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Ryan McParland

**Ryan McParland** played Jonjo in the season two *Derry Girls* episode The Concert.

## Career

### Filmography

* *Rough (short)* (2020)
* *The Invisible Boy (short)* (2019)
* *Calm with Horses* (2019)
* *Special Couple* (2019)
* *Doing Money* (2018)
* *Gate Way* (2018)
* *Kodaline: Shed a Tear (short)* (2018)
* *Kissing Candice* (2017)
* *Boots on the Ground* (2017)
* *Take the Shot (short)* (2017)
* *Daphne* (2017)
* *Bad Day for the Cut* (2017)
* *Fractured City (short)* (2016)
* *Tale of Tales* (2015)
* *The Survivalist* (2015)
* *Hunter's Fall (short)* (2015)
* *The Morrigan (short)* (2015)
* *Get Up and Go* (2014)
* *Skunky Dog (short)* (2014)
* *Fishbowl (short)* (2014)
* *Deadbook (short)* (2014)
* *Igloo (short)* (2013)
* *SLR (short)* (2013)
* *Imboic (short)* (2012)
* *Good Vibrations* (2012)
* *Say Nothing (short)* (2011)
* *Five Minutes of Heaven* (2009)

### Television

* *Halo* (2021)
* *Cold Courage* (2020)
* *Derry Girls* (2019)
* *My Mother and Other Strangers* (2016)
* *Cuffs (mini-series)* (2015)
* *6Degrees* (2012-2015)
* *Coming Up* (2012)
* *In Cold Blood (documentary)* (2008)
* *Fairy Tales (mini-series)* (2008)
Colm McCool

**Colm McCool** is Joe's brother.

## History

Colm lives in Derry, near his brother Joe and his family, during the troubles in Northern Ireland. As a result of this his home was broken into by a duo of terrorists and he was tied to a radiator, his van stolen and used to drive weapons across the border, before being blown up. He once met president John F. Kennedy.

## Personality

Colm speaks very slowly, with a dry Irish accent, and can be perceived as dull and boring to others, to the point where his own family avoids him. Sister Micheal was even convinced she was in Hell when listening to one of his stories. This does not faze Colm as he continues to tell his long winded stories regardless. These tales can often be found to be humorous when listened to properly.

## Relationships

### Familial

Joe McCool

Joe seems to find his brother a bit annoying and frightfully dull. However, the brothers do appear to be close as Joe defended Colm when Gerry Quinn was rude to him.

## Memorable Quotes

Nightmare all together.
And, now, I don't mind a bit of a breeze, if anything I prefer it, but thon was aggressive. So, I says to myself, says I, "Colm, this is no day for a do..."
So, I says to myself, says I, Colm, who'd be ringing you at this hour? And sure, if I hadn't been in the middle of a Maeve Binchy, I'd have probably slept through the thing altogether.
As far as sausage rolls go, well, I could take them or leave them, but that's not to say I don't appreciate the work that goes into them.
So I says to myself, Colm, what choice d' I have?
Rob

RRob is a Canadian man who visited or lived in Derry in 1977, then again in 1997 (S3:E5). He is gay. He is often mistaked for being American by Mary Quinn and her friends.

In high school, he was friends with Mary, Sarah, Deirdre and Clare's mother. He is portrayed as playing a similar role as James plays in Erin Quinn's friend group. Mary's friends often mistakenly call him Brad.
Episode 5

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**Episode 5** is the fifth episode of the first season and the 5th overall episode of *Derry Girls*.

## Short Summary

The Quinn family rush to get out of Derry before the Orange Parades start, but Aunt Sarah's tarot cards predict a disaster for this trip and, for once, she might be right.

## Full Summary

On July 12th, the family and Erin and Orla's friends attempt to avoid the Orange walks by leaving Northern Ireland for the Republic for a short holiday. During the journey, they discover an Irish Republican Army man using the false name Emmett hiding in the boot of their car to try to cross the border undetected.

Erin's father Gerry and Joe argue over whether they should take Emmett over the border and risk being arrested. After having her fortune told by Sarah, Michelle believes that Emmett is her future husband that Sarah told her she would be meeting very soon, but Michelle is not attracted to him. After continuous disagreements between Gerry and Joe regarding Emmett, Emmett leaves the restaurant where the group is stopping for lunch, steals a tent from their car, and climbs into the boot of another car as it is leaving.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Louisa Harland as Orla McCool
* Saoirse-Monica Jackson as Erin Quinn
* Nicola Coughlan as Clare Devlin
* Dylan Llewellyn as James Maguire
* Jamie-Lee O'Donnell as Michelle Mallon
* Tara Lynne O'Neill as Mary Quinn
* Kathy Kiera Clarke as Sarah McCool
* Tommy Tiernan as Gerry Quinn
* Ian McElhinney as Joe McCool

### Guest Stars

* Ava Grace McAleese as Baby Anna
* Mya Rose McAleese as Baby Anna
* Amelia Crowley as Deidre Mallon
* Robert Calvert as Jim Across the Road
* Terence Keeley as Emmett
* Bronagh Taggart as Nicola

## Notes and Trivia

* This episode scored 2.63 million viewers.
Cloak of the Owl

**Aura**: Transmutation; **CL** 5rd; **Slot** shoulders; **Price** 35,000 gp; **Weight** 1 lb.

This cloak made of owl's feathers provides the wearer with unusual insight and wisdom. The wearer of the cloak may gain True Sight for one round 3X/Day as a swift action and gains +5 circumstance bonus to perception versus stealth and sense motive checks in regular and bright light, and +7 to perception versus stealth in Dim light or darkness.

