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Contestants by Region: IRELAND

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Having scoured* the wiki for any traces of shamrock, I have come up with three lists.
1. Contestants from Ireland.
2. Contestants from Northern Ireland.
3. Contestants who might be from Ireland (North or South).

(The 3rd list is based on guesswork and hunches, usually bcoz they have an Irish-sounding name...)

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1. Contestants from Ireland.**
[S17] Tim Morrissey.
[S18] Eileen Meghen.
[S19] John Morrissey.
[S18] Nuala Clenaghan.
[S18] Ann Clenaghan.
[S25] Pat Hynes.
[S18] Donal O’Riain.
[S29] Conor Martin.
[S41] Mark Murray.
[S42] Terence O’Farrell.
[S44] Kevin McMahon.

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[S47] Peter Lee.
[S54] Brendan Duke.
[S60] Gerry Buckley.
[S63] Charlie Clarke.
[S64] Aidan Casey.
[S66] Mark Murphy.
[S66] Peter Lee (again).
[S67] Rose Boyle.

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[S69] Mark Hartnett.
[S69] Sean Deloughry.
[S70] Mark Murray (again).
[S71] Antoinette Ryan.
[S71] Kieran O’Driscoll.
[S71] Edward Byrne.
[S72] Gerry Tynan.
[S73] Liam Moloney.
[S73] Brendan Duke (again).
[S73] Hazel Drury.
[S74] Sean Cooke.
[S75] Charlie Clarke (again).
[S76] Shane Heylin.
[S77] Eoin Jackson.
[S77] Nikki Saarsteiner.
[S77] Owen Taafe.
[S78] Maria Frizelle.
[S78] Gavin O’Leary.
[S78] Maria Ryan.
[S79] David O’Neill.
[S79] Colm Griffin.
[S79] Eamonn Mullen.
[S79] Seamus Bradley.
[S79] Alan Tubbert.
[S79] Lisa Skidmore
[S80] Daniel Corcoran.
[S80] Gerry Buckley.
[S80] Charlie Kavanagh.
[S80] Kevin Sewell.
[S81] Sonia Elston.
[S81] Pierse Walsh.
[S81] Phil(lis) O’Reilly.
[S81] Sarah Buchanan.
[S81] Conor Sherry.
[S82] John Lillis.


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2. Contestants from Northern Ireland.
[S14] Danny McMullan.
[S22] Niall Laverty.
[S25] Don Reid.
[S29] Barry Hughes.
[S38] Stuart McQuitty.
[S44] Ian Linton.

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[S51] Stewart Holden.
[S52] Paul Gallen.
[S58] David O’Donnell.
[S60] James Doohan.
[S63] Eoin Monaghan.
[S64] Ed McCullagh.


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[S71] Ian Linton (again).
[S75] Cammy Lovatt.
[S77] Noel McIlvenny.
[S77] Graeme Staples.

[S80] Vittorio Angelone.
[S80] Wesley McCartney.
[S80] Carmel Richmond.
[S80] Mark Patton.
[S81] Paul Anderson.
[S81] Gary Coney.


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COLOUR CODE FOR THE NEXT SECTION

GREEN = Irish.
GREEN (but with a question mark) = Probably Irish, TBC.

BLUE = British.
BLUE (but with a question mark) = Probably British, TBC.

PURPLE = Nationality not known, but currently guessed as possibly Irish.


3. Contestants who might be from Ireland (North or South).

Series #18
[S18] Gerry Lynch?
[S18] Angela Burke?

Series #24
[S24] Tim Dolan?

Series #26
[S26] Peter O’Grady?
[S26] Ross Brennan?

Series #28
[S28] Feargal Delaney! [courtesy of PHIL H]

Series #30
[S30] Donal Moriarty?
[S30] Martina McColgan?
[S30] John Molloy?

Series #31
[S31] Richard Hayes?
[S31] Ged Coyle?

Series #32
[S32] Sue Byrne?
[S32] Donal McAnallen?

Series #36
[S36] Nancy O’Donnell?

Series #37
[S37] Betty Cunningham?
[S37] Christine Kavanagh?

Series #38
[S38] Mary Kelleher?
[S38] Mona Mahoney?
[S38] James O’Rourke?

Series #39
[S39] Edward Doherty?
[S39] Mike Moran?
[S39] Jack Byrne?
[S39] Neil Doherty?
[S39] Declan Cahill?
[S39] Colette Murphy?
[S39] John Brady?
[S39] Claire O’Neil?
[S39] Kate O’Connor?
[S39] Gerard McCarthy?

