Cogar Explained

Genre:	documentary
Location:	Baile na hAbhann, Galway
Country:	Ireland
Language:	Irish
Network:	TG4
Last Aired:	present
Num Seasons:	17

Cogar (in Irish pronounced as /ˈkɔɡəɾˠ/; "Whisper") is an Irish television documentary series, shown on the Irish language channel TG4. It focuses on people who have been "ignored" or are at the margins of society.^[1]

Cogar was first broadcast in 2000, the first episode looking at Dublin's bicycle couriers.^[2]

Episodes

Notable episodes

• 2002: Paddy Fitz, Fear an Hata ("Paddy Fitz, the Man with the Hat"): on the storyteller Paddy Fitzpatrick^{[3] [4]}
• 2006: Ar Thóir Hy Brasil ("In Search of Hy-Brazil"), a documentary on the mythical island^[5]
• 2008: an episode on Irish Community Care Manchester^[6]
• 2011: Buabhaill ar na Bánta ("Where the Buffalo Roam"), about a water buffalo farmer in County Cork
• 2011: an episode on Cork's Hadji Bey sweetshop^[7]
• 2011: Éamonn Ó Cathain – An Fear Iarainn ("Eamonn Keane, the Ironman"), covering a County Mayo weightlifter^[8]
• 2014: Bliain an tSneachta Mhóir ("Year of the Big Snow"), on the 1946–47 heavy snowfall^[9]
• 2015: Episode on the four Irish American baseball-playing brothers: Steve O'Neill, Jim O'Neill, Jack O'Neill and Mike O'Neill, who played between 1902 and 1928^[10]
• 2015: Episode on the controversial 1978 TV adaptation of Langrishe, Go Down^[11]
• 2015: Snámh in Aghaidh Easa ("Swimming Against the Current"), about the hazards faced by Aran Islands trawlermen^[12]
• 2016: Diarmuid Lynch – Óglach Dearmadta ("Diarmuid Lynch, Forgotten Warrior"), on the life of Diarmuid Lynch^{[13] [14]}

External links

• Official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gleeson calls for switch on to TG4's full Irish. independent.
2. The Irish Times (Saturday, September 30, 2000), page 63.
3. Web site: Farewell to Paddy Fitzpatrick. www.mayonews.ie.
4. Web site: Paddy Fitz, duine de laochra móra Chonamara, imithe uainn. Tuairisc.ie.
5. Book: Freitag, Barbara. Hy Brasil: The Metamorphosis of an Island: From Cartographic Error to Celtic Elysium. 21 January 2013. Rodopi. 978-9401209106. Google Books.
6. Web site: Banjos and pirates lead charge of TG4's new line-up. independent.
7. Web site: TG4's Hadji Bey documentary a sweet delight. independent.
8. Web site: Louisburgh Ironman to feature on special TG4 programme. Mayo Advertiser.
9. Web site: Bliain an tSneachta Mhóir. 18 October 2014.
10. Web site: A tribe called west: The forgotten Galway brothers who once ruled baseball. Steve. O'Rourke. The42.
11. Web site: Who said wrestling's no laughing matter?. independent.
12. Web site: Dramatic trawler sinking brings tension to TG4 documentary. Lorna. Siggins. The Irish Times.
13. Web site: Diarmuid Lynch – Tracton's Forgotten Volunteer. Online. Journalist. 24 March 2016. www.carrigdhoun.com.
14. Web site: Diarmuid Lynch. Ciara Hyland.