Galway’s major sporting and social festival, The Galway Races, has become the setting for a major new Irish language contemporary comedy drama series - Rásaí na Gaillimhe.
The first episode of Rásaí na Gaillimhe will be broadcast on TG4 on Wednesday September 23 at 9.30pm, with a repeat on the Saturday at 9.25pm. It will feature dodgy schemes, misplaced dreams, wanton excesses, and outright sin.
The De Barra Brothers are a set of criminal siblings from Donegal who have decided to stage a daring robbery at the festival. The ultimate target is an oblivious bookie, Eoin Boland, who happens to be having a very successful and eventful week.
Liam Reilly is a jockey who is fed up of throwing up and throwing races. In a controversial race, he refuses to follow the dubious instructions of horse-owner Noel Treacy, with far-reaching consequences.
Middle-class mother, Sinéad Connors, has re-invented herself as a high class prostitute in her suburban Galway home. Corrupt politician Ultan Keane is attracting unwanted bad press, while frustrated garda Aoife keeps a keen and inquisitive eye on the bad deeds and illegal acts of the other characters.
Rásaí na Gaillimhe was filmed entirely in Galway and many of the local sites are used such as Eyre Square and the Meyrick Hotel along with plenty of action at Galway race course.
The cast includes Don Wycherley, Tom Ó Súilleabháin, Ruth Bradley, Frankie Mc Cafferty, Dairine Ní Dhonnchú, Séamus Moran, Olga Wehrly, Owen McDonnell Seán T Ó Meallaigh, Hughie McGarvey, Eoin Mac Diarmada, Owen Roe, Gavin O’Connor, JD Kelleher, Charlotte Bradley, Donncha Crowley, Michael Patric, Áine Ní Dhroighneáin, and Eoghan Ó Riada.
