List of deceased characters

List of Fair City characters

Fair City is an Irish television soap opera first broadcast on RTÉ One in 1989. The following is a list of characters who currently appear in the programme and a list of former characters, listed in order of first appearance. Some characters have been recast since their first appearance.
Present characters

Past characters

The following characters departed Carrigstown:

Character
Actor(s)
Character duration
Status

John Deegan
Tommy O'Neill
2001–2023
Departed off screen due to the actor's health troubles.

Jon McCarthy
Paul McQuaid
2022–2023
Went on a World tour with his band.

Lee Collins
Dave Kelly
2018–2021
Moved to London after the death of Will Casey.

Darragh Collins
Ben Condron
2018–2021 Moved to London with his brother Lee Collins.

Mikey Moen
Brian Quinn

Cristiano San Martin
Rodrigo Ternevoy
2017–2022
Moved to Brussels with his boyfriend Patrick.

Laura Halpin
Ruth Gilligan 2001–2005 & Liana O'Cleirigh 2011–2022
Moved away from Carrigstown for a fresh start.

Wayne Molloy
Stephen Swift 1999, 2005, 2008 & Victor Burke 1992–1997, 2009–2019
Departed offscreen after splitting from wife Orla Kirwan.

Farrah Phelan
Fiona Glascott 1998–1999, Sinead Keenan 1999, Denise McCormack 2001–2003 & Caroline Harvey 2014–2019.

Emmett Fitzgerald
Colin O'Donoghue 2005.

Aoife O'Neill
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2017-2018
Arrested for stabbing Kerry-Ann Bishop who bled to death.

Barry O'Hanlon
Patrick David Nolan
1989–2011, 2019–2020
Locked up in jail in 2011, returned in 2019 & left town in 2020.

Suzanne Halpin
Sarah Flood
1998–2013.

Yvonne Doyle
Alex MacDowall
1989–?
Ciara O'Callaghan
1998–2004, 2008–20??, 2013?–2015
Left Carrigstown for a fresh start.

Heather Daly
Úna Kavanagh
2003–2009, 2014–2019, 2021
Moved to Brazil.

Eleanor Daly
Uncredited 2005
Susie Power 2008–2009, 2015–2021.

Liam Plunkett
Aidan Kelly
2020
Phelim Drew
2020–2021.

Anthony Brady
Ciaran Reilly
2002–2009
Moved to Cork to accept a job as a publisher.

Adam Bermingham
Alan McMahon
2007–2008
Moved to Manchester to continue his studies.

Xavier "Zumo" Bishop
Patrick Fitzpatrick
2007–2013, 2016
Left with his mother and sister after his father was murdered. He returned briefly in 2016 for Decco's wedding.

Connie Boylan
Lisa Harding
2009–2010
Moved back to Australia to care for her father, Ronan.

Russell Brown
Conor Delaney
2011
Moved to the United States with his partner Ingrid and her children Clara and Joey.

Caitriona Cassidy
Louise Meade
1999–2014
Moved to Manchester to stay with her sister Kira.

Patricia Collins
Bairbre Ní Chaoimh

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Moved to Mullingar, County Westmeath, with severe liver damage from alcohol abuse.

Jennifer Conway
Karen Ardiff

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Applied for a job transfer to Galway, her home county.

Kay Costello
Shiela McWade 1989–2008
Moved to Limerick to find employment there.

Malachy Costello
Gerard Byrne 1996–2009
Moved out of Ireland, with his partner Lara and her daughter Jane.

Ursula Cruise
Anna Manahan 2004–2009
Moved to live in England with her son, Enda.

Robert Daly
Sam Peter Corry 2009–2012
Moved to Belfast to accept a job as a lecturer.

Terry Deegan
Julie Hale 2001–2007
Moved to Dublin to look after her elderly parents.

T. J. "Tony Jr" Deegan
Ian Kenny 2006–2007
Moved to Dublin with his mother, Terry, to look after his grandparents.

Troy Dowling
Andrew Macklin 2008–2009, 2017, 2020
Moved to Benidorm to accept a job as a DJ. He returned for two weeks in March 2017 to visit his family and returned briefly again in 2020.

Jimmy Doyle
David Mitchell 1991–2008
Emigrated to Australia after his mother, Rita, was placed in a nursing home.

Geraldine Fahey
Carmel Stephens 2002–2009
Moved out of Ireland after becoming impoverished.

Ali Foley
Doreen Corrigan 2005–2009, 2020
Moved to Leeds to live with her partner Colm Joyce and her son Lorcan Foley, Jr. Returned briefly in 2020 to visit Carol Foley.

Lorcan Foley, Jr
Kyle Finnerty
2007–2010 Moved to Leeds to live with his mother Ali Foley and her boyfriend Colm Joyce.

Sylvester Garrigan
Frank O'Sullivan 2005–2006
He is assumed to be in prison.

Felix Jones
Yare Jegbefume 2009–2010
Returned to South Africa to become a patron for a local charity.

Kylie Kavanagh
Vicky Burke 2004–2009
Moved to live with her mother Siobhan in Spain after being dumped.

Bernie Kelly
Mary McNamara 1989–2009 & Fionnula Murphy 2023
Moved to Canada with relatives after the death of her mother, Mags. Returned in 2023 for a few weeks and took a dislike to Olwyn.

Gloria Leahy
Meagan Keogh

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Left Ireland searching for her real father, confused over his identity.

Avi Bar Lev
Asaf B. Goldfrid 2009–2011
Abandoned business partnership with Pete and fled to London.

James "Ringo" Leyden
Keith Duffy 2008–2009
Moved to Sierra Leone to become involved in work for a charity.

