The Morbegs
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Republic of Ireland
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children's television show which was aired on The Den
The Den (television)
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in Ireland
Ireland
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around the late 1990s. It starred two furballs called Molly and Rossa who lived in Morbeg Land. They appeared alongside various human actors, including James Reilly
James Reilly
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, who infamously threatened to knife Rossa but Molly managed to restrain him, and Carrie Crowley
Carrie Crowley
Carrie Crowley is an Irish actress, Gaeilgeoir and former radio and television presenter. She has been described both as a "gay icon" and "RTÉ's Miriam O'Callaghan for the late 1990s". She appeared on television shows such as The Morbegs and Echo Island for Raidió Teilifís Éireann...
, in the guise of wizards and witches.Often parts of the show were in Irish.
Naming
- The word morbeg is derived from the Irish words mór, meaning big or large and beag, meaning small or little.