“Brona” has already been renewed for a second season. Showrunner Ní Bhraonáin teases: “Next year, Fergal buys a lawnmower. It does not go well.”
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Fergal arrives carrying a locked briefcase that belongs to cartel boss, Dónal “The Dentist” Deasy (a terrifyingly calm Bríd Ní Mhurchú). Inside is €300,000 and a ledger that could put six men away for life. Fergal’s orders are simple: lie low for two weeks. Don’t talk to anyone. Don’t trust anyone. “Brona” has already been renewed for a second season
★★★★½ (Four and a half pints of stout) Where to watch: StreamVerse, all episodes from March 15th. Best watched: Alone, on a laptop, with the curtains drawn and your phone facedown. It is not heroic
Róisín Ní Bhraonáin has crafted something rare: a crime show that is actually about crime’s aftermath—the boring, terrifying, wet-pavement reality of hiding in plain sight.
But this is no homecoming parade. Brona is the town Fergal spent a decade trying to escape: a post-Celtic Tiger ghost village of unfinished housing estates, one overworked Garda station, and a Lidl that doubles as the local courthouse. The central tension of BRONA is not drugs versus cops. It’s silence versus survival.
By episode three, Fergal has been roped into helping Maura fix her freezer, attending a tense parish council meeting about speed bumps, and accidentally adopting a three-legged lurcher named Trigger. These mundane details aren’t filler; they’re the trap. The show argues that the most dangerous place for a criminal isn't a back alley—it’s a small town where everyone has a long memory, a short fuse, and no concept of minding their own business.