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Cogar

Cogar 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.

Last revised
Jun 16, 2026
Read time
≈ 2 min
Length
383 w
Citations
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Cogar
Genredocumentary
Country of originIreland
Original languageIrish
No. of seasons17
Production
Production locationsBaile na hAbhann, Galway
Original release
NetworkTG4
Release1 October 2000 (2000-10-01) –
present

Cogar (Irish pronunciation: [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 Fitzpatrick34
  • 2006: Ar Thóir Hy Brasil ("In Search of Hy-Brazil"), a documentary on the mythical island5
  • 2008: an episode on Irish Community Care Manchester6
  • 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 sweetshop7
  • 2011: Éamonn Ó Cathain – An Fear Iarainn ("Eamonn Keane, the Ironman"), covering a County Mayo weightlifter8
  • 2014: Bliain an tSneachta Mhóir ("Year of the Big Snow"), on the 1946–47 heavy snowfall9
  • 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 192810
  • 2015: Episode on the controversial 1978 TV adaptation of Langrishe, Go Down11
  • 2015: Snámh in Aghaidh Easa ("Swimming Against the Current"), about the hazards faced by Aran Islands trawlermen12
  • 2016: Diarmuid Lynch – Óglach Dearmadta ("Diarmuid Lynch, Forgotten Warrior"), on the life of Diarmuid Lynch1314
References

References

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