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Deirdre Donnelly(I)

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With no immediate family to live for, Joseph is haunted by a past he has tried, for decades, to forget - if not actively obscure with drink and drugs. Suffering the hangover from hell - the dry spell over - he walks away from his present life and boards a boat bound for Ireland to confront hazy, fear-inducing memories from a childhood spent in the care system that he's had to forget. Emotionally and physically wrecked, Joseph reunites with an incredulous Anna (Helen Behan, This is England '88 and '90), the sister he hasn't seen since childhood. Anna persuades her wary husband Michael (Frank Laverty; Michael Collins) to let Joseph stay and give him work in the family-owned building company. There, Joseph is forced to directly confront the demons of his past when he comes face to face with Craigy (Mark O'Halloran), a shadowy figure who is dogged by dark rumours, and who won't leave Joseph alone. Joseph's precarious family reunion is further complicated when he is immediately drawn to Michael's fiery sister Dinah (Niamh Algar; The Bisexual, Pure). Angry and lost, Dinah is fiercely guarded, and, like Joseph, haunted by a deeply-held secret. The Virtues is a visceral and hauntingly unforgettable paean to the human spirit, shot through with bittersweet tenderness, compassion and unexpected moments of laugh-out-loud humour throughout. Deftly addressing challenging themes of revenge, redemption and repressed memory, Meadows and co-writer, BAFTA-winning Jack Thorne, ask questions of what it really means to be, and have, family.
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Deirdre Donnelly is known for Ballykissangel (1996), Cracks (2009) and Legend (2006).
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    • Known for

    Ballykissangel (1996)
    Ballykissangel
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Siobhan Mehigan
    Eva Green in Cracks (2009)
    Cracks
    6.6
    • Miss Lacey
    • 2009
    Legend (2006)
    Legend
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Bernie Molloy
    Jane Seymour in Harry Wild (2022)
    Harry Wild
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Aunt Celia Sherry
    • Aunt Celia Sherry (2021)

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    • #bog
      • Josie
      • Completed
      • Short
      • 2024
    • Leo Suter, Frida Gustavsson, and Sam Corlett in Vikings: Valhalla (2022)
      Vikings: Valhalla
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Elder Leader
      • 2023–2024
    • The Woman in the Wall (2023)
      The Woman in the Wall
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Carmel
      • 2023
    • Liam Carney, Neilí Conroy, and Amy Kirwan in Fair City (1989)
      Fair City
      2.7
      TV Series
      • Jacinta Boyle
      • 2023
    • Dervla Kirwan, Gemma-Leah Devereux, Seána Kerslake, and Niamh Walsh in Smother (2021)
      Smother
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Judge
      • 2023
    • Barber (2023)
      Barber
      5.1
      • Lily Dunne
      • 2023
    • Jane Seymour in Harry Wild (2022)
      Harry Wild
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Aunt Celia Sherry
      • 2022
    • Hidden Assets (2021)
      Hidden Assets
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Judge Roxanne Martin
      • 2021
    • Joe Gilgun, Michelle Keegan, and Damien Molony in Brassic (2019)
      Brassic
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Mo Dennings
      • 2019–2020
    • The Bog Lady (2019)
      The Bog Lady
      Short
      • Mother
      • 2019
    • Tom Vaughan-Lawlor in Rialto (2019)
      Rialto
      6.2
      • Miriam
      • 2019
    • Deirdre Donnelly, Clodagh Bowyer, and Aoife Duffin in The Ferry (2019)
      The Ferry
      7.9
      Short
      • Bertha
      • 2019
    • The Virtues (2019)
      The Virtues
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Susan
      • 2019
    • Striking Out (2017)
      Striking Out
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Judge O'Sullivan
      • 2017
    • Aoibhinn McGinnity in Goodbye Darling (2016)
      Goodbye Darling
      7.6
      Short
      • Kathleen
      • 2016
    • Sean Bean, Anna Maxwell Martin, and Richie Campbell in The Frankenstein Chronicles (2015)
      The Frankenstein Chronicles
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Mrs. Townsend
      • 2015

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