Ballykissangel is a small, rural village in the heart of the Irish countryside, where life revolves around the local church and its next door neighbor and rival, the village pub. It's the kind of town where everyone knows everyone else, and where any matter in dispute is settled by taking bets on the outcome.
Much of the early seasons of BALLYKISSANGEL, focus on Father Clifford's run-ins and confrontations with the beautiful and stubborn pub owner, Assumpta Fitzgerald. But after the death of Assumpta and the departure of the heartbroken Peter Clifford, life goes on with several new faces in town:
Father Aidan O'Connell, is newly emerged after 10 years of cloistered confinement in a Cistercian monastery. His sister, Orla, is a free spirit who has spent her life travelling. She's back in Ballykissangel to see her brother, and she creates quite a stir among the male population.
Sean Dillon is another returning native, and he's recently widowed. Although he made a fortune in England, he is not welcomed back. Many remember suffering at the hands of his father. Sean 's teenage daughter is Emma, a feisty city girl struggling to come to terms with life in the country.
And Danny Byrne is the brooding bad boy from a Dublin housing estate, who sets female hearts fluttering. How will the new arrivals fit into Ballykissangel? Who will run the pub now that Assumpta has gone? How will Quigley react to another wheeler-dealer in town?
"Trying To Connect You" airs Sunday, July 15 at 7 p.m. - In the first episode, Father Clifford arrives in Ballykissangel and arouses much interest, especially since he left his old parish rather unexpectedly.
"The Things We Do For Love" airs Sunday, July 22 at 7 p.m. - A young woman turns up to visit Fr. Clifford, causing comment and embarrassment. Father Clifford also arranges a football match.
"Live In My Heart And Pay No Rent" airs Sunday, July 29 at 7 p.m. - Father Clifford tries to encourage reluctant groom Ambrose to marry his bride, Niamh, and Quigley is on the mountain waiting for his lost love.
"Fallen Angel" airs Sunday, August 5 at 7 p.m. - Father Clifford meets his match over chess and disputation, in a cantankerous old atheist. Assumpta helps Fr. Clifford pass his driving test and Egan tries to close Angel FM.
"The Power And The Glory" airs Sunday, August 26 at 7 p.m. - Quigley is standing in the by-election, but a visiting reporter has some dirt on him. But the dirt on the reporter is that he and Assumpta are old flames.
"Missing You Already" airs Sunday, September 1 at 7 p.m. - Father Clifford may have made a few friends in Ballykissangel, but it seems he's not wanted at St. Joseph's. He learns that he's to be sent back to England and finds that no-one will miss him, not even Assumpta.