**Feats** Craft Wondrous Item, Craft Magic Arms and Armor; **Spells** Owl's Wisdom; **Special** Sense Motive 5 ranks, Perception 5 ranks Cost 17,500 gp.
Jamie Beamish

## Character Information

### Seasons

1 and 2

**Jamie Beamish** played Ciaran in seasons one and two of *Derry Girls*.

## Career

### Filmography

* *Extra Ordinary* (2019)
* *The Commuter* (2018)
* *Snare (short)* (2015)
* *Pan* (2015)
* *National Theatre Live: The Beaux' Stratagem* (2015)
* *Flinch (short)* (2014)
* *Love, Rosie* (2014)
* *Pudsey the Dog: The Movie* (2014)
* *The Taming of the Shrew at Shakespeare's Globe* (2013)
* *Anna Karenina* (2012)
* *Hanna* (2011)
* *Just Inès* (2010)
* *Robin Hood* (2010)
* *Atonement* (2007)

### Television

* *Bridgerton* (2020)
* *Derry Girls* (2018-2019)
* *Will* (2017)
* *London Irish (mini-series)* (2013)
* *The Borgias* (2013)
* *Shakespeare: The King's Man (mini-series documentary)* (2012)
* *Judge John Deed* (2005)
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Mary Quinn

**Mary Quinn** (née **McCool**) is the mother of Erin Quinn.

## Biography

Mary McCool grew up in Derry with her father Joe and her mother Marie. She went to Our Lady Immaculate College, a Catholic girls' school in Derry. At school, she was friends with her sister Sarah, as well as Janette O'Shea, Deirdre, and Geraldine. She left school in 1977.

Mary lives in Derry with her husband Gerry, her daughters Anna and Erin, her sister Sarah, her niece Orla and her Father Joe. Her family are catholic and attend church regularly. She is currently living in the middle of norther Ireland's conflict called 'the troubles' which she views as an inconvenience for the most part.

## Personality

Mary is a strong, house proud, family centered mother with strict rules and occasionally harsh punishments.

At secondary school in the 70s, Mary had a similar personality and role in her friendship group as her daughter Erin does in the 90s.

## Relationships

### Romantic

Mary is married to Gerry Quinn. They have been married for at least 17 years and have been together since their teenage years. Together, they have two daughters.

## Career

Mary works at Woolworths; as seen in multiple episodes, where she wears a nametag of the department store chain. This is confirmed at the school reunion in S3:E5. Her function at the store is unknown.

Mary planned to start University in 1998 to read English (S3:E5). It is unknown whether she went or not.

## Notes and Trivia

* In relation to the 'big bowl' mystery in series 2, Tara tweeted an article in which show creator Lisa McGee explains how 'Michelle’s mam has gone through a period where she has been doing a lot of cooking and baking for everyone. She wasn’t being appreciated by everyone so she wanted to give away the big bowl to teach her family a lesson. However, nobody noticed!'

## Memorable Quotes

No, you are right, Orla. Pizza is not as nice. Maybe you should all have thought about that.

Gerry, pass me the wooden spoon.

What do you expect me to do on Fridays, Fionnula, cook? You expect me to cook?

What were you doing heading up pump street, with a cream horn, da?

Swear. Swear on Dolly?

Erin if you expect me to believe Michelle tripped while carrying a scented candle, you must think I came up the Foyle in a bubble.

Look if you fail the exam, I promise you, there'll be a nice wee plot out there with your name on it.

Ach, drop dead, you spiteful old hag!

Have you seen the hack of those skirting boards, Gerry? I need a week to tackle them.

Hope you're right, Gerry, for it's like Beirut in here.

I have no time for Cathy Maguire. The woman abandoned her own wain, Sarah. She always was one cold, self-serving wee madam.

Janette: Don' do this, Mary you have as much to lose as i do
Mary: Aye, but the difference is I don't give a shit.

Mary: Who's the fella, Deidre?
Deidre: I told you, Rob. You remember Rob. My cousin from America!?
Rob: Canada
Mary: Oh my god. American cousin Rob!
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Our Lady Immaculate College

**Our Lady Immaculate College** is a RC secondary school in Derry. It is an all-girls school in which the central characters attend. The students are required to wear uniforms.

## Staff

* Sister Michael, Headmistress
* Sister Declan (Deceased)
* Ms De Brún, Temporary English Teacher

## Students

* Erin Quinn
* Orla McCool
* Michelle Mallon
* Clare Devlin
* James Maguire
* Jenny Joyce
* Aisling
* Charlene Kavanaugh
* Mandy O’Connell
* Caiomhe Callaghan
* Tina O’Connell
* Brenda Beckett
* Louise
Anna Quinn

**Anna Quinn** is the second daughter of Gerry and Mary Quinn, and the younger sister to Erin.

## History

Anna lives with her family in Derry, during 'the troubles' of Northern Ireland. She is still an infant when the first ceasefire is announced.

## Personality

Anna is an infant, but is adorable and calm regardless of what is happening around her. Because of her young age, her personality was never built on and she is rarely acknowledged.
Episode 4

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**Episode 4** is the fourth episode of the first season and the 4th overall episode of *Derry Girls*.

## Short Summary

Erin is so excited that teenage Katya 'a child of Chernobyl' is coming to stay, but Katya is not exactly grateful to be in Derry; There's developments in Granda Joe's love life.

## Full Summary

In an international exchange to help victims of the Chernobyl disaster, several Ukrainian teenagers visit Derry and stay with the families of pupils at the group's school. Erin and Orla's family hosts Katya, who is deadpan and uninterested in Erin's enthusiasm about Derry and Northern Ireland, telling them that the Northern Ireland conflict is pointless.

Although Katya is uninterested in Erin and Orla's lives, she and James are attracted to each other. Jenny lives in an eight-bedroomed house and tells the others that she is hosting a party to help the Ukrainians become acclimatised to Northern Ireland. Michelle encourages the others to attend because she is attracted to Artem, a Ukrainian who is staying with Jenny's family. Suspicious about Katya and her attraction to James, Erin finds condoms in Katya's bag prior to the party.

