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The Riordans
''The Riordans'' was the second Irish soap opera made by Raidio Telefís Éireann (then called ''Telefís Éireann''). It ran from 1965 to 1979 and was set in the fictional townland of Leestown in County Kilkenny. Its location filming with Outside Broadcast Units, rather than using only TV studios, broke the mould of broadcasting in the soap opera genre and inspired the creation of its British equivalent, ''Emmerdale Farm'' (now called ''Emmerdale'') by Yorkshire Television in 1972.
==Creation==
In 1964 the fledgling ''Telefís Éireann'' had launched ''Tolka Row'', a soap opera set in a working class part of Dublin. Its success was immediate, with its actors becoming household names. One year later, aware that Ireland was still a largely rural country, and of the immense popularity of rural-based radio shows on RTÉ Radio (then called ''Radio Éireann''), notably ''The Kennedys of Castleross'' Telefís Éireann decided to create a new rural soap opera, set on a family farm. Located in Dunboyne, The Flathouse, owned by the Connolly family, was the setting for this programme.
Christopher Fitz-Simons was the show's first executive producer.〔http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/a-trip-down-tvs-memory-lane-27901258.html〕 The drama was written by James Douglas and later Wesley Burrowes, who derived much of his inspiration from engaging with and observing the lives of the locals in Kells, County Kilkenny.〔http://www.kilkennypeople.ie/news/kilkenny-news/camera-crew-visit-kells-to-remember-the-riordans-1-2162782〕 The show was called ''The Riordans'' after the name of the central family, who were two middle-aged parents, ''Tom Riordan'' and his wife ''Mary Riordan'', together with their oldest son, ''Benjy'' and other siblings, including brother ''Michael'' and sister ''Jude'', all of whom except Benjy had left farming for other careers and had more adventurous personal lives. Other leading characters included the family doctor, his Protestant gentry-born wife, the (radical Vatican II-oriented) Catholic priest, the conservative Church of Ireland rector, the local pub owner, some nomadic Irish Travellers and others.
Part of the success of the series was because many of the leading actors were themselves from the background they represented. John Cowley, who played the patriarch of the family, ''Tom Riordan'' was from real farming stock in Ardbraccan in County Meath and many of the issues his character had to deal with reflected his own life experiences in rural Ireland. Actor Tom Hickey, who played ''Benjy'' was from County Kildare in the midlands and also had personal experience of life in the part of the country in which the programme was set.
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