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Ballykissangel
''Ballykissangel'' is a BBC television drama created by Kieran Prendiville and set in Ireland, produced in-house by BBC Northern Ireland. The original story revolved around a young English Roman Catholic priest as he became part of a rural community. It ran for six series, which were first broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2001. It aired in Ireland on RTÉ One and in Australia on ABC TV from 1996 to 2001. Repeats have been shown on Drama in the United Kingdom and in the United States on some PBS affiliates. Significant changes in the cast occurred at the end of series 3 following the departure of central characters Peter Clifford and Assumpta Fitzgerald. The show faced a decline in ratings from a peak level of 10 million viewers to 4.8 million and was eventually cancelled in 2001. The name of the fictional village in which the show was set is derived from Ballykissane, a townland near Killorglin in County Kerry, where the show's creator, Kieran Prendivi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Tompkinson
Stephen Phillip Tompkinson (born 15 October 1965) is an English actor, known for his television roles as Marcus in '' Chancer '' (1990), Damien Day in ''Drop the Dead Donkey'' (1990–1998), Father Peter Clifford in ''Ballykissangel'' (1996–98), Trevor Purvis in ''Grafters'' (1998–1999), Danny Trevanion in '' Wild at Heart'' (2006–2013) and Alan Banks in ''DCI Banks'' (2010–2016). He won the 1994 British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actor. He also starred in the films ''Brassed Off'' (1996) and '' Hotel Splendide'' (2000). Early life Tompkinson was born in Stockton-on-Tees. When he was about age 4, his family moved to Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire and then to Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, where he grew up and attended St Bede's Roman Catholic High School in Lytham and St Mary's Sixth Form in Blackpool. Tompkinson's first lead was as a red admiral butterfly in ''The Plotters of Cabbage Patch Corner''. He went on to train at the Central School of Speech an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina Kellegher
Tina Kellegher (born 1967 in Cavan), is an Irish actress, best known for her work in film and television in the 1990s. She currently plays Ger Lynch in the RTÉ soap opera ''Fair City''. Early career Kellegher began in theatre, working in Galway in the late 1980s where she played a variety of roles with the Druid Theatre Company. She also worked with the Abbey Theatre playing, among other roles, Nora Clitheroe in the highly acclaimed production of ''The Plough and the Stars'', opposite Aidan Kelly in 2004. In 1993 she landed a small role in the Jim Sheridan movie In the Name of the Father. Also in this year, she was cast in one of the roles for which she would become best known: Sharon Curley in Stephen Frears' 1993 film '' The Snapper.'' Playing the role of a young woman from a working-class Dublin family dealing with an unintended pregnancy opposite Colm Meaney, she won a British Comedy Award and a best actress award at the Valladolid International Film Festival. The fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Taylor (Australian Actor)
Robert John Taylor (born 1963) is an Australian actor who has appeared in many films and television series in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. On television, he is known for playing the lead role of Walt Longmire in the A&E/Netflix television series '' Longmire''. On film, he is known for playing "Agent Jones" in ''The Matrix'' (1999); he also starred in ''Vertical Limit'' (2000). Early life Taylor was born in 1963 in Melbourne, Australia. His parents separated when he was nine, and he moved to a mining town in Western Australia to live with his aunt and uncle. He worked as a miner when he was a teenager, and later had jobs including lifeguard and bouncer. He went to university three times. At age twenty one, Taylor went to work on an oil rig in the Indian Ocean. His ship collided with another and sank off the west coast of Australia, but he and two crew mates escaped on a lifeboat. Taylor suffered a broken arm and ribs and, while recovering in the hospita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Doyle (actor)