Series #40
[S40] Ian Knox?
[S40] Phil O’Gorman?
[S40] Aileen Bell?
[S40] Ian Knox?
[S40] John Holton?
[S40] Chris Kennedy?
[S40] David McCarron?
[S40] Jim Allen?
[S40] Andrew Murphy?

Series #41
[S41] Mickie O’Neill?
[S41] Geraldine Curran?
[S41] Jean O’Neill?
[S41] Mick Hoare?

Series #42
[S42] Sue Kennedy?
[S42] Ann Kealan?
[S42] Gerry Doyle?

Series #43
[S43] Mark Dermody?
[S43] David Healey?
[S43] Pat Byrne?
[S43] Frank McDonnell?

Series #44
[S44] Ray McNamara?
[S44] Ita Moynihan?
[S44] Terence Connolly?
[S44] Julie O’Sullivan?
[S44] Susan Kavanagh?

Series #46
[S46] Paul Ryan?
[S46] Turlough McConnell?

Series #47
[S47] Floraidh Campbell?
[S47] Maureen Taylor?
[S47] Mary Duffy?
[S47] Moira Bulcraig?

Series #48
[S48] Charles Donnelly?
[S48] Damien Byrne?

Series #49
[S49] Ian Buckley?
[S49] Bertie McCully?
[S49] Alice Keaveney?
[S49] Marion Martin?

Series #50
[S50] Kevin Murphy?
[S50] David Burke?
[S50] Susan Mulkeen?
[S50] Helen O’Rourke?

Series #51
[S51] Margaret Murphy?
[S51] Dermot MacHugh?
[S51] John Delaney?
[S51] Cathy Doyle?
[S51] Paul Kennedy?
[S51] Dennis McGarry?
[S51] Mark Hannon?
[S51] David Phelan?

Series #52
[S52] Martin McGuinness?
[S52] Alan Cusack?
[S52] John Cox?
[S52] Margaret Boyle?
[S52] Catherine Delaney?
[S52] Jim Whelan?
[S52] Andrew Byrne?

Series #53
[S53] Frank Mulvey?
[S53] Joe O’Brien?
[S53] Daniel Monaghan?
[S53] Neil Kelly?
[S53] Gary McEnaney?
[S53] David Ryan?
[S53] Raymond Quirk?

Series #54
[S54] Nick Rafferty?
[S54] Christine Grant?
[S54] Terence Reilly?
[S54] Sarah Devlin?
[S54] Tony Foran?
[S54] Dave Welsh?
[S54] Robert Cleary?
[S54] Ella O’Donnell?
[S54] Jack Welsh?

Series #55
[S55] Alan O’Donnell?
[S55] Sheila Ireland?
[S55] Michael McCarthy?
[S55] Peter Ryan?
[S55] Samuel Lynch?
[S55] Jim Foster?
[S55] Anne Devlin?

Series #56
[S56] Dundas Keating?
[S56] Eoin O’Connell?
[S56] Paul Daly?
[S56] Rosemary Macmullen?
[S56] Serena Halpin?
[S56] Nicola Crowley?
[S56] Kate McNulty?
[S56] Robin Scott?
[S56] Eileen Organ?

Series #57
[S57] Patrick McCann?
[S57] Tom Megahy?
[S57] Amanda Vickery?
[S57] Barney Barns?
[S57] Gay Black?
[S57] Karen O’Donnell?
[S57] John Boyle?

Series #58
[S58] Aidan Wheatley?
[S58] Sarah Flynn?
[S58] Michael Quinn?
[S58] Bob O’Keefe?
[S58] Joe Denniss?

Series #59
[S59] Ken Dunbar?
[S59] Pat Hicks?
[S59] Frank Larkin?
[S59] Tom White?
[S59] Peter O’Hare?
[S59] Declan Lyons?
[S59] Denise McHale?
[S59] Gerard Doyle?
[S59] Jonathan Gilligan?
[S59] John McCarthy?
[S59] Kathleen Carroll?

Series #60
[S60] Patrick McCurdie?
[S60] Chrissie Buckley?
[S60] Desi Corcoran?

Series #61
[S61] Joanne Finnerty?
[S61] Ritchie Hoyle?

Series #62
[S62] Irene Wilson?
[S62] Stevan Ryan?
[S62] Brian McAulay?
[S62] Leanne Morgan?

Series #63
[S63] Kevin Quinn?
[S63] Ian Murphy?
[S63] David O’Flanagan?
[S63] Paddy O’Connor?
[S63] Mick Egan?
[S63] Conor McCaughey?
[S63] Claire Casey?
[S63] Mary Green?
[S63] Stephen Parnell?

Series #64
[S64] Paul Walsh?
[S64] Terry O’Hanlon?
[S64] Nick Adigu-Burke?
[S64] Peter McLoughlin?
[S64] Martin O’Loughlin?

