List of Fair City characters


This is a list of characters from the RTÉ One soap opera Fair City. First are current characters in order of first appearance. If more than one actor has portrayed a character then the current actor portraying is listed.
This is followed by earlier characters divided into those who were last seen alive and those who are known to be dead. Finally there is a list of cameo appearances by various well-known personality.

Present characters

Past characters

The following characters departed Carrigstown.
CharacterActorDurationStatus
Adam BerminghamAlan McMahon2007–2008Moved to Manchester to continue his studies.
Xavier "Zumo" BishopPatrick Fitzpatrick2007–2013, 2016Left with his mother and sister after his father was murdered. He returned briefly in 2016 for Decco's wedding.
Connie BoylanLisa Harding2009–2010Moved back to Australia to care for her father, Ronan.
Anthony BradyCiaran Reilly2002–2009Moved to Cork to accept a job as a publisher.
Russell BrownConor Delaney2011Moved to the United States with his partner Ingrid and her children Clara and Joey.
Caitriona CassidyLouise Meade1999–2014Moved to Manchester to stay with her sister Kira.
Kira CassidyCarla Young1995–2004Moved to Manchester with partner Mondo and their daughter Juliet.
Cleo CollinsJenny Kavanagh2006–2009Moved to Mullingar to live with her terminally ill mother Patricia.
Patricia CollinsBairbre Ní Chaoimh????–2010Moved to Mullingar, County Westmeath, with severe liver damage from alcohol abuse.
Jennifer ConwayKaren Ardiff????–2010Applied for a job transfer to Galway, her home county.
Kay CostelloShiela McWade1989–2008Moved to Limerick to find employment there.
Malachy CostelloGerard Byrne1996–2009Moved out of Ireland, with his partner Lara and her daughter Jane.
Ursula CruiseAnna Manahan2004–2009Moved to live in England with her son, Enda.
Heather DalyUna Kavanagh1998–2009, 2014–2019Fled the first time with husband Brendan to South America, left the second time with husband Brendan again.
Robert DalySam Peter Corry2009–2012Moved to Belfast to accept a job as a lecturer.
Terry DeeganJulie Hale2001–2007Moved to Dublin to look after his elderly parents.
T. J. "Tony Jr" DeeganIan Kenny2006–2007Moved to Dublin with his father, Terry, to look after his grandparents.
Troy DowlingAndrew Macklin2008–2009, 2017, 2020Moved to Benidorm to accept a job as a DJ. He returned for two weeks in March 2017 to visit his family.
Jimmy DoyleDavid Mitchell1991–2008Emigrated to Australia after his mother, Rita, was placed in a nursing home.
Dermot FaheySeamus Power1997–2017Went on the run to an unknown location after robbing Paul Brennan of €1 million.
Geraldine FaheyCarmel Stephens2002–2009Moved out of Ireland after becoming impoverished.
Ali FoleyDoreen Corrigan2005–2009Moved to Leeds to live with her partner Colm Joyce and her son Lorcan Foley, Jr.
Lorcan Foley, JrKyle Finnerty2007–2010Moved to Leeds to live with his mother Ali Foley and her boyfriend Colm Joyce.
Sylvester GarriganFrank O'Sullivan2005–2006He is assumed to be in prison.
Felix JonesYare Jegbefume2009–2010Returned to South Africa to become a patron for a local charity.
Kylie KavanaghVicky Burke2004–2009Moved to live with her mother Siobhan in Spain after being dumped.
Bernie KellyMary McNamara1989–2009Moved to Canada with relatives after the death of her mother, Mags.
Gloria LeahyMeagan Keogh????–????Left Ireland searching for her real father, confused over his identity.
Ritchie LennonRonnie McCann????–????Seconded after robbing a bank in County Mayo.
Avi Bar LevAsaf B. Goldfrid2009–2011Abandoned business partnership with Pete and fled to London.
James "Ringo" LeydenKeith Duffy2008–2009Moved to Sierra Leone to become involved in work for a charity.
Lucy MallonLorna Quinn2011–2012Left after becoming engaged in transplant flirtations with Dolores.
Seamus McAleerVinnie McCabe2005–2008Left Ireland to stay with daughter Lauren in Spain after Bill murdered Annette.
Philip McGuckianJoe Taylor????–????Fled after being unable to pay back a loan taken from a loanshark.
Tracey McGuiganHilda Fay2001–2008Fled to Manchester after a dispute with a gangster.
Robin McKennaOrlaith Rafter2001–2009Moved to accept a job in Cork, offered by her ex-boyfriend Lennie.
Paschal MulveyBrendan Cauldwell1996–2005Left to go live with his girlfriend Lily abroad.
Lara NewmanEilis O'Donnell2009Moved out of Ireland, leaving with her daughter Jane and Malachy.
Cliodhna NorrisAisling Bea2009Followed her boyfriend Ringo to Sierra Leone.
Una NorrisSandra Curran2007–2009Moved to Sierra Leone, recovering from the devastation caused by her brother Turlough's death.
Angela O'ConnellAnne Kent2005–2009, 2016Ran away, after being exposed as a thief, returns for 3 months in 2016 but died of heart attack in December.
Shelly O'ConnorHilary Reynolds1999, 2000, 2004Left Carrigstown.
Baz O'ReillyPat Ainscough2004Followed his female companion to a hideout in Surrey.
David OsbourneMat Fraser2010–2011Left to accept a job in Limerick alongside his brother.
Duncan StonehouseNathan Gordon????–2010Left Ireland and enlisted with the Army in London.
Aoife StringerLaoisha O'Callaghan????–????Moved to Manchester to continue with her studies.

