Friday, 17 March 2017

Happy St. Patrick's Day - Corrie's Irish Links

Michelle with Barry "daddy" Connor
Corrie’s links with Ireland have existed since the beginning with one of the original characters, Concepta Riley, hailing from Ireland. She regularly appeared until 1964 and made guest appearances in 1967, 1972 and 1975.


The most famous Irishman on the street has been Jim McDonald. Loved for his accent and quirky Irish sayings, Jim has become a firm favourite with viewers.


Other Irish links include barman and chef Ciaran McCarthy who was played by Boyzone’s Keith Duffy.

Paul, Liam and Michelle Connor’s parents Barry and Helen are Irish and live in Ireland although none of the children have an Irish accent. Unless they were brought up in Manchester and then the senior Connors returned to their native island.

Elsie Tanner had two Irishmen as lovers: Jim Mount (1965-66) and Ron Mather (1978-9).

And when Concepta visited in 1972 and 1975, she was accompanied by her fiancée and later second husband Sean Regan. Upon his visit, Sean made a pass at Bet Lynch.

And a piece of trivia for you: Sam Kydd, who played Mike Baldwin’s Cockney wide-boy dad Frankie, was an Irishman!

And a member of our blogging team, Emma, is also Irish!

I wonder if they'll be celebrating St. Patrick's Day in the Rovers Return tonight in Corrie?

Do you know of any other links with Ireland?

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15 comments:

  1. Defrost Indoors27 June 2013 at 16:02

    Steven had an Irish girlfriend very briefly, after his breakout with Karen. I don't recall her name though.

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  2. Defrost Indoors27 June 2013 at 16:02

    Steve not Steven!

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  3. Defrost Indoors27 June 2013 at 16:20

    Odd, my original post disappeared...just wanted to mention that Steve had an Irish girlfriend very briefly, I think after he split from Karen (no, not Ronnie). Can't recall her name.

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  4. Anonymous27 June 2013 at 18:50

    Jim often referred to his sons as Steven and Andrew, I suspect this is the reason for using his full name.

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  5. Anonymous27 June 2013 at 19:15

    Wasn't the crazy nanny that worked for Gail and developed a crush on Martin Irish? I've forgotten her name...

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  6. Llifon27 June 2013 at 19:51

    That's Carmel Finnan. :)

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  7. Tvor27 June 2013 at 21:16

    Yes. Carmel the mad nanny!

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  8. Anonymous28 June 2013 at 01:00

    Carmel was the nanny obsessed with Martin Platt. Steve's Irish girlfriend was Louise Hazel.

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  9. Billy Niblick28 June 2013 at 01:07

    Prompted me to think of Scottish connections. Could only come up with Ken Barlow's vanishing son and Phil the foot fiddler.

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  10. Anonymous28 June 2013 at 05:39

    More Scots? Tony Gordon!

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  11. Jonathan17 March 2015 at 17:57

    Hang on a minute Jim is actually from Northern Ireland to be more precise he's from a loyalist background

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  12. Emma Hynes17 March 2015 at 21:34

    Great stuff! Happy St. Patrick's Day!

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  13. Anonymous18 March 2015 at 16:04

    On that street it seems to be St Patrick's Day all year long. Everyone and his grandmother guzzles beer pretty much all the time.

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  14. Tvor17 March 2017 at 11:39

    When Lynda Sykes fled after she married Mike Baldwin and her affair with his son came out, she was considered missing. Mike was suspected of having killed her but she was found later in Ireland.

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  15. Unknown19 March 2017 at 16:43

    Tommy Deakin

    http://coronationstreet.wikia.com/wiki/Tommy_Deakin

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