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** Finally, this was the final episode produced during the TheNineties, with the next episode being produced in 2014.
* EnemyMine: Uncle Dolan's sons may hate each other, but they're willing to band together to screw over Sharon when she decides to play the abusive landlord.

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** Finally, Lastly, this was the final episode produced during the TheNineties, with the next episode being produced in 2014.
* EnemyMine: Uncle Dolan's Declan's sons may hate each other, but they're willing to band together to screw over Sharon when she decides to play the abusive landlord.
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** Sharon mentions a holiday to Spain, presumably the one that they managed to win back in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS4E12OkeyCokeyKaraoke Okey-Cokey-Karaoke]]".

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** Sharon Tracey mentions a holiday to Spain, presumably the one that they managed to win back in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS4E12OkeyCokeyKaraoke Okey-Cokey-Karaoke]]".
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** Uncle Declan comes from the sister's true mother side of the family, a mother which they learned the identity of back in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherCS5ItHappenedInHollywood It Happened in Hollywood]]".

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** Uncle Declan comes from the sister's true mother mother's side of the family, a mother which they learned the identity of back in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherCS5ItHappenedInHollywood It Happened in Hollywood]]".



* InheritanceBacklash: The sisters are disappointed when they discover that their inheritance is literally a field, although they do manage to use it for good in resolving the Dolan family crisis.

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* InheritanceBacklash: The sisters are disappointed when they discover that their inheritance is literally a field, although they do manage to use it for good in resolving the Dolan Nolan family crisis.



* {{Oireland}}: Jokes are made about the Irish's love of potatoes, the girls spent a significant time in an Irish pub, and the Irish cast has very strong Irish accents.

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* {{Oireland}}: Jokes are made about the Irish's Irish people's love of potatoes, the girls spent a spend significant time in an Irish pub, there is Irish dancing, the parish priest is the main local figure, it is very rural and the Irish cast has have very strong Irish accents.
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** When Tracey finds out that the actual surname of their mother was "Nolan", Dorian snarks that that must mean that they're the ''Nolan Sisters.

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** When Tracey finds out that the actual surname of their mother was "Nolan", Dorian snarks that that must mean that they're the ''Nolan Sisters.Sisters''.
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* ChristmasEpisode: The eighth in total, only the only tie it has to Christmas is Tracey's AwayInAManger style birth.

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* ChristmasEpisode: The eighth in total, only although the only tie it has to Christmas is Tracey's AwayInAManger style birth.



* InheritanceBacklash: The sisters are disappointed when they discover that their inheritance is literally a field.

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* InheritanceBacklash: The sisters are disappointed when they discover that their inheritance is literally a field.field, although they do manage to use it for good in resolving the Dolan family crisis.



* OneSteveLimit: There are three Declans in the episode: Uncle Declan, Young Declan, and Even Younger Declan.

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* OneSteveLimit: There are three Declans mentioned in the episode: Uncle Declan, Young Declan, and Even Younger Declan.



* StrongFamilyResemblance: Brendan can tell that Sharon is one of theirs as she looks like the spitting image of one of their relatives, Dolores. Additionally, Tracey looks like the rest of them according to him, seeing as she's expecting. It's a conversation that the other two children of Un siblings try to repeat before they're made to stop.

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* StrongFamilyResemblance: Brendan can tell that Sharon is one of theirs as she looks like the spitting image of one of their relatives, Dolores. Additionally, Tracey looks like the rest of them according to him, seeing as she's expecting. It's a conversation that the other two children of Un Uncle Declan's siblings try to repeat before they're made to stop.



* UnexpectedInheritance: The girls are surprised when they find out that they have inherited from Uncle Declan since they never knew him.

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* UnexpectedInheritance: The girls are surprised when they find out that they have inherited from Uncle Declan Declan, since they never knew him.
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...and thus ends the run of the series on Creator/TheBBC. the show will not air again until 2014, when Creator/{{ITV}} will pick it up for a {{Revival}}, leading to [[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS10E1GimmeShelter some dramatic changes]]...

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...and thus ends the run of the series on Creator/TheBBC. the Creator/TheBBC - The show will not air new episodes again until 2014, when Creator/{{ITV}} will pick it up for a {{Revival}}, leading to [[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS10E1GimmeShelter some dramatic changes]]...

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A solicitor's letter reveals an unknown slice of family history for Sharon and Tracey. They decide to go with Dorien to Tipperary, Ireland, so they can find out more about the family and Dorien can visit her horse. The girls hear that Uncle Declan has just died. Unfortunately, the sisters arrive to find they have been left a field. Dorien is not happy either, when discovering her horse is a pregnant one. There's a surprise in store for Tracey as she gives birth in a stable.

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A The sisters have received a mysterious solicitor's letter reveals an from Ireland and find that they have unknown slice of family history for Sharon and Tracey. They decide to go with Dorien to Tipperary, relatives in Ireland, with them being called to listen to the will. Meanwhile, Dorien and Richard have bought a horse, (although Dorien only looked at a photo of the horse before doing so) so she tags along with them, although Tracey is worried about her giving birth there.

