Comedy Series ‘Anseo’ Begins Dublin Shoot | The Irish Film & Television Network

Charlie McCarthy (On Home Ground) will helm the drama which tells the story of civil servant Setanta de Paor who is the guardian of the Irish language but is about to become lost in translation with a savagely tightened public purse - and his only hope a parrot called Mairtin O Cadhain.

Risteard Cooper (The State of Us) stars in the lead role and is joined by Conor McNeill (Cherrybomb), Norma Sheahan (New Boy), Kate Nic Chonaonaigh (Rolla Saor) and Michelle Beamish (Eden).

Produced by Martha O'Neill at Wildfire, the drama was penned by Antoine O'Flatharta. Richard Kendrick (Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home) is lensing the five week shoot in Dublin. The provisional transmission date is Autumn 2010.

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