Series #65
[S65] Paul Keane?
[S65] Declan Hayes?
[S65] John Maguire?
[S65] Leo Croker?
[S65] Cillian McMulkin?
[S65] Jackie Kennedy?
[S65] Siobhan O’Shea?
[S65] Julie Healey?
[S65] Andy Wilson?

Series #66
[S66] Darren Coogan?
[S66] Robert Coyne?
[S66] Kieran Bray?
[S66] Mick O’Brien?
[S66] Mick McGuigan?
[S66] Noel Treanor?
[S66] John Riordan?

Series #67
[S67] Dick King?
[S67] John McGinnes?
[S67] Brian McGee?
[S67] Colin Murphy?
[S67] Fergus Regan?
[S67] Kevin Geoghegan?
[S67] Adam Flinn?
[S67] Tom Moran?
[S67] Dave Boyle?
[S67] Alma Cox?

Series #68
[S68] Rachael Moran?
[S68] Alan Flanagan?
[S68] Paul Johnson?
[S68] Neil Budge?

Series #69
[S69] Erin O’Reilly?
[S69] Dan Skelton?
[S69] Jessamine O’Connor?
[S69] Margaret Lawless?
[S69] Niall Breen?
[S69] Mark O’Regan?
[S69] Scott Coyle?
[S69] Fiona Hanrahan?
[S69] Dan McDonnell?
[S69] Pat Burke?
[S69] Michael Dunne?
[S69] Michael McLaughlin?

Series #70
[S70] Helen Keating?
[S70] Ciarán Crawley?
[S70] Sean Keefe?
[S70] Gerry Beirne?
[S70] Eoin Keegan?
[S70] Adrian Day?
[S70] Sean Connors?
[S70] Cathy Doyle?
[S70] Edward Kenny?
[S70] Padraig “Pad” Scanlon?
[S70] James Wall?
[S70] Geoff Shaw?

Series #71
[S71] Denise O’Neill?
[S71] Neil Rigby?
[S71] Daniel Hurley?
[S71] Bob Ireland?
[S71] Colm Byrne?
[S71] Caro Hunt?
[S71] Joey Mulligan?
[S71] Robert Collie?
[S71] Den McQuillan?

Series #72
[S72] Mark O’Farrell?
[S72] Craig Roe?
[S72] Patrick Thompson?
[S72] Gerry Walker?

Series #73
[S73] Pat Lonergan?
[S73] James Macpherson?
[S73] Steve Heeney?
[S73] Paul Curtayne?
[S73] Jonathan Joyce?
[S73] Wayne McSorley! [courtesy of THOMAS C]
[S73] Colin White! [courtesy of THOMAS C]
[S73] Shaun Connolly-Flynn?
[S73] Fiona Currie?
[S73] Philip Leonard?
[S73] Hayden McDonald?
[S73] Andrew Irvine?
[S73] Tam O’Hare?
[S73] Chris Kiely?
[S73] James Gallagher?

Series #74
[S74] Jamie Dunn?
[S74] James Hogan?
[S74] Sean Taylor?
[S74] Lee Williams?
[S74] Matthew McCabe?
[S74] Si Prendergast?
[S74] John Butler?
[S74] Chris Lowry?
[S74] John Cullen?

Series #75
[S75] Ken Irvin?
[S75] Pádraig Ryan?
[S75] Ciarán Duffy?
[S75] Andrew McGill?
[S75] John McDonald?
[S75] Robert Dwyer?
[S75] Gary McEnaney! [courtesy of PHIL H]
[S75] Mick Groarke?
[S75] Ciarán McCann?
[S75] Peter Moran?
[S75] Paul McLaughlin?
[S75] Matthew McLane?

Series #76
[S76] Willie Brazil? [courtesy of TOM S. - Almost certain he's Irish?]
[S76] Felan Hennigan? [courtesy of TOM S. - Hunch he's probably British?]
[S76] Sam Holden? [courtesy of TOM S. - very sure he's English?]
[S76] Jonathan Bullock? [courtesy of TOM S. - very sure he's English?]

[S76] Gerry Carpenter?
[S76] Louise McDonald? [courtesy of TOM S. - Hunch she's probably Scottish?]
[S76] Martin McGrath?
[S76] Dan Haggerty?
[S76] Peter Sheridan?

Series #77
[S77] Carmel O’Brien? [courtesy of TOM S. - Hunch she's probably Irish?]
[S77] Sarah Capperauld! [courtesy of NOEL Mc]

[S77] Patrick Hopkins? [courtesy of TOM S. - Hunch he's probably British?]
[S77] David McGaw? [courtesy of TOM S. - Hunch he's probably British?]