In Ireland, they are introduced by Father Collins to the rest of their Irish relatives, who don't really get along. They end up getting a field and a shed from the will, much to their disappointment. Meanwhile, Dorien finds that she's paid for a pregnant mare,
so they can find out more about have to steal the family and Dorien can visit her horse. The girls hear that Uncle Declan has just died. Unfortunately, Roddy hears the sisters arrive word of it, but Sharon manages to find they earn money from it, although Dorien finds that it would have been left a field. Dorien is not happy either, when discovering her more financially viable to keep the horse is a pregnant one. There's a surprise in store anyway. Soon, Sharon resolves the whole sibling situation by planning to act like horrible absentee landladies and charging them money for their fields. However, the horse soon falls into labor. The sisters go to look, but complications strike when Tracey as she gives goes into labor, leading to her giving birth in a stable.
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...and thus ends the run of the series on Creator/TheBBC. the show will not air again until 2014, when Creator/{{ITV}} will pick it up for a {{Revival}}, leading to [[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS10E1GimmeShelter some dramatic changes]]...



* AwayInAManger: This episode had Tracey giving birth in an Irish stable on Christmas Eve.
* BabiesEverAfter: The intended final episode of the series, it ends with Tracey giving birth to Travis Stubbs.

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* AwayInAManger: This episode had ends with Tracey giving birth in an Irish stable on Christmas Eve.stable.
* BabiesEverAfter: The intended final episode of the series, it ends with Tracey giving birth to Travis Stubbs.her new baby.



* ChristmasEpisode: The eighth in total.

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* ChristmasEpisode: The eighth in total.total, only the only tie it has to Christmas is Tracey's AwayInAManger style birth.



* EnemyMine: Uncle Dolan's sons may hate each other, but they're willing to band together to screw over Sharon when she decides to play the abusive landlord.



* ObfusicatingStupidity: Sharon suggests to Tracey to act stupid to the solicitors to get more information out of them regarding the letter that they just received from them.

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* ObfusicatingStupidity: ObfuscatingStupidity: Sharon suggests to Tracey to act stupid to the solicitors to get more information out of them regarding the letter that they just received from them.



* VomitDiscretionShot: At one point, Tracey pukes just off-screen.

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* VomitDiscretionShot: At one point, Tracey pukes just off-screen.
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* BabiesEverAfter: The intended final episode of the series, it ends with Tracey giving birth to Travis Stubbs.


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* InheritanceBacklash: The sisters are disappointed when they discover that their inheritance is literally a field.


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* SpeakInUnison: Both Tracey and Dorien say "Eight?" when Sharon offers £8,000 for the horse to Roddy.


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* ThatCloudLooksLike: Sharon sees a bunch of clouds and reckons it looks like... something. Father Collins reckons that it looks like Our Lord.

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* AllGirlsLikePonies: Dorien decides that she wants to buy a horse this episode.

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* AllGirlsLikePonies: Dorien decides that she wants to buy a horse in this episode.episode.
* AncestralName: Apparently, Uncle Declan had ''two'' sons named after him - Young Declan, and Even Younger Declan.



* ContinuityNod:
** Uncle Declan comes from the sister's true mother side of the family, a mother which they learned the identity of back in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherCS5ItHappenedInHollywood It Happened in Hollywood]]".
** Sharon mentions a holiday to Spain, presumably the one that they managed to win back in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS4E12OkeyCokeyKaraoke Okey-Cokey-Karaoke]]".
* DysfunctionalFamily: The Irish side of the sisters' family have a tendency to argue and rarely speak to each other.



* {{Oireland}}: Jokes are made about the Irish's love of potatoes, the girls spent a significant time in an Irish pub, and the Irish cast has very strong Irish accents.



* OneSteveLimit: There are three Declans in the episode: Uncle Declan, Young Declan, and Even Younger Declan.



* UnexpectedInheritance: The girls are surprised when they find out that they have inherited from Declan, since they never knew him.

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* StrongFamilyResemblance: Brendan can tell that Sharon is one of theirs as she looks like the spitting image of one of their relatives, Dolores. Additionally, Tracey looks like the rest of them according to him, seeing as she's expecting. It's a conversation that the other two children of Un siblings try to repeat before they're made to stop.
* UnexpectedInheritance: The girls are surprised when they find out that they have inherited from Declan, Uncle Declan since they never knew him.

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* AllGirlsLikeHorses: Dorien decides that she wants to buy a horse this episode.

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* AllGirlsLikeHorses: AllGirlsLikePonies: Dorien decides that she wants to buy a horse this episode.


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** Sharon sings "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" by Jack Judge as she's getting prepared to go to Ireland.

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* AllGirlsLikeHorses: Dorien decides that she wants to buy a horse this episode.



* EndOfAnEra:
** This marks the final episode to be aired by Creator/TheBBC, with later episodes being produced by Creator/{{ITV}} instead.
** This is the final episode to be aired in standard definition, with future episodes being produced in widescreen instead.
** Finally, this was the final episode produced during the TheNineties, with the next episode being produced in 2014.



