Irish crime fiction

Blackshore – Irish crime drama on BBC Four and iPlayer

23 January, 2026

Ah, Blackwater. It’s a delightful little community nestling on a waterway in County Clare, in the Republic of Ireland. Most of the folks here know each other. Lots of them have a boat and enjoy spending time on the waterfront, in the hotels and restaurants….

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The Silent Ones by Anna McPartlin

By DeathBecomesHer

9 September, 2025

1980 was a mere 45 years ago but my, how things have changed! It was a time without tech – no mobile phones or internet. And over in Ireland, women were still expected to give up their jobs once they got married, while unmarried mothers…

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Crá: The Irish language crime drama on BBC iPlayer

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17 January, 2025

Available on the iPlayer, Crá is an interesting crime show in many respects. While it certainly doesn’t have the production values of a full-on Netflix, HBO or BBC series, it does show us the shadowy side of a little seen part of the world. Set…

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The Gone: Kiwi/Irish crime show comes to BBC Four

By crimefictionlover

11 March, 2024

While the Irish broadcaster RTÉ may not have the resources of the BBC or HBO, it has canny knack for collaborating with producers in other countries to jointly invest in high-quality crime shows. Hidden Assets was surprisingly good, given the unlikely linkup between an Irish…

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Blood on the Broadcast by SDW Hamilton

By Erin Britton

6 February, 2024

There’s religious strife brewing in Belfast, but it’s not what you might expect. A group known as the Followers of Eden have been operating in and around the city for years, although their power and influence have reached significant heights of late. Led by shadily…

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Where They Lie by Claire Coughlan

By DeathBecomesHer

31 January, 2024

Am I the only one who feels mighty old when a book set in 1968 is called historical crime fiction? It’s a label that’s been applied to Where We Lie, by Irish debut author Claire Coughlan and set in Dublin at the end of the…

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Hidden Assets season 2 comes to BBC Four

By crimefictionlover

29 November, 2023

Last January, the crime show Hidden Assets was a surprise hit when it aired on BBC Four in the UK. Jointly made by Irish and Belgian production companies, it linked a criminal assets recovery investigator in Shannon with missing diamonds and a bombing in Antwerp,…

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The Returned by Amanda Cassidy

By DeathBecomesHer

25 September, 2023

Irish author Amanda Cassidy is a freelance journalist and former Sky News reporter, and she certainly knows how to pull her readers into a story from the get-go. It’s the week before Christmas when a fire breaks out at the Wills family home in County…

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Blackshore – Irish crime drama on BBC Four and iPlayer

The Silent Ones by Anna McPartlin

Crá: The Irish language crime drama on BBC iPlayer

The Gone: Kiwi/Irish crime show comes to BBC Four

Blood on the Broadcast by SDW Hamilton

Where They Lie by Claire Coughlan

Hidden Assets season 2 comes to BBC Four

The Returned by Amanda Cassidy

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