Seamus McAleer
Vinnie McCabe 2005–2008
Left Ireland to stay with daughter Lauren in Spain after Bill murdered Annette.

Philip McGuckian
Joe Taylor

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Fled after being unable to pay back a loan taken from a loanshark.

Tracey McGuigan
Hilda Fay
2001–2008
Fled to Manchester after a dispute with a gangster.

Robin McKenna
Orlaith Rafter
2001–2009
Moved to accept a job in Cork, offered by her ex-boyfriend Lennie.

Paschal Mulvey
Brendan Cauldwell
1996–2005
Left to go live with his girlfriend Lily abroad.

Lara Newman
Eilis O'Donnell
2009
Moved out of Ireland, leaving with her daughter Jane and Malachy.

Cliodhna Norris
Aisling Bea
2009
Followed her boyfriend Ringo to Sierra Leone.

Una Norris
Sandra Curran
2007–2009
Moved to Sierra Leone, recovering from the devastation caused by her brother Turlough's death.

Shelly O'Connor
Hilary Reynolds
1999, 2000, 2004
Left Carrigstown.

Baz O'Reilly
Pat Ainscough
2004
Followed his female companion to a hideout in Surrey.

David Osbourne
Mat Fraser
2010–2011
Left to accept a job in Limerick alongside his brother.

Duncan Stonehouse
Nathan Gordon

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Left Ireland and enlisted with the Army in London.

Aoife Stringer
Laoisha O'Callaghan

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Moved to Manchester to continue with her studies.

Judith Dillon
Catherine Byrne
2010–2014
Moved to Munich.

Neasa Dillon
Aobhin Garrihy
2010–2013

Caoimhe Dillon
Aoibheann McCaul
2010–2018, 2019
Moved to Munich.

Harmony Collins
Eleanor O'Brien
2018

Aaron White
Ethan Dodd
2018–2020

Samantha "Sam" Bishop
Mia Rongavilla
2018–2020
Moved to Spain with her father, Decco.

Deceased characters:

Character
Actor
Year
Status

Kerri-Ann Bishop
Jenny Dixon
2013–2018
Stabbed by Aoife O'Neill after she murdered her daughter, Karen.

Paddy Bishop
Andrew M. Connolly
2013
Stabbed by his daughter Charlotte after a struggle in the house.

Gina Cassidy
Deirdre Lawless
2007
Was killed by Barry O'Hanlon on her wedding day outside the church on Ray's motorbike.

Luke Dillon
Liam Heffernan
2012–2013
Killed when he was trapped under a slab of concrete while trying to rescue his brother from a fire in Leo's factory.

Lana Dowling
Tatiana Ouliankina
2003–2007
Kidnapped from her own home, and then murdered.

Helen Doyle
Kira Carroll
1989–1998
Died in hospital after a car accident.

Rita Doyle
Jean Costello
1989–2008, 2010
Died of natural causes after her daughter Yvonne granted her wish not to be resuscitated.

Eunice Dunstan
Joan O'Hara
1994–2007
Died of natural causes after the actress died.

Lorcan Foley, Snr
Killian O'Sullivan
1999–2006
Shot dead by Rory after a vicious struggle.

Mike Gleeson
Seamus Moran
1996–2008
Electrocuted by a number of rogue loose electrical wires in a substation.

Marty Halpin
Paul Lee
2002–2003
Killed himself after he murdered his wife Tess Halpin.

Tess Halpin
Sabina Brennan
2001–2003
Murdered 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 Kavanagh
Joe Gallagher
2005–2008
Died alone in London after embarking on a drink and drugs binge in regret of the awful treatment of his partner and daughter.

Charlie Kelly
Tom Jordan
1989–2019
Charlie died off screen in Canada in his sleep.

Mags Kelly
Joan Brosnan Walsh
1989–2009
Died in Canada after a natural disaster.

Tony Kelly
Darragh Kelly
1989–1997
Killed by a London criminal (Reg) who he owed money to. It was the first on-screen murder in the show.

Billy Meehan
Stuart Dunne
2000–2001
Battered to death with a golf club by Lorcan Foley, Snr.

Harry Molloy
Paul Raynor
1990–2005
Missing, assumed dead.

Jessica Molloy
Victoria O'Connor
2003–2005
Drug overdose on an ecstasy tablet that had been lost under the family home's suede couch after a night of babysitting went awry.

Lorraine Molloy
Maeve McGrath
1991–2000
Killed in a hurricane on her honeymoon.

Angela O'Connell
Anne Kent
2005–2009, 2016
Ran away, in 2009 after being exposed as a thief, returned (for 3 months) in 2016 but died of a heart attack in December 2016.

Sarah O'Leary
Gemma Doorly
2001–2011
Killed by Barry in a freak accident.

Karen O'Neil
Kate Gilmore
2016–2018
Stabbed By Kerri-Ann Bishop.

Christy Phelan
Tom Hopkins
1998–2014
Collapsed from a couch and died from a heart attack months after suffering a stroke.

Floyd Phelan
Simon Keogh
1998–2008
Died from cancer.

Robbie Quinn
Karl Shiels
2014–2019
Robbie died off screen as actor Karl Shiels had died unexpectedly.

Bill Taylor
Jonathan Ryan
2009
Died through injuries sustained in a fire while murdering his wife.

Gabriel Udenze
George Seremba
2005–2006
Burned to death in an arson attack on his home.

Will Casey
John Cronin
2018–2021
Killed by Lee Collins after a revenge beating gone awry.

Cian Howley
Adam Weafer
2018–2022
Stabbed to death by Dermot Fahey with a key on a building site