At the party, several of the other Ukrainians give Erin money that they owe Katya. This leads Erin to wrongly assume that Katya is a prostitute and she tries to prevent James from having sex with Katya that night. Erin confronts Katya in front of everyone so Katya reveals that she is collecting money from the other Ukrainians in order to buy Jenny a gift as a thank you for hosting a party for them. Michelle discovers that 'Artem' is actually Clive, a Protestant from East Belfast, who became lost in Derry after taking a wrong turn after leaving Aldergrove Airport, having returned from a holiday in Ibiza. He pretended to be part of the group of Ukrainians because he is scared of what the Catholics will do to him if they find out his true identity.

After being insulted by Erin, Katya decides to stay with Jenny's family for the remainder of her stay in Derry.

Mary and Sarah are horrified at discovering that their father Joe is dating a new woman, 62-year-old Maeve. When she visits the house, Mary and Sarah tell Maeve that they will never call her Mammy.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Louisa Harland as Orla McCool
* Saoirse-Monica Jackson as Erin Quinn
* Jamie-Lee O'Donnell as Michelle Mallon
* Dylan Llewellyn as James Maguire
* Nicola Coughlan as Clare Devlin
* Kathy Kiera Clarke as Sarah McCool
* Tara Lynne O'Neill as Mary Quinn
* Siobhan McSweeney as Sister Michael
* Tommy Tiernan as Gerry Quinn
* Ian McElhinney as Joe McCool

### Guest Stars

* Niall Cusack as Father Conway
* Diona Doherty as Katya
* Leah O'Rourke as Jenny Joyce
* Michael Shea as Clive/Artem
* Anthony Boyle as David Donnelly
* Michael McGarry as Ukrainian Lad 1
* Amanda Hurwitz as Maeve
* Ciaran Flynn as Ukrainian Lad 2

## Notes and Trivia

* This episode scored 2.55 million viewers.
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Bridie

**Bridie was the sister of Marie McCool.**

## History

Bride grew up in Co Derry in Northern Ireland.

## Gallery

### Episodic

In episode 4, Bridie is seen at her son’s wedding, during an argument with her niece Mary and her family. Mary says the famous line, 'Drop dead, you spiteful old hag!', which coincided with her imminent heart attack and she collapsed on the dance floor and died.

## Memorable Quotes

And I'll tell you something else, if your Mother saw thon hat, she'd be turning in her grave, for it's nothing but a bloody eye sore.
Philippa Dunne

## Character Information

### Seasons

2

**Philippa Dunne** played Geraldine Devlin in the season two of *Derry Girls*.

## Career

### Filmography

* *Sky Comedy Shorts: Quints* (2016)
* *Dublin Stories* (2009)

### Television

* *Motherland* (2016-2022)
* *Derry Girls* (2019)
* *Sky Comedy Shorts* (2018)
* *The School* (2017)
* *Glue (mini-series)* (2014)
* *The Walshes (mini-series)* (2014)
* *The Taste of Home* (2010)
* *Rental Boys* (2009)
The Concert

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**The Concert** is the third episode of the second series and the 9th overall episode of *Derry Girls*.

## Short Summary

When Ma Mary forbids the girls from seeing Take That in Belfast, they will stop at nothing to get there.

## Full Summary

The teens want to go to Take That's concert in Belfast at the weekend. It will be the boy band's first performance in NI. The family see a TV report informing them that a polar bear has escaped from Belfast Zoo, so Mary forbids them from attending.

The teens board a bus that is going to Belfast, sitting on the back seat together, Michelle carrying a suitcase of vodka. Sister Michael is on board, reading The Exorcist. She moves towards the back of the bus to get away from the smell of another passenger's sandwich. She asks them why they are going to Belfast. They say that they are going to the Ulster Museum to do research for a history project at school. Sister Michael asks the teens about the case; they and the other passengers say that it is not theirs, so everyone disembarks. After that, the army use a remote control vehicle to explode the case. The smell of vodka alerts people to the nature of the contents.

The teens walk along a minor road where they are approached by a small group of Irish Travellers who are selling vegetables from a roadside stall who return Clare's purse to her, which she had not realised she had dropped on the road. The girls are offered a lift from a middle-aged woman in a passing van, but the girls take a disliking to the driver, Rita, because of her abruptness, instability and dislike of Take That. The van collides with a sheep, which the girls pick up and move off the road.

The girls realise that James — who has the concert tickets — is not with them, so they retrieve him from where they accidentally left him and go to the concert together in the van. Back home, the adults hear on television that the polar bear has been recaptured by firefighters near the A6 whilst eating a sheep carcass (implied to be the same sheep Rita hit). Michelle and Clare's mothers arrive at the house, expecting to find Michelle, James and Clare there. The adults realise that the teens have lied to them to enable them to go to the concert. Gerry watches footage of the concert on TV, and smiles when he sees the teens in the audience.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Dylan Llewellyn as James Maguire
* Saoirse-Monica Jackson as Erin Quinn
* Jamie-Lee O'Donnell as Michelle Mallon
* Nicola Coughlan as Clare Devlin
* Louisa Harland as Orla McCool
* Tara Lynne O'Neill as Mary Quinn
* Kathy Kiera Clarke as Sarah McCool
* Siobhan McSweeney as Sister Michael
* Tommy Tiernan as Gerry Quinn
* Ian McElhinney as Joe McCool

### Guest Stars

* Donna Traynor as Donna Traynor
* Sophie Brown as Baby Anna
* Zoe Brown as Baby Anna
* Michael Hooley as Soldier 1
* Luke Wilson Hanley as Soldier 2
* Ryan McParland as Jonjo
* Kerri Quinn as Rita
* Philippa Dunne as Geraldine Devlin
* Amelia Crowley as Deirdre Mallon

## Notes and Trivia

* This episode scored 3.05 million viewers.

