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In 2004, the Midlands rose from relative television obscurity into sharp and flat-accented focus in the award-winning RTÉ drama, Pure Mule.
Shamie, Scobie, Jen and Co arrived on our screens as young adults in Celtic Tiger rural Ireland. The building trade was booming, the craic was 90, but the real-life drama was high and gripping.
Written by Offaly man Eugene O'Brien and directed by Declan Recks, the show certainly captured a particular time in Irish social history, and yet absorbed viewers in the specific inter-personal intricacies of a small rural town.
We've looked at the five actors who played the main characters from the hit show to see where they are now.
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