DARRAGH GILHOOLY

At 5′ 9″ (175cm) tall Darragh is an Irish actor from the North-West of Ireland who lives in Dublin.

Most recently he performed in “CELTIC EXODUS”, a new musical by Brain Warfield of The Wolfetones, which ran in The Complex in Dublin 7 up to January 25th. Presented by John Murphy of Happy Bag Productions and Larry Bass of Shinawil, and directed by Mark Lambert, the cast also includes Clelia Murphy, Mark O’Regan, Seamus O’Rourke, Aoife Fitzpatrick, Morgan C. Jones, Emmet Farrell, and Moses Murphy.

Darragh stars as one of the lead teens, ‘Jake Bolt’, in the Sundance Now Original drama series “SANCTUARY – A WITCHES TALE” (Sundance Now and AMC+). His screen credits also include the supporting role of ‘Ricky’ in the Irish feature film “Ann” (RTE Television) directed by Ciaran Creagh, the short films “Inside Out” (‘Patrick’) directed by Laura Way, “Monkey Tales” (‘Dara’) directed by Robert Forshaw, and “White Roses” (‘Thomas’) directed by Sean Noonan.

Theatre wise Darragh played ‘Edgar’ in the GSA’s staging of Shakespeare’s ‘KING LEAR” which ran in Clasach in Clontarf, Smock Alley and Dean Crowe in Athlone, “YELLOWING”, a Naming Cows Production, as part of last year’s Scene & Heard Festival in Smock Alley. His theatre credits also include GSA’s “SHAKESPERIENCE” (Clasach Theatre & Dean Crowe Theatre), Mill Productions staging of Shakespeare’s “ROMEO & JULIET” (‘Benvolio’) directed by Geoff O’Keeffe, The Abbey Theatre’s staging of “PORTIA COUGHLAN” (‘Gabriel’), “THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE” (Davey) directed by Maureen White, “A MIDSUMMER’S NIGHTS DREAM” (‘Lysander’) directed by Liam Halligan, “WHAT HAPPENED BRIDGIE CLEARY” (‘Mikey’) directed by Paul Brennan, and “ROMEO AND JULIET” (‘Paris’) directed by Liam Halligan with The Gaiety School of Ireland.

Darragh is a graduate of The Gaiety School of Acting’s two-year professional actor’s training program.

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