The British Are Coming!

While hunting Alistair Domage on foot with Trevor and Ben, Brendan changes his mind and goes back for the car.

Dessie is en route to saving the day when he encounters Mags leaning on a gate and confesses his involvement with things.

Garda Nugent’s siege of the pig shed is gatecrashed by everybody.

 

Tags:  Leitrim, Ireland, England, Britain, Brexit, Refugees, Gate, Sheep, Pooka

Dessie’s attempt to get Alistair away from Ballygomore collides with Garda Nugent’s checkpoint.

Helen confronts Petey about their family history and who, in fact, is the rightful heir to the 400-piece china set that was rescued from the Big House in 1832.

Brendan ambushes Trevor and Ben into a mediation session but it gets away from him in ways he could not have predicted.

 

Tags:  Leitrim, Ireland, England, Britain, Brexit, Refugees, Gate, Sheep, Pooka

Dolores is determined to find out what Helen knows about the sheep;  instead she ends up wondering what Mags is at.

Brendan is stopped by Garda Nugent who is pursuing a one-woman-containment-troop strategy to track down Alistair.

It turns out that Aunty Catherine is actually Helen’s aunt! And she has information which may change everything.

Tags:  Leitrim, Ireland, England, Britain, Brexit, Refugees, Gate, Sheep, Pooka

Garda Nugent and Dolores meet out walking and a cautious approach to conversation leads both to wonder if the other is really only out for a walk.

While carting out the empties, Barb catches Ben behind the bins stealing her wifi.

Mags finds Dessie curiously unenthused by the photofit of Alistair and unsure of his future as a blacksmith.

Tags:  Leitrim, Ireland, England, Britain, Brexit, Refugees, Gate, Sheep, Pooka

Dolores takes radical steps to lose the extra sheep, only to be run a-cropper by Petey.

Brendan instructs Trevor in The Ways of the Iron.

Armed with a photofit of Alistair Domage, Garda Nugent attempts to elicit an ID from Aunty Catherine, with confusing results.

Tags:  Leitrim, Ireland, England, Britain, Brexit, Refugees, Gate, Sheep, Pooka

Brendan and Petey debate the merits of invite lists and recent developments in the gate realm.

Dessie decides to up his game to impress Mags, brushing aside Alistair’s attempt to enlist him to the Irexit cause.

Helen investigates her family tree, helped by Barb who punishes Ben for soaking up the bandwidth.

 

 

Tags:  Leitrim, Ireland, England, Britain, Brexit, Refugees, Gate, Sheep, Pooka

 

Ben looks for help from Mags; ends up with advice instead.

Trevor gets a job!   But Brendan’s attempts at negotiating him a better deal are quashed by Barb.

Dolores experiments with a complicated (but theoretically possible) way to incorporate her spare sheep only to be unnerved by Helen.

 

Tags:  Leitrim, Ireland, England, Britain, Brexit, Refugees, Gate, Sheep, Pooka

Helen’s attempts at corralling both the cows and her family push her to breaking point.

Following a new development and with some unsolicited help/interference from Barb and Petey, Garda Nugent expands the scope of her gate investigation.

Dessie gets more than he bargained for by keeping snacks at the forge; while the mystery Irish-learner reveals more about what he’s really up to in Ballygomore.

 

Tags:  Leitrim, Ireland, England, Britain, Brexit, Refugees, Gate, Sheep, Pooka

Ben and Dessie’s short-lived alliance is reviewed through the prism of metalwork and social media.

Dolores and Mags wrestle metaphorically for control of Step the sheepdog while providing poor emotional support for each other.

Brendan’s continuing Good Samaritan efforts come a-cropper when he demolishes Aunty Catherine’s last line of defense for her Irish-learning guest.

 

Tags:  Leitrim, Ireland, England, Britain, Brexit, Refugees, Gate, Sheep, Pooka

Garda Nugent suspects that Aunty Catherine may be hiding something and finds a suspicious individual living in her pig shed.

Trevor gets the wrong side of Barb when he objects to her price-gouging.

Dolores is stymied in her sheep-shuffling efforts when she meets Dessie at the crossroads waiting for Ben and/or a pooka.

Tags:  Leitrim, Ireland, England, Britain, Brexit, Refugees, Gate, Sheep, Pooka

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