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Ardal O'Hanlon was born on 8 October 1965 in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, Ireland. He is an actor and writer, known for Father Ted (1995), My Hero (2000) and Val Falvey TD (2009). He is married to Melanie. They have three children.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Charlene McKenna was born on 26 March 1984 in Glaslough, County Monaghan, Ireland. She is an actress, known for Raw (2008), Ripper Street (2012) and Breakfast on Pluto (2005). She has been married to Adam Rothenberg since February 2021.- Actor
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- Producer
Declan Reynolds was the first of four children, born in Monaghan, Ireland. His father was a tradesman in the local County Council and his mother was a shop assistant. He was educated at St Macartan's Secondary School aka "The Sem" which was previously a seminary for training priests. His interest in acting started with an invite to join Monaghan Youth Theatre (MYT) in mid 1990s. He also acted in local plays in the Garage Theatre with Monaghan Dramatic Society, Drunk Monkey Theatre Company and Drumlin Players. Declan lost his father Patsy in a road traffic collision outside his family home in 1997. While finishing school he work two part-time jobs during evenings and weekends, at his local Xtravision store where his love of films grew and at weekends in a local nightclub called Applejacks in the Hillgrove Hotel.
Declan attended Queens' University in Belfast where he majored in Psychology as well as studying Sociology and Anthropology. He also trained in the Irish Army Reserves (FCA) for several years at weekends or during the summer, rising to the rank of 3* Private.
Declan was supposed to start in the Gaiety School of Acting full-time course but decided to study his Masters of Arts in Film Studies at University College, Dublin (UCD) where he was studied script-writing and film production along side screenwriter Kevin Jakubowski and Oscar nominated director Steph Green. He began writing his own short films and feature films, developing his first short film 'Jack' and later his feature film debut 'The Nightclub Days' based on his experiences working in nightclubs. He continued auditioning for commercials and TV roles.
In between, he appeared in the Dublin Fringe Festival 2004 with "Seven Deadly Teens" by Orla Dunne and Independent Theatre Workshop.
In 2005, Declan appeared in Podge and Rodge. A Scare at Bedtime (1997) story for RTE. When Grand Pictures came to Monaghan to start filming Nicolas Roeg's Puffball: The Devil's Eyeball (2007) in 2006, Declan was cast in the film as Mr Kingston, the Estate Agent - opposite Kelly Reilly, Miranda Richardson and Donald Sutherland.
In 2007, Declan appeared in long running RTE soap Fair City (1989) when Leo Dowling's wife, Lana, goes missing, he is the last man to see her alive. Reynolds also appeared in BBC's horse drama Rough Diamond (2006) with his younger brother Billy Reynolds opposite Conor Mullen (Red Rock (2015), Stanley Townsend (24: Live Another Day (2014)) and Lorraine Pilkington (Human Traffic (1999)).
In 2011, Declan travelled to India to perform a Brian Friel play called "The London Vertigo" as part of an international theatre festival. Reynolds starred in Eoin Cleland's comedy Free House (2011) for RTE Storyland 2011 and then applied for RTE Storyland 2012 with his own original comedy Trouble Times Three (2012) which was selected as the top 12 in 86 entries and went on to finish in the top four finalists, receiving EUR30,000 from RTE (Ireland's State Broadcaster) to make four webisodes.
Declan appeared opposite Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (Nidge) in RTE's critically acclaimed crime drama Love/Hate (2010) in 2012. In that same year, he also appeared in Saving the Titanic (2012) with Ciarán McMenamin.
In 2013, Declan was awarded an Arts & Culture award by Monaghan County Council for his acting achievements to date.
In 2018, Reynolds starred as Belfast reporter Liam Madden in the period drama "The Voting Age" set in 1918 about Women's Suffrage and Ireland's 1918 General Election. He also won Best Actor in a Leading Role at Amsterdam IFF of World Cinema 2018 for playing hunchback "Bailey" in comedy-horror The Gaelic Curse (2016) directed by Jack Conroy (Cinematographer on Oscar Winning Film My Left Foot (1989) and The Field (1990)).
He has also starred in the TV pilot called "Tx" (Transmission) which was film on location in Kerry. The further episodes are planned to be filmed in Summer 2020.
