers. That was also when it was revealed that Mynah the priests housekeeper all of a sudden had a house full of teenage children that had never been mentioned or shown before, one of them was Scobie who was a right pain. Glenroe started jumping the shark around this time, I think maybe Wesley Burrowes had left. I remember when Alan Stanford left the show they killed off George by having him go off trekking in South America only to be kidnapped and murdered by guerrillas. That was the beginnings of its slow decline I think.

Spot the future Glenroe star in this bizarre Mcvitties biscuit ad.

https://ifiplayer.ie/mcvitties-teddy-bear/

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Remember Cyril Cusack as Uncle Peter? Horrible.

Yes, great actor playing a very annoying character. Remember his "Australian" wife with the laughably unconvincing aussie accent? She was thankfully only in it for a short time, I'd cringe whenever she opened her mouth, can't recall who played her.

skooterblue2 wrote: »

No she was Spanish. It was Sylvie (David Kelly) that had gone to Australia and made a fortune selling dodge Burgler Alarms. Then they introduced Teasy and Sylvies dodgy son.

Ok, it must have been Sylvies wife then. I get some of his and Uncle Peters storylines mixed up.

branie2 wrote: »

Rory Dolan

He's the shifty guy behind the bar in the scene with Mario Rosenstock that begins 4:09.

irishgeo wrote: »

No good news comes in an envelope with a harp on it blackie.

Who did blackie have the affair with.

I remember the episode with dinny and the dodgy house alarm.

I think it was Terry Kileen? She managed to fit in Dick Byrne as well.

Anyone remember the storyline where Miley gets a horse? Would have been circa 87. There was this weird bit where Miley was contemplating getting a horse and saying to himself "that would be a very good idea indeed" and then an image of a horse materializes above his head, to illustrate that he was thinking about it. It looked like those really cheapo visual effects you'd see in Bosco or Wanderly Wagon. Anyway it ended badly for the horse as Stephen Brennan shot it for straying onto his land. I think he did it because he thought it belonged to the travellers. Cue Miley nearly throttling Stephen while shouting "there's a horse of mine lying dead down there".

branie2 wrote: »

Biddy and Miley's house was burgled at one stage, and Biddy suffered a nervous breakdown a few weeks later as a result

Are you thinking of when Biddy and Mary were held hostage by an armed gang in the house? That was an early storyline, from the first or second series. Miley tackled one fella who had a sawnoff shotgun pointed at him. It was basically a rehash of a similar story in the Riordans.