Michael Anthony Doyle (21 July 1935 – 28 January 2000) was an Irish television and film actor. He became widely known in Ireland as a then-radical priest in the popular Irish rural drama ''The Riordans'', which began in 1965. He worked consistently in series, television films, and feature films throughout his life. He died unexpectedly in 2000, at the time playing in another well-known Irish rural drama, ''Ballykissangel''. Acting career He first came to prominence playing a liberal Catholic priest - Father Sheehy - in RTÉ's iconic rural drama ''The Riordans''. He appeared in such popular shows as ''Coronation Street'', '' Between the Lines'', ''1990'', ''Children of the North'' and ''Ballykissangel'', and won an Irish Film and Television Academy Award for best leading performance for his role in the 1998 miniseries ''Amongst Women''. Tony Doyle also appeared in the first ''Minder'' episode, "Gunfight at the OK Laundrette", playing a drunken Irishman. His most famous film role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Smurfit
Victoria Smurfit (born 31 March 1974) is an Irish actress. She is known for playing Orla O'Connell in the BBC television series ''Ballykissangel'', Detective Chief Inspector Roisin Connor in the ITV police procedural ''Trial & Retribution'' and Cruella de Vil in ''Once Upon a Time'' for which she was nominated as Best Supporting Actress in 13th IFTA Film & Drama Awards in 2016. Early life Victoria Smurfit is part of the Smurfit family which, through Smurfit Kappa, is one of the richest in Ireland. The family, headed by Victoria's uncle Michael Smurfit, sponsors a number of sporting events including the Smurfit European Open and the Champion Hurdle. The family is also associated with Smurfit Business School in University College Dublin (UCD). Smurfit studied for an A-level in theatre studies and subsequently went onto the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Career Smurfit gained fame for her role as Orla O'Connell in the BBC television series ''Ballykissangel'' from 1998 to 1999. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dervla Kirwan
Dervla Kirwan (born 24 October 1971) is an Irish television, stage, and film actress who specializes in drama roles. She gained attention for her roles in ''Ballykissangel'', '' Goodnight Sweetheart'', and the Doctor Who Christmas special episode ''The Next Doctor''. Early life Kirwan was born in Churchtown, Dublin, Ireland. Her father, Peter Kirwan, was an insurance broker, and her mother, Maureen O'Driscoll, was a language teacher. She is the youngest of three daughters. She attended Loreto Beaufort in Rathfarnham, Dublin, a Catholic school for girls, until the age of 16, when she was asked to leave as her career as an actress started to progress. Kirwan completed secondary school at the now-defunct non-denominational Sandymount High School in Dublin. Career Television Kirwan's first credited TV roles were in the TV series ''Troubles'' in 1988 and ''The Lilac Bus'' in 1990 alongside Stephanie Beacham based on Maeve Binchy's novel. Her breakthrough television role was ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deirdre Donnelly
Deirdre Donnelly is an Irish actress, based in Dublin who works in television, films and theatre. Donnelly was a member of the Abbey Theatre Company for several years before leaving to work on the television series ''The Riordans''. She appeared in 58 episodes of the television series ''Ballykissangel'', from 1996 to 2001. Early life Donnelly is the third of four daughters. Her father was from Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin and her mother from Castleblaney, Co. Monaghan. Her sister Terry Donnelly is also an actress. Donnelly grew up in Cullenswood House, Ranelagh, and was educated at Mount St. Anne's School in Milltown, South Dublin. She studied for two years at the Brendan Smith Theatre Academy and a further two years at the Abbey Theatre School of Acting. In 2004, Donnelly completed postgraduate studies at UCD, receiving a first-class master's degree in Modern Drama Studies. Stage roles * Rosalind in Shakespeare's ''As You Like It'' at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin and on natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birdy Sweeney
