page_title: List of Kat & Alfie: Redwater characters
section_title: Roisín Kelly
hierarchical_section_title: List of Kat & Alfie: Redwater characters / Main characters / Roisín Kelly
caption_attribution_description: English: Orphan Black cast members in 2014: Ari Millen, Kristian Bruun, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Dylan Bruce, Jordan Gavaris and Tatiana Maslany Deutsch: Die Castmitglieder Ari Millen, Kristian Bruun, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Dylan Bruce, Jordan Gavaris und Tatiana Maslany im Jahr 2014.
context_page_description: Kat & Alfie: Redwater is a British-Irish drama series that started on RTÉ One on 14 May 2017 and BBC One on 18 May 2017. It is based around two characters from EastEnders, Kat Moon and Alfie Moon, who travel to the village of Redwater in Ireland, where the Kelly and Dolan families have lived for generations.
context_section_description: Roisín Kelly is played by Maria Doyle Kennedy. She is married to Padraig and is Andrew's mother. She is also daughter of Lance and Agnes and sister to Eileen. Doyle Kennedy described Roisín as "quite complicated", different on the outside to how she is inside, "very practical, very stoic and keeps a lid on most of her dreams and passions as there's not much room for them in her life." She added that Roisín is "quite dutiful" in working on her parents' farm because she has not much time for other things. Of Roisín's relationship with Padraig, Doyle Kennedy said that they were in love once and had a child very young, and felt that the relationship then was a "youthful, possibly impetuous courtship and decision to marry that maybe hasn't worked out quite the way they thought it would." Roisín stays in her marriage because it is "the thing to do" even though they are mostly irritated by each other and tend to avoid each other. Doyle Kennedy said that Roisín's relationship with Eileen is "interesting" and in reality, she and Angeline Ball, who plays her, have been friends for many years. Roisín is resentful of Eileen because Eileen left the farm and Roisín never had the opportunity to do so herself. She said, "They spark off each other in that way that sisters do—they're very sharp, very sarcastic. They're akin to a match and kindling, but there's something strong between them." Ball said Eileen and Roisín's relationship is "strained and competitive" and Eileen could be deeply bitter towards Roisín because Roisín did not suffer a loss and did not have to leave, and called it a "love-hate relationship". Doyle Kennedy said that Roisín seems close to Andrew and his own family, but she is "almost overprotective", which may be because of the tragedy that affected the family in the past. She relies on Andrew more than on Padraig. On Kathleen and Alfie's arrival, Doyle Kennedy said that Roisín is "blasé" about them as "People often come to Redwater on holiday" but sees them as "unusual" and is not suspicious of them.
caption: Maria Doyle Kennedy (pictured) plays Roisín Kelly.
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