1.1. Siobhán McSweeney : The London-Irish Experience

Siobhán McSweeney is an actor from County Cork, Ireland, who now lives in London. She is perhaps best known as Sister Michael in Channel 4’s Derry Girls and more recently as the host on The Great Pottery Throw Down.

We had a lovely chat about the London-Irish experience, how Siobhán found her tribe, and about the huge gaps in the majority of British people’s knowledge of Ireland.

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'I learned quickly to stop talking to people at bus stops and it took me ages to not feel dreadfully rude that I wasn't even acknowledging the other person at the bus stop.'

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I am an Immigrant is an ice&fire theatre production hosted by Christine Bacon, edited by Helen Clapp. Cover art by Ada Jusic.

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