Cogar
{{Short description|Irish documentary series}}
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| country = Ireland
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Cogar ({{IPA|ga|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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/gleeson-calls-for-switch-on-to-tg4s-full-irish-26766956.html|title=Gleeson calls for switch on to TG4's full Irish|website=independent}}
Cogar was first broadcast in 2000, the first episode looking at Dublin's bicycle couriers.The Irish Times (Saturday, September 30, 2000), page 63.
Episodes
=Notable episodes=
- 2002: Paddy Fitz, Fear an Hata ("Paddy Fitz, the Man with the Hat"): on the storyteller Paddy Fitzpatrick{{Cite web|url=https://www.mayonews.ie/sports/36157-farewell-to-paddy-fitzpatrick|title=Farewell to Paddy Fitzpatrick|website=www.mayonews.ie}}{{Cite web|url=https://tuairisc.ie/paddy-fitz-duine-de-laochra-mora-chonamara-imithe-uainn/|title=Paddy Fitz, duine de laochra móra Chonamara, imithe uainn|website=Tuairisc.ie}}
- 2006: Ar Thóir Hy Brasil ("In Search of Hy-Brazil"), a documentary on the mythical island{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EU8jAAAAQBAJ&q=cogar+tg4&pg=PA259|title=Hy Brasil: The Metamorphosis of an Island: From Cartographic Error to Celtic Elysium|first=Barbara|last=Freitag|date=21 January 2013|publisher=Rodopi|isbn=978-9401209106|via=Google Books}}
- 2008: an episode on Irish Community Care Manchester{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/banjos-and-pirates-lead-charge-of-tg4s-new-line-up-26475927.html|title=Banjos and pirates lead charge of TG4's new line-up|website=independent}}
- 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{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/tg4s-hadji-bey-documentary-a-sweet-delight-26805493.html|title=TG4's Hadji Bey documentary a sweet delight|website=independent}}
- 2011: Éamonn Ó Cathain – An Fear Iarainn ("Eamonn Keane, the Ironman"), covering a County Mayo weightlifter{{Cite web|url=https://www.advertiser.ie/mayo/article/46036/louisburgh-ironman-to-feature-on-special-tg4-programme|title=Louisburgh Ironman to feature on special TG4 programme|website=Mayo Advertiser}}
- 2014: Bliain an tSneachta Mhóir ("Year of the Big Snow"), on the 1946–47 heavy snowfall{{Cite web|url=https://johnmurphyeditor.com/documentary/bliain-an-tsneachta-mhoir/|title=Bliain an tSneachta Mhóir|date=18 October 2014}}
- 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{{Cite web|url=http://www.the42.ie/oneill-brothers-baseball-2415492-Nov2015/|title=A tribe called west: The forgotten Galway brothers who once ruled baseball|first=Steve|last=O'Rourke|website=The42}}
- 2015: Episode on the controversial 1978 TV adaptation of Langrishe, Go Down{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-reviews/who-said-wrestlings-no-laughing-matter-34132633.html|title=Who said wrestling's no laughing matter?|website=independent}}
- 2015: Snámh in Aghaidh Easa ("Swimming Against the Current"), about the hazards faced by Aran Islands trawlermen{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/dramatic-trawler-sinking-brings-tension-to-tg4-documentary-1.2446571|title=Dramatic trawler sinking brings tension to TG4 documentary|first=Lorna|last=Siggins|website=The Irish Times}}
- 2016: Diarmuid Lynch – Óglach Dearmadta ("Diarmuid Lynch, Forgotten Warrior"), on the life of Diarmuid Lynch{{Cite web|url=https://www.carrigdhoun.com/post/diarmuid-lynch-tracton-s-forgotten-volunteer|title=Diarmuid Lynch – Tracton's Forgotten Volunteer|first=Online|last=Journalist|date=24 March 2016|website=www.carrigdhoun.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ciarahyland.com/diarmuid-lynch.html|title=Diarmuid Lynch|website=Ciara Hyland}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.tg4.ie/en/player/categories/top-documentaries/?series=Cogar&genre=Faisneis Official site]
{{TG4 Shows}}
Category:Irish-language television shows
Category:2010s Irish television series
Category:2020s Irish television series
Category:TG4 original programming
Category:Irish documentary television series
Category:2000 Irish television series debuts
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