## See Also

 **#02** | "Ms De Brún and the Child of Prague"
Series 2

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The **second series** of *Derry Girls* premiered March 5, 2019 and ended April 9, 2019. It was broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK and later released internationally by Netflix.

## Summary

On March 5, 2019, the second series of Derry Girls, consisting of six episodes, premiered on Channel 4.

## Plot

The second series of *Derry Girls* follows Erin Quinn, her cousin Orla McCool, their friends Clare, Michelle and Michelle’s English cousin James Maguire. This rag-tag group of friends runs into trouble more often than not for trying to implement half-baked plans which they hope would help their lives get a little less torturous Their cries of fair treatment and rights fall on deaf ears of their Catholic and unsentimental parents, who are pretty set in their ways.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Saoirse-Monica Jackson as Erin Quinn
* Louisa Harland as Orla McCool
* Nicola Coughlan as Clare Devlin
* Jamie-Lee O'Donnell as Michelle Mallon
* Dylan Llewellyn as James Maguire
* Tara Lynne O'Neill as Mary Quinn
* Kathy Kiera Clarke as Sarah McCool
* Siobhan McSweeney as Sister Michael
* Tommy Tiernan as Gerry Quinn
* Ian McElhinney as Joe McCool
Tara Lynne O'Neill

## Character Information

### Seasons

1, 2, and 3

**Tara Lynne O'Neill** plays Mary Quinn in *Derry Girls*.

## Career

### Filmography

* *Just Johnny (short)* (????)
* *Here's Looking at You Kid (short)* (2018)
* *Insulin (short)* (2015)
* *Punch (short)* (2013)
* *Made in Belfast* (2013)
* *At Water's Edge* (2012)
* *Dinner Party (short)* (2010)
* *Ella (short)* (2007)
* *Poker Nights (short)* (2007)
* *Damage* (2007)
* *Becoming Jane* (2007)
* *Omagh* (2004)
* *A Dublin Story (short)* (2003)
* *Full Circle (short)* (2003)
* *The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone* (2003)
* *Chaos* (2002)
* *Bobbie's Girl* (2002)
* *Last Christmas (short)* (2002)
* *Disco Pigs* (2001)
* *Wild About Harry* (2000)
* *The Most Fertile Man in Ireland* (2000)
* *At Death's Door (short)* (1999)
* *Crossmaheart* (1998)
* *The Informant* (1997)

### Television

* *Derry Girls* (2018-2019)
* *The Fall* (2013-2016)
* *Farr (mini-series short)* (2015)
* *Line of Duty* (2014)
* *6Degrees* (2012)
* *Fair City* (2008)
* *Teenage Cics* (2006)
* *The Clinic* (2005)
* *Pure Mule* (2005)
* *EastEnders* (2002-2003)
* *Touched by an Angel* (2000)

## External Links

* Tara Lynne O'Neill on Wikipedia
* Tara Lynne O'Neill on IMDb
Aisling

**Aisling** is the best friend of Jenny Joyce.

## History

She lives in Derry, during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. She was born somewhere between the late 1970s or very early 1980s. She attends Our Lady Immaculate College and is best friends with the prefect, Jenny Joyce.

## Personality

Aisling can play the piano, although she has stated she hates the lessons. She likes to sing and is a member of the school newspaper. She can be a sheep by following Jenny and doing what she's told, but she has started to break out of the mold. Regardless, she remains content and a happy individual.

## Notes and Trivia

* She has asthma or a related disease.
* In Episode 2 of Season 3, she sings at the talent show and has a very beautiful voice.

## Memorable Quotes

*"They all think what you did was pretty out of order, Erin. And that you're a bit ruthless, and cold and nobody really has any respect for you."*
*"I just came back to get my inhaler."*
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## Notes

TV Times Synopsis: Jenny Joyce has big plans for the fundraising talent show. Can the gang outshine the competition and put Jenny in her place once and for all? Meanwhile, Ma Mary is at the end of her rope, but salvation is just around the corner in the unlikely form of a plumber
Saoirse-Monica Jackson

**Saoirse-Monica Jackson** plays Erin Quinn in *Derry Girls*.

## Biography

Born in Derry, Jackson split her time growing up in both Derry and Greencastle, County Donegalwhere her parents ran a village pub. After obtaining GCSEs and A-Levels at St Cecilia's College in Derry, she trained in acting at the Arden School of Theatre in Manchester.

## Career

### Filmography

* *Liverpool Ferry (short)* (????)
* *Finding You* (2020)
* *Higher Grounds* (2020)

### Television

* *Urban Myths* (2020)
* *Unprecedented: Real Time Theatre from a State of Isolation* (2020)
* *Derry Girls* (2018-2019) (2022)
* *Broken* (2017)
* *The Five (mini-series)* (2016)

## Notes and Trivia

* The name Saoirse is the Irish word for Freedom.

## External Links

* Saoirse-Monica Jackson on Wikipedia
* Saoirse-Monica Jackson on IMDb
Episode 6

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**Episode 6** is the sixth and final episode of the first season and the 6th overall episode of *Derry Girls*.

## Short Summary

Erin is over the moon when she becomes editor of the school magazine; Orla's obsessed by step aerobics; Da Gerry is in trouble with Mary; There's romance for Aunt Sarah.

## Full Summary

Gerry has lost the red docket which is needed to collect the family's photos from Photoshack. He tries to pick them up, but Ciaran behind the counter refuses to give them to him, despite Gerry being in the photos. Mary, Sarah and Joe are angry with him. Mary finds the docket in the wash; it has turned their white clothes pink. Joe later tries to pick up the photos. When Sarah arrives, Ciaran says he recognises her from the photos and makes it clear that he is attracted to her and gives them the photos. Sarah brings Ciaran to the house, where he joins the family for dinner.

