
Gogglebox Ireland finally hit our screens and opened absolutely perfectly with The Angelus.
Whilst most of the households blessed themselves, retired friends Eileen and Angela from Castleknock were able to inform us that there are a total of 18 bongs, while Anita speculated that Tracie’s dog Kenny ‘Dogleash’ was barking throughout because he was a “Church of Ireland dog”.
In Ireland, we watch an average of three and a half hours of TV every day - that’s over 24 hours a week. Gogglebox Ireland goes behind closed doors and into living rooms all around the country to find out what people really think about what’s been on the box in the last seven days.
Programmes that featured in the first episode of the new TV3 series were; America’s Got Talent, RTE News: Bus Strike coverage; Ingenious Animals, All Ireland Final, Anchorman, Primetime, Duets at the BBC, Smalltown, Tipping Point and Top Gear.
The All Ireland Final on Sunday had all the households excited, particularly the Cabra girls who thought that Marty Morrissey looked like “John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever.”
Twins Fergal and Neil Tully stole the absolute show from the get go. They thought America’s Got Talent was just like the X Factor, “only shit”. In Athy, 12-year-old Danielle confused Big Band music for Opera. Elsewhere, RTE News coverage of the recent bus strike wasn’t met with too much sympathy by the Ryan’s in Limerick, with James saying “they should be ashamed of themselves”. However, Sharon Ní Bheoláin’s hair did earn a few compliments.
All in all it was fierce Irish and Twitter was loving it.
There was one clear favourite though...