Characters Fair City



the series focused on 4 families: o hanlons, kellys, clarkes , doyles. of earlier characters included lily corcoran, womanising nephew, jack flynn, paul brennan, worked jack flynn, , linda o malley, acquaintance of jack s, whom had promised fame singer. similar british soap eastenders, focused on number of families , community in lived. on time emphasis has moved away 4 families , grown include wider community of carrigstown.


during 1990s, phelan, doyle, , molloy families introduced , dominated storylines decade. bela , rita doyle, along brood of 6 children , rita s mother hannah, involved in many stories. phelan family consisted of hughie , natalie, later new branch of family arrived including hughie s mother eunice, , brother christy, along christy s wife renee, , 2 children floyd , farrah. molloy family introduced in mid-1890s , consisted of patriarch harry, wife dolores, , 2 teenage children wayne , lorraine.


the halpin family gradually introduced in 2000s, starting damian halpin, mother tess halpin , younger siblings laura , mark. since then, show s focus has shifted individual characters instead of family groupings. notable characters introduced subsequently include carol meehan, tracey kavanagh, ray o connell, , jo fahey. change in recent years has been introduction of ethnic minority characters such lana dowling , udenze family. however, udenzes moved england after father gabriel burnt death in fire, , lana dowling kidnapped , murdered. in 2009 israeli character introduced show – avi bar lev, avi hails town of haifa in israel. in 2013, ama chisenga, devout christian nurse zambia came carrigstown, , faced trouble documentation immigration. more in 2017, 2 chilean brothers, jake , christiano, came show. jake, came first, homeless, later started relationship ama. gay brother christiano followed, , both run coffee shop, brewers, in carrigstown arcade.


2012 brought additions of dillon family – father tommy, mother judith , 3 daughters caoimhe dillon, neasa dillon , dearbhla dillon,and son zak. bishops arrived in 2009, consisting of mother vivienne, sons decco, denzo , zumo , daughter charlotte. vivienne s niece sash bishop introduced in 2011 , patriarch paddy bishop in 2013. o briens came in 2014 - father eoghan, mother debbie , daughter katy , son michael.


charlie kelly , paul brennan original characters in show first episode.


former executive producer niall mathews believes soap s success due large cast , fact no single character or group of characters dominates. difficulties inherent if dealing 1 family , says. @ dallas , dynasty; both did @ beginning, because action centred on single family, writers ran out of things say.


executive producer brigie de courcy said: think big thing fair city other soaps don t quite is rooted in community.








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