After being told that Louise, the editor of the school magazine, would not be returning to school due to a serious illness, Erin steps in as the new editor - despite not having written any articles for the paper. Erin is delighted at her position, until she finds out that the magazine team quit out of anger at Erin, as they were planning on not replacing Louise out of respect. To combat the loss of the staff, Erin recruits her friends as her new workers. After struggling to come up with a lead story, Erin finds an anonymous letter from a student coming out as a lesbian. Despite Clare's disapproval, Erin publishes the story with the title "The Secret Life of a Lesbian", but the team is censored by Sister Michael.

Disobeying Sister Michael's orders to not publish the papers, Erin, Orla, Michelle and James circulate the newspaper and it quickly becomes widely talked about. Clare later confides in Erin that she was the one who had written the anonymous letter, to which Erin responds initially with disbelief, then with disgust and urges Clare to "go back in the closet". Clare stops hanging out with Erin and shortly afterwards, James begins hanging out with Clare instead of Erin.

At the school talent show, Orla performs a step aerobics routine set to "Like a Prayer" ("Pray" in the international Netflix broadcast), which elicits ridicule from the audience. Coming to her defence, Erin, Clare, Michelle and James verbally support her and join Orla on stage, ending Erin and Clare's feud. Meanwhile, at home the rest of the family watches a television news report of a sudden bombing in Omagh that killed 12 people.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Saoirse-Monica Jackson as Erin Quinn
* Louisa Harland as Orla McCool
* Jamie-Lee O'Donnell as Michelle Mallon
* Nicola Coughlan as Clare Devlin
* Dylan Llewellyn as James Maguire
* Tara Lynne O'Neill as Mary Quinn
* Kathy Kiera Clarke as Sarah McCool
* Siobhán McSweeney as Sister Michael
* Tommy Tiernan as Gerry Quinn
* Ian McElhinney as Joe McCool

### Guest Stars

* Jamie Beamish as Ciaran
* Beccy Henderson as Aisling
* Leah O'Rourke as Jenny Joyce
* Maria Laird as Wee Tina

## Notes and Trivia

* This episode scored 2.76 million viewers.
Brenock O'Connor

## Brenock Grant O'Connor

**Brenock O'Connor** played Jon in the season two *Derry Girls* episode Across the Barricade.

## Career

### Filmography

* *Vita & Virginia* (2018)
* *The Bromley Boys* (2018)
* *Another Mother's Son* (2017)
* *Young Hunters: The Beast of Bevendean* (2015)

### Television

* *Alex Rider* (2020)
* *Derry Girls* (2019)
* *Living the Dream* (2017-2019)
* *The Split* (2018)
* *Casualty* (2016)
* *Halloween Comedy Shorts* (2016)
* *Game of Thrones* (2014-2016)
* *Dickensian* (2015-2016)
* *Chickens* (2013)
* *Holby City* (2012)

## External Links

* Brenock O'Connor on Wikipedia
* Brenock O'Connor on IMDb
Episode 2

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**Episode 2** is the second episode of the first season and the 2nd overall episode of *Derry Girls*.

## Short Summary

Everyone is really excited when Sister Michael announces the school trip to Paris. Back at the Quinn house, Uncle Colm is visiting and the whole family are losing their will to live.

## Full Summary

Erin and Orla's grandfather Joe's brother Colm visits the family. He talks in a droning monotone about having been tied to a radiator of his by two terrorists who stole his van and used it to transport weapons across the border before exploding it. He and Erin's aunt Sarah are later interviewed by UTV about it.

With their school offering a class trip to Paris, Erin, Clare, Orla, Michelle and James are eager to attend – until learning that they must pay £375 each for their tickets. When Jenny informs them that she is paying for the trip out of her trust fund the group asks their families if they have trust funds as well, only to discover that they do not.

In an attempt to earn the money, the group seeks out jobs. Michelle steals a sign advertising various part-time employment from inside a chip shop. After the shop's owner Fionnula discovers the theft (due to Clare confessing to her mother out of guilt), she has the group clean her shop in order to make up for the thievery. After doing a very bad job at cleaning, Michelle steals the Fionnula's alcohol and accidentally lights her flat above the shop on fire when she trips carrying flaming shots.

Calling Erin and Orla's mothers Mary and Sarah, they attempt to make it look like burglars tied them up in the flat, causing the fire. However, Fionnula comes back earlier than expected and catches them in the act - to which Mary says Michelle tripped whilst carrying a candle, an excuse earlier deemed too unbelievable.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Nicola Coughlan as Clare Devlin
* Louisa Harland as Orla McCool
* Saoirse-Monica Jackson as Erin Quinn
* Dylan Llewellyn as James Maguire
* Jamie-Lee O'Donnell as Michelle Mallon
* Siobhan McSweeney as Sister Michael
* Tara Lynne O'Neill as Mary Quinn
* Kathy Kiera Clarke as Sarah McCool
* Tommy Tiernan as Gerry Quinn
* Ian McElhinney as Joe McCool
* Leah O'Rourke as Jenny Joyce

### Guest Stars

* Leah O'Rourke as Jenny Joyce
* Claire Rafferty as Miss Mooney
* Sophie Robertson as Charlene Kavanagh
* Tracey Lynch as Fionnula
* Kevin McAleer as Uncle Colm

## Notes and Trivia

* This episode scored 3.02 million viewers.
Claire Rafferty

## Character Information

### Seasons

1 and 2

**Claire Rafferty** played Miss Mooney in seasons one and two of *Derry Girls*.

## Career

### Filmography

* *Here's Looking at You Kid (short)* (2018)
* *Beast* (2017)
* *Banshee Betty (short)* (2016)
* *The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death* (2014)

### Television

* *The Feed* (2019)
* *Casualty* (2019)
* *Derry Girls* (2018-2019)
* *The Frankenstein Chronicles* (2015-2017)
* *Silent Witness* (2017)
* *The Fall* (2014-2016)
* *Locked Up Abroad (documentary)* (2016)
* *Vera* (2016)
* *Cuffs (mini-series)* (2015)
* *Doctors* (2015)
* *Misfits* (2013)
* *Shetland* (2013)
* *The Bletchley Circle* (2012)
The Curse

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**The Curse** is the fourth episode of the second series and the 10th overall episode of *Derry Girls*.

