Cárthach Bán Breathnach

Cárthach Bán Breathnach is an Irish actor and broadcaster. As an actor, he is known for his roles in the TG4 series Aifric and the Irish language soap opera Ros na Rún.[1]

Cárthach Bán Breathnach
Born (1989-10-06) 6 October 1989
Galway, Ireland
NationalityIrish
EducationNUI Maynooth
OccupationActor, broadcaster
Parent(s)Seán Bán Breathnach

Bán Breathnach comes from Indreabhán in the Connemara Gaeltacht and is the son of radio broadcaster Seán Bán Breathnach.[2]

Career

Bán Breathnach is known for his role as Jimín Ó Gríofa in the Irish language series, Aifric. The first series of Afric was screened in 2006. Cárthach also played the role of Aodhán, a secondary school student posing as a doctor, in the soap Ros na Rún. His twin brother, Léan Bán Breathnach, also acted in both Aifric and Ros na Rún.

Bán Breathnach has worked as a DJ in the west of Ireland since 2007, appearing on local radio station i102-104. He has also contributed to sports programs on RTÉ and TG4.[3][4][5]

Sport

At university, Breathnach was involved with NUI Maynooth GAA and was the manager of their freshers hurling team in 2011. He was the recipient of a hurling scholarship from the college and a member of their Sigerson Cup football team.

Breathnach is involved as a manager with his local Gaelic Athletic Association club, Cumann Mícheál Breathnach.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Video: Well-known TG4 star gets stung badly by his friends' cruel but hilarious phone prank". JOE.ie. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  2. "Presenters - Cárthach Bán Breathnach". raidionalife.ie. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  3. "Press Release - Cárthach Bán Breathnach looks at the epic Dublin footballers' Five-in-a-Row". rte.ie. RTÉ. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  4. "Brand new shows as Gaeilge on TG4's Cúla4 this January". tg4.ie. TG4. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  5. "Press Release - Rásaí na Gaillimhe". rte.ie. RTÉ. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  6. "Ón Taobhlíne - Am Breise: Aoisghrúpaí CLG le hAthrú agus Agallamh le Cárthach Bán Breathnach". bbc.co.uk. BBC Radio Ulster. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2020. We [..] interview broadcaster and Cumann Mícheál Breathnach hurling manager Cárthach Bán Breathnach
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