Colin Farrell
Farrell in 2011, Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Colin James Farrell
Place of Birth: Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland
Date of Birth: 31 May, 1976
Ethnicity: Irish
Colin Farrell is an Irish actor. He has had leading roles in the films Tigerland, Minority Report, Daredevil, Phone Booth, S.W.A.T., A Home at the End of the World, Alexander (2004), Miami Vice, In Bruges, Horrible Bosses, Fright Night, Total Recall (2012), Seven Psychopaths, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Widows, and The Banshees of Inisherin.
He is the son of Rita (Monaghan) and Eamon Farrell. His uncle was footballer Tommy Farrell. Both his father and uncle played for Shamrock Rovers FC. Colin has two sons, one with Kim Bordenave and one with Polish actress Alicja Bachleda-Curuś.
A 23andMe DNA test taken by Colin stated that his genetic ancestry is:
*98.7% Irish
Colin’s maternal grandfather was named James P. “Jimmy” Monaghan.
Colin’s maternal grandmother is Elizabeth Jackson (the daughter of Thomas Jackson and Elizabeth Anne Carthy). Thomas was the son of Thomas Jackson and Mary Mooney. Elizabeth was the daughter of Christopher Carthy and Hannah Tyrrell.
Colin’s matrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his fourth great-grandmother, Anna Simpson.
Sources: Genealogy of Colin Farrell (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Marriage record of Colin’s maternal great-grandparents, Thomas Jackson and Elizabeth Anne Carthy – https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie
Birth record of Colin’s maternal great-grandfather, Thomas Jackson – https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie
Marriage record of Colin’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Thomas Jackson and Mary Mooney – https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie
Birth record of Colin’s maternal great-grandmother, Elizabeth Anne Carthy – https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie
Colin’s maternal great-grandmother, Elizabeth Anne Carthy, on the 1901 Irish census – http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie
Marriage record of Colin’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Christopher Carthy and Hannah Tyrrell – https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie
Birth record of Colin’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Christopher Carthy – https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie
Birth record of Colin’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Hannah Tyrrell – https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie
He’s handsome, but I hear he has a bad temper and is an alcoholic. I couldn’t put up with a man like that, no matter how hot he was.
he looked very typically fair-skinned Celtic when he was a teen:
http://c3.thejournal.ie/media/2013/05/colinfarrell01-2-752×501.jpg
these people either get darker when they’re older or they just want to tan themselves.
He reminds me of Irish soccer player, Roy Keane!
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/50698000/jpg/_50698718_keane466.jpg
They look completely different.
agree. I found a Tommy Farrell’s pic
http://www.sportsfile.com/id/414987/
Just Irish really? Loved him film about Alexander the Great.
Just Irish really? Loved his film about Alexander the Great.
Just Irish really? Loved his film about Alexander the Great.
Just Irish really? Loved his film about Alexander the Great.
Just Irish really? Loved his film about Alexander the Great.
if this is the birth record of his father
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F184-2M8
who has a sister named Maureen
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F18H-WZ3
“O’Callaghan” is Colin’s paternal grandmother’s surname
Colin’s uncle Tommy was born on 07.11.1937 in Dublin, long before his siblings.
http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/tommy-farrell/
I can’t find his birth record