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''Fair City'' is an Irish television soap opera first broadcast on RTÉ One in 1989. The following is a list of characters who currently appear in the programme and a list of former characters, listed in order of first appearance. Some characters have been recast since their first appearance. Present characters Past characters The following characters departed Carrigstown. Characters who are dead or believed to be dead Celebrity cameos The following famous faces have appeared in ''Fair City''. Reg E. Cathey has expressed a wish to appear in ''Fair City'', as has Verity Rushworth. References External links Character profilesat RTÉ.ie {{Authority control * Fair City Fair City characters Fair City ''Fair City'' is an Irish television soap opera which has been broadcast on RTÉ One since 1989. Produced by the public service broadcaster RTE, it first aired on Monday, 18 September 1989. It has won several awards and is both the most po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fair City
''Fair City'' is an Irish television soap opera which has been broadcast on RTÉ One since 1989. Produced by the public service broadcaster RTE, it first aired on Monday, 18 September 1989. It has won several awards and is both the most popular and the longest running Irish drama serial. Plots centre on the domestic and professional lives of the residents of Carrigstown, a fictional suburb of the Northside part of the city of Dublin. The area encompasses a restaurant, pub, garage, corner shop, community centre, charity shop, surgery, boxing club (Esker/Carrigstown Boxing Club) and various businesses. Originally aired as one half-hour episode per week for a limited run, the show is now broadcast year round on RTÉ One in three episodes per week, all of which air at 20:00. ''Fair City'' is the most watched drama in Ireland, with average viewing figures of 550,000. Devised by executive producer Margaret Gleeson and series producer Paul Cusack, it has remained a signific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Murray (actor)
Bryan Murray (born 13 July 1949) is an Irish actor. He is known for his extensive television work which includes Fitz in ''Strumpet City'', Flurry Knox in ''The Irish R.M.'', Shifty in ''Bread (TV series), Bread'' (for which he won BBC TV Personality of the Year), Harry Cassidy in ''Perfect Scoundrels'', Trevor Jordache in ''Brookside (TV series), Brookside'' and Bob Charles (Fair City), Bob Charles in ''Fair City''. Early life and theatre career Murray was born in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. As a stage actor, he began his career in Dublin at the Abbey Theatre where, as a member of The Abbey Company, he appeared in over 50 productions. In London, he has been a member of The Royal National Theatre, The Royal Shakespeare Company and has been in many productions in the West End. He has appeared many times at the Gate Theatre in Dublin, most recently in 2013 in ''My Cousin Rachel'' adapted for the stage by Joseph O'Connor. In the 2010 Dublin Fringe Festival, he appeared i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester
Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92 million, and the largest in Northern England. It borders the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The city borders the boroughs of Trafford, Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Stockport, Tameside, Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Oldham, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Rochdale, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Bury and City of Salford, Salford. The history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort (''castra'') of Mamucium, ''Mamucium'' or ''Mancunium'', established on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers River Medlock, Medlock and River Irwell, Irwell. Throughout the Middle Ages, Manchester remained a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cork (city)
Cork ( ; from , meaning 'marsh') is the second-largest city in Republic of Ireland, Ireland, the county town of County Cork, the largest city in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the List of settlements on the island of Ireland by population, third largest on the island of Ireland. At the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, it had a population of 224,004. The city centre is an island between two channels of the River Lee (Ireland), River Lee which meet downstream at its eastern end, where the quays and Dock (maritime), docks along the river lead outwards towards Lough Mahon and Cork Harbour, one of the largest natural harbours in the world. Cork was founded in the 6th century as a monastic settlement, and was expanded by Vikings, Viking invaders around 915. Its charter was granted by John, King of England, Prince John in 1185 in Ireland, 1185. Cork city was once fully walled, and the remnants of the old medieval town centre can be found around South and North M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population, seventh-largest by population, with over 212 million people. The country is a federation composed of 26 Federative units of Brazil, states and a Federal District (Brazil), Federal District, which hosts the capital, Brasília. List of cities in Brazil by population, Its most populous city is São Paulo, followed by Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has the most Portuguese-speaking countries, Portuguese speakers in the world and is the only country in the Americas where Portuguese language, Portuguese is an Portuguese-speaking world, official language. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazil, coastline of . Covering roughly half of South America's land area, it Borders of Brazil, borders all other countries and ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciara O'Callaghan
