Two Roscommon families to feature on 'Raised by the Village'

Two Roscommon villages will feature in this weekend's television programme 'Raised by the Village', the last in the series.

Teenager Cian from Dublin city centre visits the Payne family farm in Tulsk and Drogheda teen Eireann visits the Burke family farm in Elphin.

Cian helps out on the Payne farm, but also visits a local dog kennel, Dottie's Dog House where he helps walk the dogs and he does a spot of beekeeping with local beekeeper David Nally.

Eireann visits the mart, and Elphin Day Care Centre to help with the meals on wheels as well as doing lots of work on the farm, including herding sheep.

On both farms, Eireann and Cian become part of the family and trade in their late nights gaming and scrolling for early mornings milking and cleaning.

After a hugely successful first season in 2019 RTÉ One's Raised by the Village returned for a new four part series. Roscommon will feature in the last of the series on Sunday at 6.30 p.m..

Each episode of this brand new Irish-developed parenting format features two urban families who need major help with a teenager veering-off-the-rails and are taking drastic steps to get it.

In the past, there was no internet, no parenting manuals and no behavioural psychologists. You relied on the village and their collective wisdom to figure out your parenting problems.

As the saying goes:

"It takes a village to raise a child"

The teenagers live with local families and take part in local activities, experiencing an early-to-rise, wi-fi free outdoor lifestyle that’s a million miles away from their worlds of Playstation, TikTok, fast food, late nights and all-day lie-ins.

An immersive new take on the tv parenting programme, Raised by the Village is for every Irish parent who’s ever wondered if raising their kids in a slower-paced, more community-centred environment might make a real difference?