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Pat Shortt's new drama explores how families deal with emigration and cancer

Shortt said he thinks Smalltown will create the ‘water-cooler chat’ that TV series such as Love/Hate and Charlie have in the past.

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Aug 31st 2016, 8:30 PM

13 unmistakeable signs you grew up in small-town Ireland

You going down the canal later?

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Aug 27th 2013, 9:30 PM