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Frank Marron (Brian Gleeson) is an aspiring musician who sees himself as a legendary Irish singer-songwriter, but is hampered by his own prolonged childishness and larger-than-life ego. Still living under the roof of his long-suffering mother Mary (Pom Boyd), who wants him to move out for she can have the house to herself and her various male house guests and in an unresolved on-and-off relationship with his ex-girlfriend Aacute;ine (Sarah Greene) Frank is under pressure to grow up. Together with his loyal best friend Doofus (Domhnaill Gleeson) who despite his name does manage rare moments of sensible decision-making Frank endeavours to maintain his idyllic care-free living and pursue his musical vision. No matter how ridiculous things may turn out for all involved.
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Frank Marron (Brian Gleeson) is an aspiring musician who sees himself as a legendary Irish singer-songwriter, but is hampered by his own prolonged childishness and larger-than-life ego. Still living under the roof of his long-suffering mother Mary (Pom Boyd), who wants him to move out for she can have the house to herself and her various male house guests and in an unresolved on-and-off relationship with his ex-girlfriend Aacute;ine Áine (Sarah Greene) Frank is under pressure to grow up. Together with his loyal best friend Doofus (Domhnaill Gleeson) who despite his name does manage rare moments of sensible decision-making Frank endeavours to maintain his idyllic care-free living and pursue his musical vision. No matter how ridiculous things may turn out for all involved.
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The series follows Frank Marron (Brian Gleeson), a thirty-something professional(?) musician who still lives at home with his mother and aspires to be the legendary Irish performer his towering ego projects to himself. Accompanying Frank as he bounces from one misadventure to another, often caused by his own social-ineptitude, are his childhood friend Doofus (Domhnaill Gleeson), who follows his every instruction while more focused and sensible than Frank, Áine (Sarah Greene), Frank's on-and-off-again girlfriend, and Mary (Pom Boyd), Frank's long-suffering mother who wants him to grow up and get out of the house.
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* WholePlotReference: "A Good Few Angry Women" is about a local community theater production of ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'' with a GenderFlipped cast with Frank and Doofus hired to compose music for, only for Frank to mistake the movie for ''Film/AFewGoodMen''. There's even a YouCantHandleTheParody moment as is to be expected.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Frank (left) and Doofus (right).]]
''Frank of Ireland'' is an Anglo-Irish sitcom produced by Creator/Channel4 starring brothers Brian Gleeson and Creator/DomhnallGleeson alongside Pom Boyd, Sarah Greene and Tom Vaughn Lawlor.
The series follows Frank Marron (Brian Gleeson), a thirty-something professional(?) musician who still lives at home with his mother and aspires to be the legendary Irish performer his towering ego projects to himself. Accompanying Frank as he bounces from one misadventure to another, often caused by his own social-ineptitude, are his childhood friend Doofus (Domhnaill Gleeson), who follows his every instruction while more focused and sensible than Frank, Áine (Sarah Greene), Frank's on-and-off-again girlfriend, and Mary (Pom Boyd), Frank's long-suffering mother who wants him to grow up and get out of the house.
The series is available through Creator/PrimeVideo in most countries.
!!''Frank of Ireland'' has examples of:
* AmbiguousSituation: It is unclear if Liam is Frank's father or just another of his mother's boyfriends who comes and goes.
* IdiotHero: Frank. Some of his examples have to be seen to be believed.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Everyone just seems to call Doofus by his nickname no matter who, when or where or even how they regard him.
* ReallyGetsAround: Frank's mother Mary.
* WholePlotReference: "A Good Few Angry Women" is about a local community theater production of ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'' with a GenderFlipped cast with Frank and Doofus hired to compose music for, only for Frank to mistake the movie for ''Film/AFewGoodMen''. There's even a YouCantHandleTheParody moment as is to be expected.
**"Guitar Nero" has Mary try to put the house on the market and to stop potential viewers Frank, Doofus and Áine set up barricades and booby traps in a homage to ''Film/HomeAlone'' complete with a flamethrower rigged at the back door to burn the heads of intruders.
[[caption-width-right:350:Frank (left) and Doofus (right).]]
''Frank of Ireland'' is an Anglo-Irish sitcom produced by Creator/Channel4 starring brothers Brian Gleeson and Creator/DomhnallGleeson alongside Pom Boyd, Sarah Greene and Tom Vaughn Lawlor.
The series follows Frank Marron (Brian Gleeson), a thirty-something professional(?) musician who still lives at home with his mother and aspires to be the legendary Irish performer his towering ego projects to himself. Accompanying Frank as he bounces from one misadventure to another, often caused by his own social-ineptitude, are his childhood friend Doofus (Domhnaill Gleeson), who follows his every instruction while more focused and sensible than Frank, Áine (Sarah Greene), Frank's on-and-off-again girlfriend, and Mary (Pom Boyd), Frank's long-suffering mother who wants him to grow up and get out of the house.
The series is available through Creator/PrimeVideo in most countries.
!!''Frank of Ireland'' has examples of:
* AmbiguousSituation: It is unclear if Liam is Frank's father or just another of his mother's boyfriends who comes and goes.
* IdiotHero: Frank. Some of his examples have to be seen to be believed.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Everyone just seems to call Doofus by his nickname no matter who, when or where or even how they regard him.
* ReallyGetsAround: Frank's mother Mary.
* WholePlotReference: "A Good Few Angry Women" is about a local community theater production of ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'' with a GenderFlipped cast with Frank and Doofus hired to compose music for, only for Frank to mistake the movie for ''Film/AFewGoodMen''. There's even a YouCantHandleTheParody moment as is to be expected.
**"Guitar Nero" has Mary try to put the house on the market and to stop potential viewers Frank, Doofus and Áine set up barricades and booby traps in a homage to ''Film/HomeAlone'' complete with a flamethrower rigged at the back door to burn the heads of intruders.