Deceased characters

CharacterActorYearStatus
Kerri-Ann BishopJenny Dixon2013–2018Stabbed.
Paddy BishopAndrew M. Connolly2013Stabbed by his daughter Charlotte after a struggle in the house.
Gina CassidyDeirdre Lawless2007Was killed by Barry O'Hanlon on her wedding day outside the church on Ray's motorbike.
Luke DillonLiam Heffernan2012–2013Killed when he was trapped under a slab of concrete while trying to rescue his brother from a fire in Leo's factory.
Lana DowlingTatiana Ouliankina2003–2007Kidnapped from her own home, and then murdered.
Helen DoyleKira Carroll1989–1998Died in hospital after a car accident.
Rita DoyleJean Costello1989–2008, 2010Died of natural causes after her daughter Yvonne granted her wish not to be resuscitated.
Eunice DunstanJoan O'Hara1994–2007Died of natural causes after the actress died.
Lorcan Foley, SnrKillian O'Sullivan1999–2006Shot dead by Rory after a vicious struggle.
Mike GleesonSeamus Moran1996–2008Electrocuted by a number of rogue loose electrical wires in a substation.
Marty HalpinPaul Lee2002–2003Killed himself after he murdered his wife Tess Halpin.
Tess HalpinSabina Brennan2001–2003Murdered by husband Marty. She was a victim of domestic abuse and ultimately strangled by her husband, who went on to kill himself. She is survived by sons Damian and Mark and daughter Laura.
Dominic KavanaghJoe Gallagher2005–2008Died alone in London after embarking on a drink and drugs binge in regret of the awful treatment of his partner and daughter.
Charlie KellyTom Jordan1989–2019Charlie died off screen in Canada in his sleep.
Mags KellyJoan Brosnan Walsh1989–2009Died in Canada after a natural disaster.
Tony KellyDarragh Kelly1989–1997Killed by a London criminal who he owed money to. It was the first on-screen murder in the show.
Billy MeehanStuart Dunne2000–2001Battered to death with a golf club by Lorcan.
Harry MolloyPaul Raynor1990–2005Missing, assumed dead.
Jessica MolloyVictoria O'Connor2003–2005Drug overdose on an ecstasy tablet that had been lost under the family home's suede couch after a night of babysitting went awry.
Lorraine MolloyMaeve McGrath1991–2000Killed in a hurricane on her honeymoon.
Sarah O'LearyGemma Doorly2001–2011Killed by Barry in a freak accident.
Karen O'NeilKate Gilmore2016–2018Stabbed By Kerri-Ann Bishop.
Christy PhelanTom Hopkins1998–2014Collapsed from a couch and died from a heart attack months after suffering a stroke.
Floyd PhelanSimon Keogh1998–2008Died from cancer.
Robbie QuinnKarl Shiels2014–2019Robbie died off screen as actor Karl Shiels had died unexpectedly.
Bill TaylorJonathan Ryan2009Died through injuries sustained in a fire while murdering his wife.
Gabriel UdenzeGeorge Seremba2005–2006Burned to death in an arson attack on his home.

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.
CharacterYearStatus
Gordon Snell2011Appeared at Bob's fundraiser
Maeve Binchy2011Appeared at Bob's fundraiser
Joe Duffy2010Bob talked to him on his Liveline radio programme about getting compensation from Louie
Larry Gogan2008Officially opened the community centre
Shane MacGowan2008Appeared at a concert held in the city
Marty Whelan2005Officially reopened McCoys
Gay Byrne1990Appeared as himself when former character Lily Corcoran was featured in audience of The Late Late Show