[S77] Colm Kelly? [courtesy of TOM S. - Hunch he's probably Irish?]
[S77] Luke O’Reilly! [courtesy of BRADLEY H]

Series #78
[S78] Glen Burke? [courtesy of TOM S - 90% sure he's Irish?]
[S78] Paul McGhee? [courtesy of TOM S. - Hunch he's probably British?]
[S78] Sylvia O’Brien?
[S78] Donal Casey! [courtesy of TOM S]
[S78] Ed Morrisson? [courtesy of TOM S. - Hunch he's probably British?]
[S78] Luke O’Neill? [courtesy of TOM S. - Hunch he's probably British?]
[S78] Amy Halloran? [courtesy of TOM S. - Hunch she's probably British?]
[S78] Gerry Walsh! [courtesy of TOM S]
[S78] Rosie Dale? [courtesy of TOM S. - Hunch she's probably British?]
[S78] Anthony O’Sullivan? [courtesy of TOM S. - Hunch he's probably British?]

Series #79
[S79] Ciaran Thompson? [courtesy of TOM S - Pretty sure he's Brummie?]
[S79] Chris Kilbride? [courtesy of TOM S - Pretty sure he's British?]

Series #81
[S81] Jane Levingston! [courtesy of PAUL A]
[S81] Peter Rattle. [courtesy of PAUL A]



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Thankfully the records for some of the earliest series' and for S79-82 have been very thorough as regards contestant bios, so that has made things easier.

I would expect that some of the full recaps on this forum could have the nationality info included, but having spent so long gathering this info, I'm not trawling through those as well... not just yet anyway.

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Maybe in the meantime, a few forumites can help improve the list by filling in some of the knowledge gaps:-

1. Can you confirm that any of the ones on the "maybe" list are definitely Irish / NI?
2. Can you confirm that any of these are definitely NOT Irish?
3. Do you know of an Irish contestant from the past whose name is missing from these lists?

Thanks in advance to anyone who contributes! :)

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**If you'd rather read that as "Republic of Ireland", feel free!
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Luke O'Reilly was definitely Irish
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To offer assistance- Ciaran Thompson I'm pretty sure was a Brummie and I believe Chris Kilbride was British too. For 78- only Donal Casey and Gerry Walsh were 100% Irish, unless you discount Gerry for living in the UK. 90% sure Glen Burke was Irish. All the others were British- not sure about Sylvia O'Brien as cannot remember her. Patrick Hopkins and David McGaw were the only non-Irish from the list. For 76- Sam Holden and Jonathan Bullock were both English, and believe Felan Hannigan was too. Willie Brazil was Irish and I think Louise McDonald was a Scot. Cannot help on any of the other names, sorry.....
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Thanks for the input Bradley & Tom!
I'll update the OP with your replies.
Tom S wrote: Sun Jan 19, 2020 10:32 pm unless you discount Gerry for living in the UK.
If we did that, we'd have to discount Mark Murray! :o :shock: :? :oops:
No. This is as inclusive a list as possible.
I'd nearly include Conor Travers for declaring for "Ireland" once in an Apterous "Battle of the regions" tourney.
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While we're at it... who was the first Irish contestant on the show?
Seems to me there were no NI contestants till Danny McMullan in S14, and no-one from the republic till the mighty Tim Morrissey in S17.
Was there a "UK only" (or possibly "Britain only") rule in place in the early days?
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1. Sarah Capperauld, whom I played in my first game is from NI.

2. Danny McMullan was my chemistry teacher.

3. As a matter of principle, I either want to be moved to the Ireland section, or it needs to be renamed.
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Unsurprisingly, Feargal Delaney was indeed Irish - I recall watching his game while on holiday in Ireland. Likewise Gary McEnaney, who filmed on the same day as me.

However, I'm fairly sure Wayne McSorley, who beat Matty Artell, had an English accent.
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Phil H wrote: Mon Jan 20, 2020 8:25 pm Unsurprisingly, Feargal Delaney was indeed Irish - I recall watching his game while on holiday in Ireland. Likewise Gary McEnaney, who filmed on the same day as me.

However, I'm fairly sure Wayne McSorley, who beat Matty Artell, had an English accent.
Wayne was from Bradford yeah, was on my first filming day. As was my first opponent Colin White, who I have just confirmed on the video wasn't Irish
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I'm sure there are dozens more Eoin but I know Ciaran Crawley S70 was from Dundalk direction and Jessamine O'Connor S69 is from somewhere out west (we shared an audition)

http://wiki.apterous.org/Jessamine_O%27Connor
http://wiki.apterous.org/Ciar%C3%A1n_Crawley

You can search Apterous users by location too which might find another handful
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