The Best TV Shows on TG4

C.U. Burn is a cult Irish language TV comedy broadcast on the Irish-language television channel TG4. It tells the tales of the County Donegal undertakers Charlie and Vincie Burn who run a turf-fueled crematorium. They are rivaled by another group of more professional undertakers led by Frank Doyle. The show revolves around the cunning Charlie Burn whose ruthless pursuit of business often leads to much chaos while his long-suffering brother Vincie Burn simply requests a quiet life. Pádraig assists at the crematorium and Pádraig's sister Máiréad is the recurring love interest of Charlie.

Gritty Irish-language drama chronicling the difficult professional and intense personal life of Cathal Mac Iarnáin, a tenacious TV crime reporter who is obsessed with pursuing the story behind the story. But as single-minded as he is about uncovering the truth, he is often too busy chasing stories to notice that the world of crime hits closer to home every day.

Ros na Rún is a long-running Irish soap opera produced for the Irish language television channel, TG4. It was originally broadcast on RTÉ One in the early 1990s before the existence of TG4. It now broadcasts for 35 weeks of the year, airing 2 episodes each week from September to May. The programme is set in a fictional village called Ros Na Rún, located outside Galway, and near Spiddal, and centres around the domestic and professional lives of its residents. It is modelled on an average village in the West of Ireland but with its own distinct personality – diverse population that share secrets, romances, friendships etc. While the core community has remained the same, the look and feel of Ros Na Rún has changed and evolved over the years to incorporate the changing face of rural Ireland. It has established a place not only in the hearts and minds of the Irish speaking public, but also the wider Irish audience.

Northern Lights tells the story of two grieving strangers whose worlds collide on a rainy night in Dublin. Revelations, confessions, secrets, and lies envelop this darkly humorous, intimate series of hope.

In an isolated village in the north west of Ireland, a murder investigation begins when Garda Barry Roche finds a body buried in the bog. In the most personal of cases, Garda Conall Ó Súilleabháin discovers it is his mother, Sabine, who has been missing for 15 years. Conall is forbidden from working on the case, but is drawn into the investigation by a determined young journalist Ciara-Kate, who is using her true-crime podcast to expose the village's deepest secrets. As they unravel the truth, they must confront a community bound by silence and its own moral codes.

The story of the Connolly Brothers; three Irish emigrants who travel from Montana to the Yukon during the Klondike gold rush of the 1890’s in the hope of striking it rich where they become embroiled in a deadly feud with the man who runs the town.

Paisean Faisean is an Irish language television dating show broadcast on TG4. It was presented in the first three series by Aoife Ní Thuairisg, and in the fourth series by Bláthnaid Nic Dhonnchadha and Mairéad Ní Chuaig. The fifth series saw Nic Dhonnchadha present alongside Síle Seoige.

Reality based talent search for Ireland's newest country and western music star.

Amú Amigos is an Irish-language TV travel show with a mainly young audience. It got huge ratings and brought many non-Irish speakers to the channel for the first time. Hector's style is unique, as he travels to various countries, meeting and chatting with the locals in English/Spanish and then explaining to the audience in Irish. The enthusiasm and love he has for the Irish language is infectious and has influenced many other programmes on TG4. Each show attracts in the range of 50,000 viewers. Amú Amigos was followed with other similar series such as: ⁕Amú le Hector ⁕Hector i Meiriceá ⁕Hector san Afraic ⁕Hector san Astráil

Geantraí (translated: Lively Music), an evergreen traditional music series, is one of TG4’s most popular and has been a staple in the programme schedule since the channel first came on air. It conveys the unique atmosphere of a pub session and programmes feature the best of regional traditional music from around the country. The series, presented by a different musician each week, is produced in genuine traditional music pubs and many of our best known musicians are featured. It is also a platform for the young or indeed the mature musician who may be performing on television for the first time.

Eochair an ghrá is a television programme broadcast by Ireland's TG4, an Irish language network. The programme is a dating series where the presenter Eibhlín Ní Chonghaile and psychologist Kevin O hEaghra, together with a guest, visit three houses, with the guest choosing the owner of one of the houses for a date. The show claims to figure out the personality of the owner of the house by looking at the interior and exterior decor, the bedroom and personal effects.