## Short Summary

The Quinn family cause uproar at a family wedding, and the consequences of the girls' bad behaviour are very serious, especially for cousin Eammon.

## Full Summary

The family gather for a wedding, to which Erin has brought her friends. Mary and Sarah's mother Marie's sister Bridie and her 50-year-old son Eamonn (Ardal O'Hanlon) attend. Bridie insults Mary and Sarah; Mary responds by telling Bridie to drop dead. Seconds later, Bridie dies. Several people speculate that Mary has a curse/gift which enables her to cause people's deaths through saying particular words. On another day, the family and friends gather for Bridie's wake, to which Michelle has brought a large plastic box containing hash scones which she made.

Someone takes the container full of scones and some guests take one each. The teens retrieve most of the scones and try to flush them down the toilet; they block it and cause a flood. Meanwhile, Mary and Sarah recognise the earrings Bridie is wearing as Marie's. Deducing that Bridie stole the earrings from Marie, Mary and Sarah take them off Bridie's corpse. However, Eamonn finds out and they are put back on Bridie and buried with her. Back home, Joe brings to the table several of the scones which he took from the wake, to Erin's horror.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Saoirse-Monica Jackson as Erin Quinn
* Louisa Harland as Orla McCool
* Nicola Coughlan as Clare Devlin
* Jamie-Lee O'Donnell as Michelle Mallon
* Dylan Llewellyn as James Maguire
* Kathy Kiera Clarke as Sarah McCool
* Tara Lynne O'Neill as Mary Quinn
* Siobhan McSweeney as Sister Michael
* Tommy Tiernan as Gerry Quinn
* Ian McElhinney as Joe McCool

### Guest Stars

* Julia Dearden as Maureen Malarkey
* Kevin McAleer as Uncle Colm
* Eleanor Methven as Aunt Bridie
* Ardal O'Hanlon as Eammon

## Notes and Trivia

* This episode scored 2.88 million viewers.

## See Also

 **#02** | "Ms De Brún and the Child of Prague"
Leah O'Rourke

## Character Information

### Seasons

1 and 2

**Leah O'Rourke** played Jenny Joyce in seasons one and two of *Derry Girls*.

### Filmography

* *Half Brothers* (2016)
* *Normality (short)* (2014)
* *1 - Nenokkadine* (2014)
* *Midnight (short)* (2013)
* *Anna (short)* (2013)
* *Wasted (short)* (2013)
* *Last Man Hanging* (2008)
* *Fiddlers Walk* (2006)

### Television

* *Derry Girls* (2018-2019)
* *Seacht* (2009)

## Notes and Trivia

* She is almost twice the age of the character she portrays.
Jenny Joyce

*‘You will go far in life Jenny, but you will not be well liked’*  Sister Michael to Jenny

## Familial Information

### Biological parents

Janette Joyce (mother)Richard Joyce (father)

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

Leah O'Rourke

**Jenny O'Shea Joyce** is a prefect at Our Lady Immaculate College. She is the overall secondary antagonist in *Derry Girls*.

## History

Jenny lives in a large house in Derry, during the Troubles.

## Personality

Jenny takes her role and school life very seriously; refusing to stray from the rules or go against authority at all (in other words; a teacher’s pet). She can be ignorant to the privileges she has and is unaware that her peers do not live identical lives to her. She is very intelligent and will be responsible but she is very spoiled. she is shown to have a softer side as seen during Clare father’s funeral she extends her arm in condolence.

She likes singing (but is very crappy at it) and is head of the school newspaper.

## Relationships

### Erin

She’s shown to not get along well with her, ofter making snarky remarks at each other.

### Family

She lives with her parents, Janette Joyce (formerly O'Shea) and Dr. Richard Joyce, in a large comfortable house as her father is a surgeon; he once removed Orla McCool's tonsils.

### Friendships

Aisling is her best (and probably only) friend.

## Notes and Trivia

* The actress who plays her is almost twice her age.
* Despite the removal of her braces in the storyline, the character Jenny still appears to have very misaligned and discolored teeth. The actress Leah O’Rourke conversely has quite straight and white teeth.

## Memorable Quotes

James: Is he tied to you?
Jenny: Yeah, he kept wandering off

Great hair. Very, bold. I'd love to go that short but I don't have the bone structure.

I have a chocolate fountain and everything.

Queue to the right please. One chupachup per person.

No hate, no hate, let's integrate.
Episode 3

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**Episode 3** is the third episode of the first season and the 3rd overall episode of **Derry Girls**.

## Short Summary

The girls are tense about a big exam and naturally jump at a dubious opportunity to get out of it, especially as it involves spending time with the beautiful Father Peter.

## Full Summary

After cramming for their exams all night, the group sees a dog walking along the street who closely resembles Erin's dog Toto, who had recently been killed in a road accident. The teens chase after the dog and follow him into a local church where they find a statue of the Virgin Mary. Overcome by sleep deprivation and caffeine Clare, Michelle and Orla believe they see the statue smirking at them.

After chasing the dog to the second floor of the church, Erin sees the dog urinating directly above the statue. Mistaking the urine dripping through a hole in the ceiling and down the statue's cheek as tears, the rest of the group decides to tell Sister Michael of what they saw in the hope of being excused from their exams. While Erin intends on telling the others that what they actually saw was urine, not tears, she ultimately does not after handsome young priest Father Peter becomes interested in their story. When Peter suggests that Toto had been resurrected to lead Erin to the church, he suggests that they dig up his grave in the back garden of Erin and Orla's house.