Birdy Sweeney (14 June 1931 – 11 May 1999) was an Irish actor and comedian. Born Edmund Francis Sweeney in Dungannon, County Tyrone, he garnered his nickname "Birdy" from his childhood ability to imitate bird calls which he demonstrated on BBC Radio Ulster. He was a stand-up comedian on the club circuit for more than thirty years before he gained his first acting work as an extra in BBC Northern Ireland's adaptation of the play ''Too Late to Talk to Billy'' in 1982.Exshaw, JohnObituary: Birdy Sweeney ''The Independent'', 14 May 1999. Sweeney made minor appearances in several major films, including ''The Crying Game'' (1992), ''The Hanging Gale'' (1995), '' The Snapper'' (1993) '' The Butcher Boy'' (1997), and ''Angela's Ashes'', and made his stage debut in the 1989 Dublin production of ''The Iceman Cometh'' at the Abbey Theatre. From 1996, he played farmer Eamon Byrne in the first four series of the BBC drama series ''Ballykissangel''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Wycherley
Don Wycherley (born 15 September 1967, Skibbereen, County Cork) is an Irish actor. He played Father Cyril McDuff in ''Father Ted'', Father Aidan O'Connell in ''Ballykissangel'', and Raymond in ''Bachelors Walk''. Wycherley is a fluent Irish speaker. He is the brother-in-law of actress Tina Kellegher. His father was Florence Wycherley, an independent Teachta Dála (TD) for Cork West from 1957 to 1961. Selected filmography * ''Father Ted'' (TV series; 1995–1998) * ''Michael Collins'' (1996) * ''Ballykissangel'' (TV series; 1998–2001) * '' The General'' (1998) * ''One Man's Hero'' (1999) * ''Bachelors Walk'' (TV series; 2001–2003) * ''Veronica Guerin'' (2003) * '' Shrooms'' (2007) * ''Garage'' (2007) * ''Perrier's Bounty'' (2009) * '' Ondine'' (2009) * ''Zonad'' (2009) * ''Pentecost'' (short film; 2011) * ''Scúp'' (TV series; 2013) * ''Moone Boy'' (TV series; 2014) * ''Sing Street'' (2016) * ''Wild Mountain Thyme "Wild Mountain Thyme" (also known as "Purple H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aine Ni Mhuiri
Áine Ní Mhuirí (born Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish actress. She began her career at the Damer Theatre, later working in the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. Áine is a fluent Irish language speaker. Career In 1975, she appeared in a play by Irish playwright Teresa Deevy called "Katie Roche" where she played the part of Margaret Drybone. She appeared in the 1987 film, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne based on the novel by Brian Moore. In 1989 she played Masie Madigan in the London National Theatre production of ''Juno and the Paycock.'' She played Lily in the Irish Soap Opera Fair City on RTÉ One. In 2001, Mhuirí won the CFT Excellence Award for Best Actress in a Television Series for her role as Kathleen Hendley in Ballykissangel. She appeared in 53 episodes from 1996–2001. In 2012, Áine appeared in Pan Pan Theatre Company's production of Ibsen's ''A Doll House'' at Smock Alley Theatre. She played Mrs. Taylor in several of the ''Jack Taylor'', an Irish televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Hanly
Peter Hanly (born 1964) is an Irish actor best known for his performances in ''Braveheart'' as Edward, Prince of Wales, and as Garda Ambrose Egan in the BBC TV series ''Ballykissangel''. Hanly's repertoire encompasses plays, television performances, as well as movies. Personal life Hanly attended Dublin Youth Theatre as a young teen where he started his acting career. He continues to work as an actor in Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ..., where he lives with his wife Jennifer O'Dea and their two children. Filmography References External links * 1964 births Irish male film actors Irish male television actors Living people Male actors from Dublin (city) {{Ireland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enniskerry
Enniskerry (historically ''Annaskerry'', from ) is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland. The population was 1,889 at the 2016 census. Location The village is situated on the Glencullen River in the foothills of the Wicklow Mountains in the east of the island, just 5 minutes south of the Dublin border and some south of Dublin city centre. The R117 road, colloquially known as "The Twenty-One Bends" connects the town to the main N11 road to Dublin. The 185 Go-Ahead Ireland route connects the village hourly to Bray, the nearest large town. The 44 Dublin Bus route connects the village with Dublin city centre. History Enniskerry is a planned estate village dating from the 1840s, with the original buildings designed in a neo-Tudor style. The Protestant population of the village attended church in the grounds of the Powerscourt Demesne until 1859. Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt built a new church, Saint Patrick's, in the village which was completed two years later, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
