Siobhan mckenna biography
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SIOBHÁN McKENNA
by Tom Kenny
Siobhán Giollamhuire McKenna was born on May 24th, , a second daughter to Eoghan McKenna and Gretta O’Reilly, Nancy being her older sister. She was educated in Belfast, in Taylor’s Hill Convent and then after a year out sick with glandular fever, as a boarder in St. Louis Convent, Monaghan.
Her family moved to Galway in when her father was made a lecturer in Mathematics in UCG. They lived in Fort Eyre in Shantalla and only spoke Irish at home. She played out on the street with her friends, cycled up and down Red Lane, annoyed couples who were courting in the bushes and became great friends with an old man across the road she knew as ‘Gongy’ . Siobhán was a very good camogie player. She graduated from college with a first class honours B.A. in and then did a post-grad course in French in UCD.
As a teenager, she became interested in acting and joined An Taidhbhearc where she came under the influence of Walter Macken. “He taught me everything I needed to know about stagecraft and acting”. She made her stage debut there and played in several productions. She then moved to Dublin and joined the Abbey Theatre where her first part in English was “The Countess Kathleen”. She was quickly making a name for herself playing a variety of par
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Siobhán McKenna
Irish actress (–)
"Siobhan McKenna" redirects here. For the fictional character on General Hospital, see Siobhan McKenna (General Hospital).
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| Born | Siobhán Giollamhuire Nic Cionnaith ()24 May Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Died | 16 November () (aged&#;64) Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation | Actress |
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| Spouse | Denis O'Dea &#; &#; (m.&#;; died&#;)&#; |
Siobhán McKenna[1] (Irish:[ˈʃʊwaːn̪ˠ]; 24 May – 16 November ) was an Irish stage and screen actress.
Early life
[edit]She was born Siobhán Giollamhuire Nic Cionnaith in Belfast in the newly created Northern Ireland into a Catholic and nationalist family.[2] She grew up in Galway and in County Monaghan, speaking fluent Irish. Her father Eoghan McKenna (born Millstreet, County Cork, ) was Professor of Mathematics at University College, Galway (UCG). She was still in her teens when she became a member of an amateur Gaelic theatre group and made her stage debut at Galway's national Irish language theatre, An Taibhdhearc, in [3]
Career
[edit]She is remembered for her English language performances at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin where she would eventually star in what many co
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Siobhan McKenna
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