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Kirwan again appeared on stage with Penry-Jones in Les Liaisons Dangereuses in 2003. They also both appeared in the television show Casanova in 2005, although they did not share any scenes. She was previously engaged to her Ballykissangel co-star Stephen Tompkinson in 1998.
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- Stephen Tompkinson. Tompkinson has had a long and varied career following his turn on Ballykissangel, with his most high-profile projects including Wild at Heart (where he played Danny Trevanion), ITV's DCI Banks series and Sky's supermarket sitcom Trollied (he was Brian).
- Dervla Kirwan. Another one of Ballykissangel's success stories, Kirwan played Assumpta Fitzgerald on the show and went on to appear in some of the UK's most iconic series, including Doctor Who, Agatha Christie's Marple and Dalziel and Pascoe.
- James Nesbitt. Nesbitt played Leo McGarvey on Ballykissangel, shortly before his break-out role on Cold Feet came in 1997. The actor went on to play the titular character in not one but FOUR series – Jekyll, Murphy's Law, Midnight Man and Lucky Man.
- David Harewood. As part of an apparent continuing mission to appear in every show ever, Harewood had a one-off turn in Ballykissangel, where he played Father Henry.
Nov 6, 2020 · Starring Stephen Tompkinson as Father Peter Clifford and Dervla Kirwan as pub landlady Assumpta Fitzgerald, the show ran for six series between 1996 and 2001. But what happened to the cast...
May 13, 2023 · The 57-year-old, who rose to fame alongside Dervla Kirwan in the Irish soap, had been accused of causing grievous bodily harm that left a man with life changing brain injuries following a row outside his home.
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Shades: With Dervla Kirwan, Sally Hurst, Stephen Tompkinson, Hannah Bridges. Meeting as "shades" after their unexpected deaths, Mark and Maeve team up to try influencing the world they can't seem to leave.
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Apr 10, 2021 · Dervla, who was briefly engaged to her co-star Stephen, says in hindsight it was an awful lot of pressure. Dervla Kirwan in Ballykissangel Pic: Rex. 'I was very vulnerable, I think, at that time,' she said referring to the role. 'I defy any 23-year-old to know themselves.'
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Tompkinson and Ballykissangel' s Dervla Kirwan worked together again in 1999 on the TV version of Tim Firth's The Flint Street Nativity. They also co-starred in the 2001 mini-series Hereafter, which never aired in the UK but was released on DVD under the title Shades in the United States and Canada in 2012.