Ciara O'Callaghan is an Irish actress. She appeared in '' The Clinic'' and ''Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars''. She is best known for her portrayal of Yvonne Gleeson on the Irish soap opera ''Fair City''. She first came into the show in 1998 as Yvonne Doyle. She left in 2003 and returned in 2008. She also left again in 2014. She also appeared in ''Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie'', ''Insatiable'', and the RTE drama ''Striking Out ''Striking Out'' is an Television in the Republic of Ireland, Irish television legal drama television series, broadcast on RTÉ, that first aired on 1 January 2017, based on ''The Good Wife'' by Robert King (writer), Robert and Michelle King. Prod ...''. In 2009, she appeared in one episode of ''The Restaurant''. Filmography Film Television See also * List of longest-serving soap opera actors#Ireland References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:OCallaghan, Ciara Living people Actresses from Dublin (city) Irish soap opera act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvonne Doyle (Fair City)
Yvonne Doyle (also Gleeson) is a fictional character in the Irish soap opera ''Fair City''. She was originally portrayed by Alex MacDowall (sister of Sarah MacDowall who plays Suzanne Doyle) and subsequently by Ciara O'Callaghan. The show's former female antagonist, she has had affairs with both men and women. She marries Mike Gleeson and has an affair with his younger brother Louie following Mike's death. She is then involved in ''Fair City''s first on-screen lesbian kiss with her Australian girlfriend Connie in 2009. Backstory Yvonne first appears as a member of the Doyle family. She is a daughter of Bela and Rita. Development Mike Gleeson After spending a few years in London to live with her sister Helen, Yvonne arrives back in Carrigstown in 1991. In 1998 she is deeply affected by Helen's death in a car accident. A few years later, she begins a relationship with Mike Gleeson whom Helen had jilted at the altar in 1997 and marries him. She is ruthless and passes this strea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry O'Hanlon
Barry O'Hanlon is a fictional character in the Irish soap opera ''Fair City'', portrayed by Pat Nolan. One of the show's original characters, Barry first appears in 1989. Barry is usually a nice guy but a little bit downtrodden. He has been summarised as "the unlucky in love ex-teacher who now runs the local paper and used to be involved with Niamh before Paul swept her off her feet (that's only the half of it)". Backstory Barry first appears as a member of the O'Hanlon family. He is a son of Mary.Pat Nolan (2009). 1989-1994 chapter (Fair City: 20 Years in Carrigstown DVD). In his younger years Barry studied for the priesthood, but later decided to become a schoolteacher against the wishes of his domineering mother. Storylines Linda O'Malley In 1991 Barry began dating Linda O'Malley, who became pregnant, and they got married in 1992, even though he knew the unborn child wasn't his. Sadly, baby Alice died a year after birth and it soon emerged that Bela Doyle was the biologica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin O'Donoghue
Colin O'Donoghue (born 26 January 1981) is an Irish actor and musician, best known for portraying Captain Hook, Captain Killian "Hook" Jones on the ABC TV show ''Once Upon a Time (TV series), Once Upon a Time''. He appeared in the horror film, horror Thriller (genre), thriller film ''The Rite (2011 film), The Rite'' (2011) as a skeptical novice priest, Michael Kovak. He portrayed the character of Douxie Casperan in the Guillermo del Toro animated series ''Tales of Arcadia'' for Netflix''.'' He is also portraying Gordon Cooper on Disney+ Original Series ''The Right Stuff (TV series), The Right Stuff''. He starred in ''Dolly Parton's Heartstrings'' as J.J. Sneed. Early life and education Colin O'Donoghue, the son of Con and Mary O'Donoghue, was born and raised in Drogheda, County Louth, in a Catholic Church, Roman Catholic family. He has an older brother named Allen. He is the cousin of musician Harry O'Donoghue. He attended Dundalk Grammar School, and later The Gaiety School of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiona Glascott
Fiona Glascott (born 22 November 1982) is an Irish actress. She is best known for playing the young Minerva McGonagall in the ''Fantastic Beasts'' franchise, which is a spin-off prequel of the ''Harry Potter'' film series. Early life Glascott was born in Waterford, Ireland and grew up in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary. Career Theater On stage in London she has appeared in ''Mahler's Conversion'' (Aldwych Theatre, West End), '' Hitchcock Blonde'' (Royal Court and Lyric Theatre, West End), in the original production of ''Whipping It Up'' at the Bush Theatre, and as Margery Pinchwife in ''The Country Wife'' (Haymarket, West End). Her theatre credits in Dublin include: ''A Life'' (Abbey Theatre/National Tour), ''The Spirit of Annie Ross'' at the Gate Theatre, and as Nina in ''The Seagull'' at the Corn Exchange. Television Her television credits include '' Ballykissangel'', '' Fair City'', ''The Bill'', '' Bachelors Walk'', '' Foyle's War'' and '' Clone''. In 2010, she was a g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farrah Phelan
Farrah Phelan (now Clayton) is a fictional character from the Irish television soap opera, ''Fair City''. The character has been portrayed by four actresses in total. The character first appeared onscreen in 1998 played by Fiona Glascott; however, the character left the series to go to London. On her return in 2000, Sinead Keenan was cast in the role. The character left the series for a second time and when she returned for a third time, the role went to Denise McCormack. The character again left the series to take up a photography course in London. In 2014, Caroline Harvey was cast in the role when the character's father Christy Phelan has a stroke. Storylines Backstory The Phelan family have been part of ''Fair City'' since the series began in 1989. Farrah's uncle, Hughie, is the first Phelan to appear in the series. As that character leaves Carrigstown, his mother Eunice Dunstan is introduced to the series and – later – her older son Christy and his wife Renee. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