Anamnocht Documentary series of hour-long treatments of personalities, movements, places and ideas that have shaped modern Ireland or that reveal a hidden or repressed aspect of our cultural, historical or social heritage. Previous episode: ⁕Frederick Douglass and the White Negro Frederick Douglass agus na Negroes Bana, Frederick Douglass, the "Martin Luther King" of the 19th century, escaped from slavery in the US and fled to Ireland to seek refuge during the Irish famine. The programme shows how much of an effect Ireland had on him and the relationship between Irish Americans and African Americans living in the US. Current episode: ⁕Filleadh - Return. Éamonn and Joe left home just after the war. They worked on the farms along the border between England and Scotland. They used to work with each other during the day and sleep in guest houses. They used to always talk about the day they would return to Tory island for Saint Patrick's day.

7 Lá is an Irish-language weekly current affairs show. All topics are discussed but particular focus is given to regional and Gaeltacht affairs.

Nollaig No. 1 was an Irish-language talent show, the winner of which will got the opportunity to release their winning song to the general public for Christmas 2008. It was won by Mary Lee who released the single Siúil Leat, a festive and Irish take on You'll Never Walk Alone In 2010 Lee took part in The X Factor using the name Mary Byrne.

Thar Sáile is a series of television programmes which explores the status of the Irish language in some of Europe's major cities. The cities visited are Vienna, Berlin, Athens, Amsterdam, Oslo, Paris, Madrid and Brussels.

Nuacht TG4 is a daily half-hour Irish language TV news bulletin produced by RTÉ News and Current Affairs for the Irish language Television station TG4. The programme is broadcast weekday evenings at 19:00, live from the studios of TG4 in Baile na hAbhann, County Galway. A shortened edition of the programme is broadcast on weekend evenings at around 18:45.

Laochra Gael which means Gaelic heroes in the Irish language is an Irish television programme. Now its eleventh series the show profiles and celebrates some of the greatest names in Gaelic games since the 1940s. Each of the programmes contains interviews with the subject, archive footage of their exploits on the pitch and an assessment from GAA experts, friends, rivals and teammates. Laochra Gael is broadcast on the Irish language television station, TG4. The eleventh series started in February 2013 and featured Eddie Brennan from Kilkenny.

An annual gala awards concert featuring Ireland's finest traditional musicians from far and wide. Each year an independent panel of selectors recognises artists who represent all that is skilful, generous and dúchasach (indigenous) in Ireland's traditional arts.

Set in a struggling Irish language newspaper in Belfast, the series is built around the character of Rob Cullan. a journalist who has left a high flying job in an English newspaper under a cloud. He is persuaded to return to the community he grew up in by the wily newspaper proprietor Diarmuid Black to help rescue his ailing publication.

Seó Spóirt is an Irish language sports talk-show that is broadcast weekly on Friday evenings on TG4. Focusing on GAA and rugby union, the show runs each year from spring to autumn, covering the main competitions in both codes. Seó Spóirt is presented by former Kerry footballer Dara Ó Cinnéide, along with regular guest Seán Bán Breathnach. The show usually consists of a discussion of recent action and events from the worlds of GAA and rugby, with comment and analysis from different guests each week. Among the regular guests are Darragh Ó Sé, Coman Goggins, Liam Rushe, Pat Fleury, Páidí Ó Sé, Ger Loughnane, Kevin Cassidy, Dónal O'Grady, Ger Loughnane, Aodán Mac Gearailt, Tomás Ó Flatharta, John Allen, Ray Silke, Paul Galvin, Charlie Vernon and Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh. The show also includes interviews with players and managers, and other reports by Gemma Ní Chionnaith. Another regular feature is "Thar an Trasnán" competition, in which school-level football and hurling teams compete to see who can put the ball over the bar the most times. Seó Spóirt first went on air on February 2 2007. Mícheál Ó Dómhnaill hosted the first series, before making way for Dara Ó Cinnéide in 2009.