snolan-52693 The first three seasons were great but then season four went from s great British series to a femanazi, feminist packed female focused soap opera with assinine writing and inane story lines. Shut it off. Had enough of the nasty female characters acting like raving bitches.

lilawisotzki I discovered Ballykissangel earlier this year (2014) and I now watch an episode or 2 every night. I bought DVD's of the first 3 seasons. I find the people of BallyK to be wonderful, funny, down to earth and most of them very likable- even Quigley and on rare occasions Father Mac. I find that I laugh and cry and have my heart strings pulled very tightly when I see the way Father Clifford looks at Asumpta. I have started on season 4 but it has not drawn me in the way the first 3 seasons did. When some of the major characters left the show I too "left it" and just continue to review the episodes from the first 3 season. I love Father Clifford and the feisty Asumpta. And as a non-Catholic (I'm Protestant) I really appreciate the way Father Clifford is portrayed as a thinking modern priest. However some of the pomp and beauty makes me want to become a Catholic. And the Irish countryside is just captivating. I am recommending Ballykissangel to all my friends and MAY lend them my DVD's.

Violet Weed I started watching this show on youtube and at first I liked it, then it turned into something akin to 'hollywood anti-God series'. I cannot believe that the character, Father Peter, would leave the priesthood just like that for a piece of a$$; on the other hand, the actor who played Peter WAS living with the actress who played assumpta so maybe they broke up. It's a shame, really, that they took the opportunity to have a Roman Catholic Priest give up his Belief so easily. Sure I know it happens, but I also know that I was BFF with a Jesuit Priest for 35 years and although I thought he was very sexy (he still is) I NEVER once thought about boffing him or dinking with his belief in Christ. I am NOT a RC, but a born-again Christian. I tell you this, a man who has given himself to the Lord to the point where he becomes a Priest, is not going to give it up for tail (that IS what we are talking about here). We who love Jesus are not easily pulled away from Him. Too bad so many of the TV show / movie makers are so anti God. It's quite a shame.

hjmsia49 Bally K is the kind of quality television series I never tire of watching. The acting by an ensemble cast is first rate as is the script. I thought it gave foreigners an interesting picture of life in an Irish town. I thought the series lagged a bit after the initial two characters (Father Clifford and Asumpta) left but still had enough to continue interest. I noticed a strange commonality between almost all the main characters. Did anybody else note what all these pivotal characters had in common: Asumpta the local bar owner, Brendan the local teacher, Siobhan the local vet, Dr. Ryan, local yokels Liam and Donal, entrepreneur Quigley, storekeeper Kathleen, Garage owner Padraig and his successor in the later series, father O'Comnnell's sister Orla, Eamon and his elderly replacement and stable owner Avril? Not one of them was married? Rather unusual for a "typical" Irish town. Finally, one can wonder why Ireland, a country that sends priests all over the world, has to import them from England and Australia? I do recommend the series as an example of quality television, all too rare on local schedules.