The Riordans

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The Riordans is an influential Irish television drama series that realistically portrayed rural family life and social change from the 1960s onward.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish television series
television series
broadcastFormat serial drama
broadcastPeriod 1960s
1970s
countryOfOrigin Ireland
culturalImpact considered a landmark in Irish television drama
influential in shaping Irish soap opera format
depicts family relationships
political and social change in Ireland
religion in rural Ireland
rural economy
endTime 1979
filmingTechnique on-location shooting
genre drama
soap opera
hasMainCharacter Benjy Riordan NERFINISHED
Mary Riordan NERFINISHED
Minnie Brennan NERFINISHED
Tom Riordan NERFINISHED
hasSpinOff Bracken NERFINISHED
Glenroe NERFINISHED
hasSubject Irish rural life
social issues in Ireland
influenced Bracken NERFINISHED
Glenroe NERFINISHED
mediaType television program
narrativeFocus rural family life
social change in Ireland
notableFeature realistic portrayal of rural Irish life
treatment of contemporary social issues
use of location filming
originalChannel RTÉ One NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
originallyBroadcastOn Irish television
originalNetwork RTÉ NERFINISHED
portrays Irish agricultural community
changes in Irish society in the 1960s and 1970s
producer RTÉ NERFINISHED
productionCompany Raidió Teilifís Éireann NERFINISHED
settingLocation County Kilkenny NERFINISHED
rural Ireland
startTime 1965
targetAudience general audience

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Gabriel Byrne notableWork The Riordans
Tom Hickey notableWork The Riordans