George McMahon

Changing Times - The Allenwood Conversations

Fair City made him a household name, but George McMahon’s story goes far beyond Carrigstown—charting a path through the highs and challenges of an ever-evolving acting career in Ireland.

From growing up in Clondalkin to stepping onto the set of Fair City as a teenager, the good humoured and charming George McMahon has spent most of his life in front of the camera. But his journey hasn’t been without its twists—navigating the unpredictable world of acting, embracing new creative challenges, and balancing life in the public eye.

In this episode he chats to Mary McAleese and Mary Kennedy about life and change including:

• Family life growing up
• How it "wasn't always going to be acting"
• His parents ambitions for him
• Getting the acting break at 13
• Winning a BAFTA and the "Cigar" experience
• An education regret and his interest in law
• His shyness going into Fair City and his first ever scene
• "Blowing Up Mondo"
• On set disaster
• Dealing with dark storylines
• Mondo and Kira
• Photographic memory
• Mirroring real life in fiction
• The process of filming an episode of Fair City
• Stage to screen
• His relationship with the fans
• Peoples attitude to Fair City
• How he met his wife Rachel
• Running a stage school with Rachel
• Being three months into a new mortgage when the shut down of Fair City and their stage school happened with Covid
• His two small children Frankie and Kody
• How fatherhood has changed him
• What his children think about him being on TV
• The insecurity of being an actor
• An actors wage
• Climbing Everest
• Visiting Calcutta
• His views on religion and spirituality
• An emotional experience "eventually I just started crying"
• The world today
• A unique answer to the question "If you could change anything what would it be?"

Produced by Enda Grace at Dundara Television and Media

Proudly sponsored by the Meadowlands Hotel, Tralee.

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