After discovering that the cardboard box he was buried in is empty Erin, knowing that the statue was not actually weeping and Toto could not have been resurrected, confronts her mother. Mary reveals to Erin that Toto is not dead and that she actually gave him away to neighbour Maureen Malarkey confirming that the dog they had seen was the real Toto. Erin tells her friends the truth, but they continue the hoax because the girls find Peter attractive, and James wishes to become more like him.

Later, Peter reveals to Erin that he was close to abandoning the priesthood to begin a relationship with a girl whom he had fallen in love with who had made him question his belief in Catholicism. Erin (assuming that he is talking about her) reveals the hoax to him, hoping that he would leave the priesthood and run away with her. Erin is disappointed when she discovers that girl in question is a hairdresser. The group are branded as liars who pranked the Catholic Church and have to take their exams.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Saoirse-Monica Jackson as Erin Quinn
* Nicola Coughlan as Clare Devlin
* Louisa Harland as Orla McCool
* Jamie-Lee O'Donnell as Michelle Mallon
* Dylan Llewellyn as James Maguire
* Kathy Kiera Clarke as Sarah McCool
* Tara Lynne O'Neill as Mary Quinn
* Siobhan McSweeney as Sister Michael
* Tommy Tiernan as Gerry Quinn
* Ian McElhinney as Joe McCool

### Guest Stars

* Julia Dearden as Maureen Malarkey
* Claire Rafferty as Miss Mooney
* Peter Campion as Father Peter

## Notes and Trivia

* This episode scored 2.78 million viewers.
Ava Grace McAleese

## Anna Quinn

**Character name** Anna Quinn

## History

Anna Quinn is the infant sister of Erin Quinn and the cousin of Orla McCool, she is the child of Mary and Gerry Quinn and the Granddaughter of Joe McCool, she is portrayed as very young around the age of 1, 2 at the oldest. She is born around the time of crossfire conflict.

## Personality

Anna doesn't seem to talk much and is often seen sleeping in her mother's and grandfather's arms and eating.

## Relationships

Anna's name is never mentioned and Erin never talks about her to her family or friends.

### Romantic

Anna doesn't have any romantic relationship yet, because she's a baby.

### Familial

Anna seems to spend a lot of time with her mother and grandfather, she is not often seen with Erin.
Ms De Brún

## Ms S. De Brún

**Ms S. De Brún** was a teacher at Our Lady Immaculate College. She makes her only appearance in Series 2, Episode 2, where she is the focus of the episode.

## History

She arrived to replace Sister Patrick at the college, who went back to conducting missionary work at a teaching post in Belfast. In one scene, she is seen teaching poetry to the girls, suggesting that she is an English teacher.

## Notes and Trivia

-She believes poetry should always be read aloud.
The President

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**The President** is the sixth and final episode of the second series and the 12th overall episode of *Derry Girls*.

## Short Summary

As Christmas approaches, excitement in Derry is at a fever pitch for President Bill Clinton's visit, while James gets a surprise and Granda Joe embarks on a mysterious plan of his own.

## Full Summary

Many people in Derry eagerly anticipate a visit from US President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary on 30 November 1995. Most schools in Derry are closed for the day, but Sister Michael insists that it will be a normal school day at Our Lady Immaculate. Most pupils truant in order to watch Clinton's speech. Only two pupils — Jenny and Aisling — attend school, but Aisling leaves, then Sister Michael tells Jenny to leave.

Clare tells her friends that she wrote to Chelsea Clinton, Bill's daughter, but she is disappointed that Chelsea did not write back to her. Joe, Colm, and Jim listen in on conversations using a CB radio in an attempt to find Clinton. Gerry drives them over the border to Burt, County Donegal, where, based on having overheard a conversation, he thinks that Clinton will be staying. They discover that the Bill referred to in the conversation in question is a Donegal man.

James' mother Cathy, who abandoned him in Derry in the first episode of Series 1, visits the house; she is patronizing and Mary is hostile to her. Cathy says that she has a business designing stickers which is becoming successful. She wants James to live with her in London and help run her business. He initially agrees, greatly upsetting the girls. Michelle follows James and tries to convince him to stay in Derry, saying he is a "Derry Girl," but James declines.

During the cab ride with Cathy to the airport, James changes his mind and decides to stay in Derry. Upon James' return, the girls ecstatically embrace him and they walk off together past a TV hire shop playing actual footage of part of Clinton's speech in Guildhall Square.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Saoirse-Monica Jackson as Erin Quinn
* Louisa Harland as Orla McCool
* Jamie-Lee O'Donnell as Michelle Mallon
* Nicola Coughlan as Clare Devlin
* Dylan Llewellyn as James Maguire
* Kathy Kiera Clarke as Sarah McCool
* Tara Lynne O'Neill as Mary Quinn
* Siobhan McSweeney as Sister Michael
* Tommy Tiernan as Gerry Quinn
* Ian McElhinney as Joe McCool

### Guest Stars

* Chris Robinson as Radio Announcer
* Ava Grace McAleese as Baby Anna
* Mya Rose McAleese as Baby Anna
* Leah O'Rourke as Jenny Joyce
* Beccy Henderson as Aisling
* Claire Rafferty as Miss Mooney
* Paul Mallon as Dennis
* Bronagh Waugh as Cathy Maguire
* Robert Calvert as Jim
* Donna Traynor as Donna Traynor
* Kevin McAleer as Uncle Colm
* Ciaran Nolan as Radio Dispatcher

## Notes and Trivia

* This episode scored 2.57 million viewers.

## See Also

 **#02** | "Ms De Brún and the Child of Prague"
Miss Mooney

**Miss Mooney** is a teacher at Our Lady Immaculate College.

## History

She lives and works as a teacher and assistant to head Sister Michael, in Derry during the Norther Irish troubles.

