Keepin 'er Country

We're on the road with the men and women who, when they aren't jiving, just keep on trucking. With Ireland's biggest truck show in their sights, we jump in the cab with lorry-loving women who spend hundreds of thousands on their vehicles to keep them in tip-top condition, and the men who combine their weekly workload with pulling up to country music festivals at the weekends.

The religious anthem 'One Day at a Time' by country artist Gloria still remains the biggest hit in the Irish charts, so it is unsurprising then that country music that speaks to believers is a genre all of its own. In this episode, we meet the men of the cloth who are religious about country music. From singing reverends to jiving priests, it's a communion of the holy and the hooley.

We're on the road with the men and women who, when they aren't jiving, just keep on trucking. With Ireland's biggest truck show in their sights, we jump in the cab with lorry-loving women who spend hundreds of thousands on their vehicles to keep them in tip-top condition, and the men who combine their weekly workload with pulling up to country music festivals at the weekends.

We're out on the open range with the cowboys and cowgirls of Ireland as we saddle up with the men and women who live their lives western-style. From Desperate Dans competing in the All-Ireland western riding championships to a magnificent seven from Donegal staging an old-time bank robbery, it's like the Wild West out there!

The tiny village of Clonmany in Donegal hosts the longest-running country music festival in Ireland, and as it prepares for its 50th anniversary this year, we meet the locals who make it all possible. With a night of nostalgia focusing on the veteran stars, Philomena Begley and TR Dallas take centre stage in this trip down memory lane.

Competitive farmers take their sport as seriously as any footballer or Gaelic player might take a county or All-Ireland Final. From sheep shearers to prize pigs, there is money and serious bragging rights up for grabs at agricultural shows all across Ireland. The biggest of them all is the Ploughing Championships and with multiple stages, country music provides the soundtrack.