-->'''Sharon''': Irish relatives! Well, we never knew that.
-->'''Tracey''': That's what I said. It said that Mother had a brother named Declan, and he's the one that died and left us something.



* ObfusicatingStupidity: Sharon suggests to Tracey to act stupid to the solicitors to get more information out of them regarding the letter that they just received from them.



* PosthumousCharacter: Uncle Declan, who is already dead by the time the sisters learn about him.



* ShoutOut: At one point Tracey mentions ''Series/{{Ballykissangel}}''.

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** When Tracey finds out that the actual surname of their mother was "Nolan", Dorian snarks that that must mean that they're the ''Nolan Sisters.
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At one point Tracey mentions ''Series/{{Ballykissangel}}''.
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* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: The final episode of the [=BBC=] run, it also serves as Travis' first appearance, who will become a major character come the [=ITV=] run.
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* CelebrityParadox: In one scene, Tracey mentions "Series/{{Ballykissangel}}". James Ellis, who plays Father Collins in this episode, later appeared as Uncle Minto in four episodes of "Series/{{Ballykissangel}}".

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* CelebrityParadox: In one scene, Tracey mentions "Series/{{Ballykissangel}}". ''Series/{{Ballykissangel}}''. James Ellis, who plays Father Collins in this episode, later appeared as Uncle Minto in four episodes of "Series/{{Ballykissangel}}".''Series/{{Ballykissangel}}''.



* ShoutOut: At one point Tracey mentions "Series/{{Ballykissangel}}".

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* ShoutOut: At one point Tracey mentions "Series/{{Ballykissangel}}".''Series/{{Ballykissangel}}''.
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* CelebrityParadox: In one scene, Tracey mentions "Series/{{Ballykissangel}}". James Ellis, who plays Father Collins in this episode, later appeared as Uncle Minto in four episodes of "Series/{{Ballykissangel}}".
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* ShoutOut: At one point Tracey mentions "Series/{{Ballykissangel}}".
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* IrishPriest: OneShotCharacter Father Collins.


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* OneShotCharacter: Father Collins, Brendan, Young Declan, Dempsey and Roddy.
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* AwayInAManger: This episode had Tracey giving birth in an Irish stable on Christmas Eve.



* AwayInAManger: This episode had Tracey giving birth in an Irish stable on Christmas Eve.



* VacationEpisode: The Birds head off to Ireland for the episode and enjoy it's sights there.

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* VacationEpisode: The Birds head off to Ireland for the episode and enjoy it's the sights there.
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* OpenHeartDentistry: Tracey winds up being tended to by a vet.
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* NewBabyEpisode: Both Tracey and a horse that Dorien had purchased give birth in this episode.
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* LongLostRelatives: Sharon and Tracey were unaware that they had relatives in Ireland until they receive a solicitor's letter.

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* LongLostRelatives: LongLostRelative: Sharon and Tracey were unaware that they had relatives in Ireland until they receive a solicitor's letter.
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* LongLostRelatives: Sharon and Tracey were unaware that they had relatives in Ireland until they receive a solicitor's letter.
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* UnexpectedInheritance: The girls are surprised when they find out that they have inherited from Declan, since they never knew him.
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* VacationEpisode: The Birds head off to Ireland for the episode and enjoy it's sights there.
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* VomitIndiscretionShot: At one point, Tracey pukes just off-screen.

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* VomitIndiscretionShot: VomitDiscretionShot: At one point, Tracey pukes just off-screen.
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* AwayInAManger: This episode had Sharon giving birth in an Irish stable on Christmas Eve.
* ExtraLongEpisode: This episode is 40 minutes long (in contrast to the 30 minute long run each episode had at the time).

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* AwayInAManger: This episode had Sharon Tracey giving birth in an Irish stable on Christmas Eve.
* ExtraLongEpisode: This episode is 40 minutes long (in contrast to the 30 minute 30-minute long run each episode had at the time).




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* VomitIndiscretionShot: At one point, Tracey pukes just off-screen.
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* PlotTriggeringDeath: The plot of the episode kicks off when Uncle Declan dies, leading to the girls being mentioned in the will and them going off to Ireland.
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* ExtraLongEpisode: This episode is 40 minutes long (in contrast to the 30 minute long run each episode had at the time).
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* Date First Aired: 24/12/1998

A solicitor's letter reveals an unknown slice of family history for Sharon and Tracey. They decide to go with Dorien to Tipperary, Ireland, so they can find out more about the family and Dorien can visit her horse. The girls hear that Uncle Declan has just died. Unfortunately, the sisters arrive to find they have been left a field. Dorien is not happy either, when discovering her horse is a pregnant one. There's a surprise in store for Tracey as she gives birth in a stable.

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!!Tropes in this episode:
* ChristmasEpisode: The eighth in total.
* AwayInAManger: This episode had Sharon giving birth in an Irish stable on Christmas Eve.
* SeriesFauxnale: Until it was picked up by [=ITV=] in 2014, this was the final episode of the series.

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