Cogar

Cogar (Irish pronunciation: [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.^[1]

Cogar
Genre	documentary
Country of origin	Ireland
Original language	Irish
No. of seasons	17
Production
Production locations	Baile na hAbhann, Galway
Original release
Network	TG4
Release	1 October 2000 (2000-10-01) – present

Cogar was first broadcast in 2000, the first episode looking at Dublin's bicycle couriers.^[2]

Episodes

Notable episodes

• 2002: Paddy Fitz, Fear an Hata ("Paddy Fitz, the Man with the Hat"): on the storyteller Paddy Fitzpatrick^[3][4]
• 2006: Ar Thóir Hy Brasil ("In Search of Hy-Brazil"), a documentary on the mythical island^[5]
• 2008: an episode on Irish Community Care Manchester^[6]
• 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^[7]
• 2011: Éamonn Ó Cathain – An Fear Iarainn ("Eamonn Keane, the Ironman"), covering a County Mayo weightlifter^[8]
• 2014: Bliain an tSneachta Mhóir ("Year of the Big Snow"), on the 1946–47 heavy snowfall^[9]
• 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^[10]
• 2015: Episode on the controversial 1978 TV adaptation of Langrishe, Go Down^[11]
• 2015: Snámh in Aghaidh Easa ("Swimming Against the Current"), about the hazards faced by Aran Islands trawlermen^[12]
• 2016: Diarmuid Lynch – Óglach Dearmadta ("Diarmuid Lynch, Forgotten Warrior"), on the life of Diarmuid Lynch^[13][14]