About
The Irish R.M. refers to a series of books by the Anglo-Irish novelists Somerville and Ross, and the television comedy-drama series based on them. They are set in turn of the 20th century west of Ireland.
Cast
Peter Bowles
as Major Sinclair Yeates
Bryan Murray
as Flurry Knox
Brendan Conroy
as Peter Cadogan
Anna Manahan
as Mrs Cadogan
Lise-Ann McLaughlin
as Sally Knox
Virginia Cole
as Briget Brickley-Cadogan
Sarah Badel
as Babs
Seasons
Season 1
Major Sinclair Yeates discovers the top brass won't promote him beyond major, so he decides to resign and take a post as the Resident Magistrate in West Ireland. Yeates soon discovers his new landlord hasn't been completely honest with him and everything Yeates does somehow ends up back-firing on him.
Season 2
Season 3
Episodes
Season 1
Great Uncle McCarthy
Major Sinclair Yeates, an Englishman, arrives in a rural area of Victorian Ireland. He has married his colonel's daughter and has decided to take up a new career as a Resident Magistrate. Major Yeates quickly meets the hard-riding Knox clan, including Great Uncle McCarthy and young Flurry Knox, his landlord.
Trinket's Colt
Continuing the story of Major Sinclair Yeates's experiences in Ireland. He has to deal with a remarkable dispute about a young horse. Meanwhile, the Major's wife, Phillipa, arrives from England.
A Misdeal
Yeates and Philippa visit a horse fair in search of a suitable mount for a forthcoming hunt.
The Boat's Share
Yeates and his cousin Basil fear their careers are ruined when they are caught in a police raid at the Brickleys.
Occasional Licences
A local publican neatly sidesteps Yeates' objections to beer sales at the annual St Peter and St Paul's Day Games.
O Love! O Fire!
Major Sinclair Yeates has settled in as a magistrate in rural Ireland and even his wife Philippa is taking to the country. And with Flurry Knox in love with his cousin, it seems that neither love nor fire should always be taken at face value.
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