For all the gains made during its celebrated peace process, Northern Ireland remains haunted by a conflict that claimed more than 3,700 lives. One of the spaces in which the ghosts of the past manifest themselves is that of television drama. In this article, Mark Fisher’s reading of “hauntology” provides the theoretical frame for an analysis of two recent TV series set in Northern Ireland: The Fall and Derry Girls. Although the programs could not be more different in both tone and content, they both illustrate sharply that the region remains, in John Hewitt’s indelible phrase, a “ghost-haunted land.” In particular, The Fall and Derry Girls reveal that Northern Ireland continues to be deeply troubled both by those who were lost during the conflict and by that which was lost in the transition to peace.

尽管北爱尔兰在其著名的和平进程中取得了所有成就，但仍然困扰着夺去3700多人生命的冲突。电视剧是过去的鬼魂得以显现的空间之一。在本文中，马克·费舍尔（Mark Fisher）对“困扰论”的阅读为分析北爱尔兰最近的两部电视连续剧《秋天》和《德里女孩》提供了理论框架。尽管这些程序的语气和内容都没有太大不同，但它们都清楚地表明，用约翰·休伊特（John Hewitt）不可磨灭的话说，该地区仍然是“鬼魂缠身的土地”。尤其是《The Fall and Derry Girls》揭示了北爱尔兰仍然深受那些人的困扰。在冲突中和谁失去了那这是在向和平过渡丢失。