Emmet Kirwan Explained

Emmet Kirwan is an Irish actor, playwright and screenwriter. He is known for starring in RTÉ2's Sarah & Steve and for writing and starring in the 2015 play, and 2018 movie version of Dublin Oldschool.[1] [2] Other credits include parts in Ella Enchanted, '71 and Inside I'm Dancing.[3] In 2012 he performed Just Saying, a monologue written and directed by Dave Tynan, which to date has received over 500,000 views on YouTube.[4] [5]

Early Life and Education

Kirwan grew up in the Raheen area of Tallaght.[6] He attended St. Mark's Community School and became involved with the Dublin Youth Theatre. He then studied theatre studies and acting at the Samuel Beckett Centre in Trinity College Dublin, graduating in 2001.[7] [8] [9]

Notes and References

  1. News: https://web.archive.org/web/20180625091750/https://www.dailyedge.ie/emmet-kirwin-late-late-show-4036302-May2018/ . Emmet Kirwan seriously put it to Ryan Tubridy on the Late Late, and people loved him . 26 May 2018 . 25 June 2018 . live . DailyEdge.ie.
  2. News: Acid test: writer and actor Emmet Kirwan's take on drugs culture hits the big screen. . 24 June 2018 . Eithne . Shortall .
  3. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20160201095010/http://www.thejournal.ie/emmett-kirwan-interview-2574261-Jan2016/ . 'When a working class person writes, you're asked: Is it like Roddy Doyle?' . live . 1 February 2016 . 25 June 2018 . 31 January 2016 . TheJournal.ie.
  4. News: Karl. live . https://web.archive.org/web/20130115210628/http://totallydublin.ie/film/film-features/people-are-defining-themselves-by-tea-bags-just-saying-director-dave-tynan-interview/ . McDonald . 25 June 2018 . . 'People are defining themselves by tea bags': 'Just Saying' Director Dave Tynan Interview. 9 January 2013 . 15 January 2013 .
  5. News: 'Just saying' film-maker left reeling as short on lost generation strikes a chord online . . 25 June 2018 . Nicola . Anderson . 29 December 2012.
  6. Web site: Local Actor & Writer Emmet Kirwan Returns “Home” with Dublin Old School . 18 July 2024 . 10 January 2017 . www.civictheatre.ie.
  7. Web site: Emmet Kirwan - Playwright and Writer for Film & Television . 18 July 2024 . 2023 . Curtis Brown.
  8. Web site: People - Emmet Kirwan . 18 July 2024 . Playography Ireland.
  9. Web site: Graduate Spotlight: Emmet Kirwan . 18 July 2024 . 29 January 2017 . Forder . Amyrose . www.tn2magazine.ie.

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