Back to Barrytown: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

It's been 30 years since the world was introduced to the Dublin suburb of Barrytown. Now, three decades on, the actor Colm Meaney – who featured across the trilogy of films – explores the world of Barrytown: the people who populated it, the real lives that inspired it, and those who helped create it. He peers through this fictional window into a brief moment in the history of modern Ireland: a time when the fortunes of the country and its citizens were changing utterly.

Back to Barrytown will focus on the stories, themes and characters of each of the three books, capturing the fanciful daydreams of escape and prosperity, and the down to earth realities of family, friendship and community.

Series details

• Title: Back to Barrytown
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2021-05-16
• Final broadcast date listed: 2021-05-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: RTÉ ONE
• Network country: Ireland
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 78254
• TVDB ID: 403068

Cast and credited roles

• Colm Meaney — Colm Meaney

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-05-16; final listed air date 2021-05-30; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

Adapted from Back to Barrytown on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.