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Garrett Lombard - Scobie The loudmouth, man about town, brother of Shamie was a hugely popular character in Pure Mule. Lombard's recent screen work includes Quirke, the acclaimed 1950s themed Dublin drama starring Gabriel Byrne. He has acted in countless theatre productions, including the Walworth Farce. Garrett is also one of the most in-demand voice-over artists in Dublin having done TV and radio for 15 years. His CV includes work for companies like McDonalds, Jameson, O2, Lucozade, Fuji and many more. He was cast in the part of Boris in the 2020 staging of The Cherry Orchard. He is named as part of a huge cast for Druid’s new play cycle of Sean O’Casey’s Dublin trilogy (The Plough and the Stars, The Shadow of a Gunman and Juno and the Paycock) which will hit US stages in 2023.
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Charlene McKenna - Jen The troubled young Jen returned to her hometown in Pure Mule and proceeded into a series of questionable life choices, but McKenna's portrayal of her internal struggles won her many fans. She has had numerous other roles in television dramas in Ireland, including Raw, Single-Handed and Whistleblower. She won the Best Actress (Television) award at the Irish Film and Television Awards in 2009 for Raw and won the Outstanding Actress in a Mini-Series award for her role in Whistleblower. She also starred in BBC's Ripper Street, and has received widespread acclaim in many roles. In 2019, she appeared in the role of Leah Liebermann in BBC crime drama Vienna Blood. That same year she shot to prominence in Peaky Blinder and has since appeared in dramas like Bloodlands and Clean Sweep on the BBC and RTE.
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Gary Lydon - Bomber Gary Lydon has been a successful theatre and television actor for many years. After Pure Mule, Lydon made appearances in Love/Hate, The Guarantee, where he played the role of former Taoiseach Brian Cowen, and in Striking Out, RTÉ's hugely popular legal-themed drama series. He also acted in films like The Guard, Brooklyn and Calvary. He was known to many for his role on RTÉ's 'The Clinic' which ran from 2003 to 2009. He most recently starred in Oscar-nominated Banshees of Inisherin which won plaudits all over the world.
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Eileen Walsh - Therese Therese was the love interest of Bomber in Pure Mule, played by Cork native Eileen Walsh. Walsh went on to appear on television again in a project by the same writer, Eden, the screen adaptation of Eugene O'Brien's acclaimed play of the same name, where she played Breda Farrell. In 2008, Walsh won an award for Best Actress at the Tribeca Film Festival for her portrayal of Breda, the lonely housewife in Eden. She had previously played a starring role in The Magdalene Sisters film. Recently, she has appeared in the popular series Catastrophe starring Sharon Horgan, 2017 film Maze and one episode of popular BBC crime serial Death In Paradise.