They originally appeared on a weekly sketch show on RTÉ, "which brilliantly captured the perils that awaited British broadcasters who ventured into deepest rural Ireland:
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/the-perils-of-stepping-on-irish-turf-1.543060
"Each week, Kelly’s plummy-voiced English presenter visited the fictional townland of Ballykilferret, “in the Republic of Eire”, to learn about country life from local resident Gobnait O’Lunacy. O’Lunacy would spin tales of arcane native rituals for the benefit of the gullible reporter."