## Memorable Quotes

**Sister Micheal:** Did I not ban this one?
**Miss Mooney:** The power of love, All you need is love, How deep is your love, It must've been love, I wanna know what love is, I will always love you. No, sister you didn't.
Zip-a-Dee-Broom-Bah

**Zip-a-Dee-Broom-Bah** is the thirteenth and final episode of the first season. It aired on June 25th, 2018.

## Summary

Hank wants to build a zip line in town and Lacey and Brent help out so he doesn’t get himself killed. Karen and Davis crack down on Dog River’s “Free Corner”– the spot where everyone dumps stuff they don’t want – much to the dismay of the locals. Meanwhile, Emma and Oscar score a free robot vacuum that Oscar befriends… that is until Wanda soups it up.
Bronagh Waugh

**Bronagh Waugh** played Kathy Maguire in the season two *Derry Girls* episode The President.

## Career

### Filmography

* *Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar* (2019)
* *Social Influence (short)* (2018)
* *Grace and Goliath* (2018)
* *A Dark Place* (2018)
* *Heart Overheard (short)* (2017)
* *Axis* (2017)
* *A Christmas Star* (2015)
* *Chains (short)* (2008)
* *Miss Conception* (2008)
* *Fiddlers Walk* (2006)

### Television

* *Des (mini-series)* (????)
* *C.B. Strike* (2020)
* *Midsomer Murders* (2019)
* *Derry Girls* (2019)
* *Unforgotten* (2018)
* *Channel Zero* (2016)
* *Supernatural* (2016)
* *The Fall* (2013-2016)
* *Holby City* (2014)
* *Hollyoaks* (2009-2013)
* *Hollyoaks Later* (2008-2012)

## External Links

* Bronagh Waugh on Wikipedia
* Bronagh Waugh on IMDb
Kathy Maguire

**Kathy Maguire** is the mother of James Maguire. She is the overall overarching antagonist in the TV Series ‘Derry Girls’ serving as the unseen overarching antagonist in Series 1 and the main antagonist in the Series 2 finale.

## History

Kathy Maguire grew up during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. She had the best eyebrows in Derry according to Sarah McCool. When she comes back at the end of season 2 she still has great eyebrows. She traveled to England to have an abortion, which she did not go through with and became a mother to James. When Kathy got divorced she and James moved back to Derry. She moved to London on James' first day of school (without him knowing) and didn't return until after the ceasefire was announced.

She has started her own business in self-adhesive labels.

## Personality

Kathy appears to be irresponsible, selfish, and manipulative. She can often say and do things which appear arrogant and ignorant to how it might impact those around her. Kathy speaks with fondness for her son, James, however, and is admired, to an extent, by her niece.

## Memorable Quotes

He just got so controlling. 'Oh Kathy way did you stay out all night? Kathy, who was that man you were having dinner with?

My big handsome boy.

I'd forgotten how small these little houses are. I really don't know how you do it.
Clare Devlin

**Clare Devlin** is a main character in *Derry Girls*. She is one of the main characters in the series and is portrayed as a good-natured and slightly naive girl who is part of a group of friends attending a local Catholic girls' school.

## Personality

Clare is clever, ambitious and, when faced with an authority figure, an enthusiastic grass. Nothing is more important to her than academic achievement. Her friends are a constant source of frustration. During the first season, she came out as a lesbian.

Clare is known as the most intelligent and cares a lot about her studies. She is also a worrywart as she is constantly anxious throughout the numerous predicaments the girls find themselves in.

## Relationships

### Romantic

Laurie - Clare had her first kiss with a girl named Laurie at a Fatboy Slim concert.

### Family

Clare is an only child. Her mother is Geraldine Devlin and her late father is Sean Devlin.

### Friendships

Clare is best friends with Erin Quinn, Orla McCool, Michelle Mallon, and James Maguire. Clare attended her school prom with Mae Cheung.

## Notes and Trivia

* She can speak Cantonese.
* Nicola Coughlan has said she knew her character was gay months before her cast members.
* Nicola Coughlan is almost double Clare's age.
* She has her own Spotify playlist.

## Memorable Quotes

Well, I’m not being individual on me own.

It is so sad. It really is, it's so so sad; but, at the same time, what's done is done so, lets just crack on.

According to my ma, we're actually quite poor.

You weren't 'like a thief in the night', you actually were a thief in the night.

I'm very sorry for all your trouble. You know, the whole hoohoo at the power plant.

I'm the wee lesbian.

Actually, she's our dick.

I am not a craic-killer.

Drugs are for mugs, folks.

I like my kneecaps, Michelle. They suit my knees.
Sean Devlin

**Sean Devlin** was Clare's father.

## History

He lived in Derry, during the Norther Irish Troubles, with his wife Geraldine, and daughter Clare.

In the penultimate episode of Series 3, after dropping the girls off at a Fat Boy Slim concert, he later suffers an brain aneurysm and is taken to hospital where he dies witnessed by his wife and daughter and then his funeral is attended by his daughter's school plus friends and family.

## Personality

Sean had a stern and strict approach to parenting and can be harsh on his daughter, regardless of her actual involvement in situations.

## Relationships

### Romantic

Sean was married to Geraldine and together they had one child, Clare.

## Memorable Quotes

Killing nuns now is it?
Is every bastard in Derry wearing this suit?

Wait till your mother hears about this.
Janette Joyce

**Janette Joyce** (née O'Shea) is the mother of Jenny Joyce. She is married to Richard Joyce, who is a surgeon. She used to be friends with Mary Quinn, Sarah McCool, Deirdre Mallon and Geraldine Devlin at secondary school. She has a tattoo of a skull on the back of her neck.

Richard Joyce does not speak much since he got married, as he's not very good at passing on messages. Richard does not get much time off, but he is very good at removing bullets.