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English: During the filming of the 1990s BBC TV series, "Ballykissangel," the Fountain Bar in Avoca was redecorated as the fictional "Fitzgerald's." After the series ended, they kept the new name. After the series ended, they kept the new name.
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Fitzgerald's, a pub in Avoca that was used as a primary exterior set in the series. Ballykissangel is a BBC television drama created by Kieran Prendiville and set in Ireland, produced in-house by BBC Northern Ireland. The original story revolved around a young English Roman Catholic priest as he became part of a rural community.
Avoca (Irish: Abhóca, formerly Abhainn Mhór, meaning 'the great river') [2] is a small town near Arklow, in County Wicklow, Ireland.It is situated on the River Avoca.. The Avoca area has been associated with its copper mines for many years and the valley has been celebrated by Thomas Moore in the song "The Meeting of the Waters".
The village of Avoca is situated on the river. The Avoca flows into the Irish Sea at Arklow where it widens into a large estuary, giving Arklow its Irish language name an t-Inbhear Mór (the big inlet). [citation needed] The catchment area of the Avoca is 652 km 2. [2] The long term average flow rate of the Avoca is 20.2 cubic metres per second ...
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