# Mostly Irish (Gaelic) language Channel **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 18, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mostly-irish-gaelic-language-channel/464080 "2008-09-18T01:12:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mostly-irish-gaelic-language-channel/464080/1 "2008-09-18T01:12:42Z")
I only just discovered you can watch TG4, the mainly Irish language channel online. Unlike alot of channels this isn’t just locked into this region. Anyway, here it is: > **[TG4 TV | Seinnteoir TG4 | Gaeilge | Cainéal Teilifís Éireannach | Súil Eile](https://www.tg4.ie/ga/)** > > Is é TG4 Craoltóir Seirbhíse Poiblí Náisiúnta na Gaeilge. Is Mol Domhanda d'Ábhar Gaeilge agus Cultúir é Seinnteoir TG4 atá ar fáil gan srian don lucht féachana ar fud an domhain. Ceol, Spórt, Cláir Faisnéise, Páistí. Most of the shows in Irish are subtitled in English. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mostly-irish-gaelic-language-channel/464080/2 "2008-09-18T10:23:24Z")
that’s pretty cool. there was a soap opera kind of thing that was in irish that i stumbled across every now and again. i enjoyed listening in. ---
**Author:** ![seosamh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@seosamh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seosamh)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mostly-irish-gaelic-language-channel/464080/3 "2008-09-18T11:50:09Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > that’s pretty cool. there was a soap opera kind of thing that was in irish that i stumbled across every now and again. i enjoyed listening in. That would be “Ros na Rún”. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mostly-irish-gaelic-language-channel/464080/4 "2008-09-18T12:49:42Z")
They do a good job of showing US dramas ahead of E4 too, The Sopranos finished there first, as did the most recent season of Nip/Tuck. The Wire season 4 is being broadcast and AFAIK season 5 will run on straight after. The documentaries on life in Ireland are a heck of a lot better than those on RTE 1 & 2. You get a better idea of some of the minutae of life long ago in Ireland through their documentaries. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mostly-irish-gaelic-language-channel/464080/5 "2008-09-18T12:56:40Z")
> [@Pushkin](#): > > They do a good job of showing US dramas ahead of E4 too, The Sopranos finished there first, as did the most recent season of Nip/Tuck. The Wire season 4 is being broadcast and AFAIK season 5 will run on straight after. > > The documentaries on life in Ireland are a heck of a lot better than those on RTE 1 & 2. You get a better idea of some of the minutae of life long ago in Ireland through their documentaries. It was how I discovered the Wire. I think it could have a bit more Irish content but generally it’s an excellent channel. I don’t like that the ads aren’t in Irish anymore. ---
**Author:** ![counsel\_wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@counsel\_wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/counsel_wolf)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mostly-irish-gaelic-language-channel/464080/6 "2008-09-18T12:57:37Z")
They also dub south park into Irish as a kids show (at least it was on in the afternoon when I spotted it). That made for some bizarre viewing I can tell you. ---
**Author:** ![Hrududu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Hrududu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hrududu)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mostly-irish-gaelic-language-channel/464080/7 "2008-09-18T13:02:12Z")
I feel a little ashamed that the only things I watch on TG4 are American imports. They are currently nearly finished showing Season 5 of The Wire. They are also first with things like Nip/Tuck and Without a Trace. I also used to watch Survivor on it, although watching that show with the voiceover in Irish is a bit bizarre. I keep meaning to watch some of the documentaries they put on as people have recommended them to me. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mostly-irish-gaelic-language-channel/464080/8 "2008-09-18T15:40:27Z")
> [@counsel\_wolf](#): > > They also dub south park into Irish as a kids show (at least it was on in the afternoon when I spotted it). That made for some bizarre viewing I can tell you. That was a bizarre listing when I spotted it, it must be fairly chopped up for a kids slot. After the Sopranos, there used to be a Polish drama series dubbed over with English language. Equally bizarre and somehow the plot made perfect sense. Also notable, and in Irish language, is [Seacht](http://www.tg4.ie/Bearla/inte/seacht/seacht.htm). Shot where I work, I can’t stand watching it, knowing that the night club is really the music department and the drama students are wandering into the IT help desk or the Great Hall. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mostly-irish-gaelic-language-channel/464080/9 "2008-09-18T20:30:29Z")
> [@Pushkin](#): > > That was a bizarre listing when I spotted it, it must be fairly chopped up for a kids slot. > > After the Sopranos, there used to be a Polish drama series dubbed over with English language. Equally bizarre and somehow the plot made perfect sense. Soupy Norman? Was that on TG4? ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mostly-irish-gaelic-language-channel/464080/10 "2008-09-19T08:16:09Z")
Yes, [Soupy Norman it was](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soupy_Norman), and no it wasn’t a TG4 programme. The Sopranos it seems were an RTE broadcast. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mostly-irish-gaelic-language-channel/464080/11 "2008-09-19T08:46:04Z")
> [@seosamh](#): > > That would be “Ros na Rún”. My ex sister-in-law is in that. She’s been in it three times, as different characters each time. They give her glasses and a different hairstyle so nobody recognises her… She also translates cartoons for them. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mostly-irish-gaelic-language-channel/464080/12 "2008-09-19T10:58:53Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > She also translates cartoons for them. Including South Park? Thinking about the episode [World Wide Recorder Concert](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Recorder_Concert) is there an Irish for “queef”? ---
**Author:** ![Laudenum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mostly-irish-gaelic-language-channel/464080/13 "2008-09-19T11:36:19Z")
South Park as Gaeilge is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mostly-irish-gaelic-language-channel/464080/14 "2008-09-20T13:56:23Z")
> [@Pushkin](#): > > Including South Park? Thinking about the episode [World Wide Recorder Concert](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Recorder_Concert) is there an Irish for “queef”? I think it was some sort of manga, actually! I’d imagine Irish for “queef” is something like “an mCuiff”. 😉