Declan has been fortunate to work with several notable Irish and British directors so far including Nicolas Roeg (Puffball: The Devil's Eyeball (2007)), Paddy Breathnach (11850 TV advert), Ian Power (Credit Union TV advert) and David Caffrey (Love/Hate).
Declan has appeared in many TV commercials such as Google in UK and in Ireland for Aquafina Water, Carlsberg, Meteor, Sony Playstation 2, Invest in Northern Ireland, 11850 Directory Enquires, Lidl (Northern Ireland), the Irish Independent, the Road Safety Authority (RSA), Alcoholics Anonymous, the Irish League of Credit Unions, the Irish Cancer Society, Lloyds Pharmacy and most recently for the GAA and EBS Ireland.- Writer
- Actor
Nick Lee was born in County Monaghan, Ireland. He is known for The Fall (2013), Reign (2013) and Midnight, Texas (2017).- Additional Crew
Laura Madden was born in Monaghan, Co. Monaghan, Ireland. She is known for Mansfield Park (1999), Little Voice (1998) and Elephant Juice (1999). She has been married to Kevin Allen since 28 February 2000. They have four children.- Actor
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Barry McGuigan was born on 28 February 1961 in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland. He is an actor, known for The Boxer (1997), Jawbone (2017) and Malicious Intent (2000). He has been married to Sandra Mealiff since 14 December 1981. They have four children.- Owen Martin was born on 16 December 1888 in County Monaghan, Ireland, UK. He was an actor, known for The Pajama Game (1957), The Parson and the Bully (1911) and A Mail Bride (1932). He died on 4 May 1960 in Saranac Lake, New York, USA.
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Pat McCabe was born on 27 March 1955 in County Monaghan, Ireland. He is an actor and writer, known for Breakfast on Pluto (2005), Trapped (1999) and The Butcher Boy (1997).- Writer
- Producer
John McGuirk was born in County Monaghan, Ireland. He is known for Gript (2018), Tonight with Vincent Browne (2007) and The Hard Shoulder Highlights (2017). He is married to Orla.- Fr McPhillips was raised in Newtownbutler, Co. Fermanagh and attended St. Comgalls Secondary School Lisnaskea. He spent 6 years studying for the Priesthood in St. Patrick's College Thurles, Co. Tipperary and was ordained for the Diocese of Clogher in June 1992. Since then, he has served as Curate in the parishes of Monaghan/Rackwallace, Carrickmacross, and Killanny before being appointed Parish priest of Derrygonnelly in 2013 and Lisnaskea-Maguiresbridge in 2018.
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Desmond Leslie was born on 29 June 1921 in Castle Leslie, Glaslough, County Monaghan, Ireland. He was a writer and composer, known for Yellow Submarine (1968), Stranger at My Door (1950) and The Venusian (1954). He was married to Jennifer Helen Strong and Agnes Bernelle. He died on 24 February 2001 in Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, France.- Tommy Bowe was born in County Monaghan, Ireland. He has been married to Lucy Whitehouse Bowe since 2015. They have two children.
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Francis Taaffe was born in Monaghan, Co. Monaghan, Ireland. He is an art director and production designer, known for Derry Girls (2018), The Secret (2016) and Traders (2015).- Patrick Kavanagh was born on 21 October 1904 in Mucker, Inniskeen, County Monaghan, Ireland. He was married to Katherine Barry Moloney. He died on 30 November 1967 in Dublin, Ireland.
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Anew McMaster was born on 24 December 1891 in County Monaghan, Ireland. He was an actor. He was married to Marjorie Willmore. He died on 24 August 1962 in Dublin, Ireland.- Andrew McMaster was born on 24 December 1894 in Monaghan, Co. Monaghan, Ireland. He is known for Lost Patrol (1929).
- Pat McGeegan was born on 10 February 1935 in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland. He died on 27 June 1987.
- Eugene McCabe was born in 1930 in County Monaghan, Ireland. He was a writer, known for Death and Nightingales (2018), Thursday Play Date (1964) and The Year of the French (1982). He was married to Margot Bowen. He died on 27 August 2020 in Cavan, Ulster, Ireland.