Ballykissangel

Ballykissangel is a BBC show which aired from 1996 to 2001. Peter Clifford, an English Catholic priest, is sent from England to work in a small Irish village.

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Tropes used in Ballykissangel include:

• Downer Ending: Father Clifford decides to renounce his faith to marry Assumpta. Assumpta randomly gets struck by lightning. Father Clifford's remaining faith is shattered, and he leaves forever, brokenhearted.
• If I Had a Nickel: In "River Dance":

Assumpta: Thanks for last night. You were good.
Enda: If I had a pound for every time a woman said that to me...

• My Local: Fitzgerald's.
• Oireland
• Oop North: Father Clifford was a Manchester native.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Both leads leave after Season 4. Father Clifford gets replaced by Father Aiden O'Connell, an ex-monk, and later Father Vincent Sheahan, an Australian. Assumpta gets replaced by Oonagh as the Fitzgerald's landlady. The Will They or Won't They? plots get farmed out to other pairings.
• Will They or Won't They? Between Peter and Assumpta. Other couples in later seasons.