The Irish R.M.

5.2

1983•50m

The Irish R.M. refers to a series of books by the Anglo-Irish novelists Somerville and Ross, and the television comedy-drama series based on them. They are set in turn of the 20th century west of Ireland.

Production

Trailers & Videos

Irish RM trailer

Seasons

6 Episodes • Premiered 1983

Major Sinclair Yeates discovers the top brass won't promote him beyond major, so he decides to resign and take a post as the Resident Magistrate in West Ireland. Yeates soon discovers his new landlord hasn't been completely honest with him and everything Yeates does somehow ends up back-firing on him.

1. Great Uncle McCarthy

Major Sinclair Yeates, an Englishman, arrives in a rural area of Victorian Ireland. He has married his colonel's daughter and has decided to take up a new career as a Resident Magistrate. Major Yeates quickly meets the hard-riding Knox clan, including Great Uncle McCarthy and young Flurry Knox, his landlord.

2. Trinket's Colt

Continuing the story of Major Sinclair Yeates's experiences in Ireland. He has to deal with a remarkable dispute about a young horse. Meanwhile, the Major's wife, Phillipa, arrives from England.

3. A Misdeal

Yeates and Philippa visit a horse fair in search of a suitable mount for a forthcoming hunt.

4. The Boat's Share

Yeates and his cousin Basil fear their careers are ruined when they are caught in a police raid at the Brickleys.

5. Occasional Licences

A local publican neatly sidesteps Yeates' objections to beer sales at the annual St Peter and St Paul's Day Games.

6. O Love! O Fire!

Major Sinclair Yeates has settled in as a magistrate in rural Ireland and even his wife Philippa is taking to the country. And with Flurry Knox in love with his cousin, it seems that neither love nor fire should always be taken at face value.