{"id":671756,"date":"2026-11-01T12:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T12:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/671756\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T12:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T12:46:13","slug":"what-you-need-to-know-about-the-second-season-of-irish-crime-drama-cra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/671756\/","title":{"rendered":"What you need to know about the second season of Irish crime drama Cr\u00e1"},"content":{"rendered":"

WHEN IT DEBUTED in late 2024, the Irish detective drama Cr\u00e1 showed that this island is a perfect setting for a crime drama in the vein of Scandi Noir like The Killing, or British investigative dramas like Broadchurch.<\/p>\n

Call it Gaelic Noir if you like.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a second season of Cr\u00e1 on the way, so here\u2019s everything you need to know about it.<\/p>\n

What was the first season about?<\/p>\n

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\n Tony Devlin as Hugh and Art Parkinson as Aodh TG4<\/p>\n

TG4\n<\/p>\n

In the first season, a body discovered in an Irish bog was identified as the missing mother of a Garda called Conall \u00d3 S\u00failleabh\u00e1in, played by D\u00f3nall \u00d3 H\u00e9ala\u00ed (Hidden Assets). Conall wasn\u2019t allowed to join in the investigation, but naturally he couldn\u2019t be kept away from digging into what was going on.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a local journalist started a podcast to look into the disappearance.<\/p>\n

The six-part series was a success for TG4 (it was produced by F\u00edb\u00edn Media and F\u00edb\u00edn Films NI) and went on to sell to 68 territories worldwide under the title \u2018Boglands\u2019.<\/p>\n

So what can we expect from series two?<\/p>\n

\u00d3 H\u00e9ala\u00ed returns as Conall, who is now a trainee detective.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

TG4 tell us:\n<\/p>\n

Series one concluded with Garda Conall \u00d3 S\u00failleabh\u00e1in, discovering the truth about what happened to his mother, Sabine, whose body was found mysteriously buried in a bog. This is a series about consequences, shaped by place, haunted by the past and driven by the people who inhabit the razor\u2019s edge between good and evil. Darkly funny, twist laden and binge worthy, CR\u00c1 series two follows Conall, who must confront his past in order to secure a future.<\/p>\n

We know that Conall is now a trainee detective and has moved to Letterkenny, where he is under the mentorship of Detective Aoife Cooney (Siobh\u00e1n O\u2019Kelly \u2013 Mix Tape).\u00a0<\/p>\n

A murder investigation brings Conall and Aoife back to Carraignanaul, Conall\u2019s hometown. Conall reconnects with Sergeant Barry Roche (Alex Murphy \u2013 The Young Offenders), who we met in season one. But he\u2019s still tormented by the question of what happened to his father, Art.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Who stars in it?<\/p>\n

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\n Hannah Brady as Ciara-Kate TG4<\/p>\n

TG4\n<\/p>\n

Alongside \u00d3 H\u00e9ala\u00ed, O\u2019Kelly and Murphy, the series stars:<\/p>\n

Hannah Brady from Soulm8te as Ciara-Kate
\nColm Mac Giolla Easbuic from Ros na R\u00fan as Iarla
\nBarry McGovern from Obituary as Art
\nLochlann \u00d3 Mear\u00e1in from Mr Loverman as Joe
\nArt Parkinson from Say Nothing as Aodh
\nAoife Nic Ardghail from Casual as Siobh\u00e1n
\nTony Devlin from Say Nothing as Hugh\u00a0
\nSe\u00e1n Duggan from House of Guinness as Neili
\nTara Breathnach from Fr\u00e9waka as Patsy<\/p>\n

Anything else we need to know?<\/p>\n

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\n TG4<\/p>\n

TG4\n<\/p>\n

The series was filmed in Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal, and in the sneak peek that Best of the Box has seen, that most really is made of that beautiful countryside.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When can we watch it?<\/p>\n

Cr\u00e1 will air on TG4 from 3 November at 9.30pm and all episodes will be available to binge-watch on TG4.ie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WHEN IT DEBUTED in late 2024, the Irish detective drama Cr\u00e1 showed that this island is a perfect…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[163478,93,61,60,282,191643],"class_list":["post-671756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-best-of-the-box","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tv","tag-watercooler-moment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}