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FAMILY HISTORY
Friday, 17 January 2014. The McKennas at Teampall Cheallaigh. Teampall Cheallaigh and Mullagh Lake. Teampall Cheallaigh is where. You'll find the oldest resting place of the Mullagh McKennas, by the shores of Mullagh Lake, and more recently the final resting place of TP and May McKenna. It takes its name from the small church that existed there, the 'church of chilleach', the ruin of which still stands. There is also a mass grave for the 320 victims of the parish who died in the famine of 1854-59. For th...
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THE LATER YEARS II
THE LATER YEARS II. Monday, 7 November 2011. TV: PARNELL and THE ENGLISHWOMAN (1991). Parnell and the Englishwoman. Was a four-part dramatisation by Hugh Leonard of the events surrounding the downfall of Irish liberationist Charles Stewart Parnell and his controversial affair with Kitty O'Shea, played respectfully by Trevor Eve and Francessca Annis. TP's role in the drama was as Justin McCarthy a politician who remained loyal to Parnell after his fall. Friday, 4 March 2011. By 1991 a tv adaptation was pr...
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THE MIDDLE YEARS I
THE MIDDLE YEARS I. Tuesday, 9 October 2012. STAGE: A LITTLE WINTER LOVE (DUBLIN THEATRE FESTIVAL 1963/UK REGIONS 1964). With TP's dramatic and acclaimed arrival on the London stage in 'Stephen D' there was the inevitable talk about whether Ireland had just lost another of its' rising stars across the water. Ireland seemed very capable of producing many excellent acting talents but quite inept at retaining them. Ahead of TP had gone the likes of Donal Donnelly, Ray McAnally and Milo O'Shea. Subsequent Fe...
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T.P.McKENNA
Saturday, 16 April 2011. As an actor he was unique, as a friend and colleague he was exceptional, as a father he was irreplaceable.". This website is dedicated to the life and career of the celebrated Irish actor, T.P. McKenna. Spanning a fifty year period as a star of stage, screen and radio, the pages that follow chart his progress from a small Irish village to the world stage through press cuttings, reviews, live excerpts and recordings. Stephen McKenna (Site Editor). Wednesday, 13 April 2011. Sara Ke...
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T.P.McKENNA
Wednesday, 19 March 2014. MONARCH RISES AGAIN AS TP MAKES A BIG SCREEN RETURN. STOP PRESS: T.P. McKenna will soon be making a comeback with the re-release of 'Monarch' directed by John Walsh on blu-ray. This was a film feature TP. TP on set at Charlton House with director John Walsh. The wives of Henry VIII haunt him. Through the long night as portrayed by Jean Marsh. Walsh's composition is reminiscent of painter Caravaggio'. This is an assured feature film debut by John Walsh, however, it might be said ...
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SPECIAL FEATURE
Monday, 20 September 2010. FILM REPORT: CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE. In this special feature we recall TP's involvement in one of the finest British pictures of the 1960s, The Charge of the Light Brigade - an epic telling of the infamous loss of the Light Brigade in the Crimean War. As TP recalls, it all began with a phone call. The Offer: A Call from Woodfall. Most actors impulse when such a call comes in would be to say a ready 'yes', but for TP there was a whole string of obstacles in the way. TP was ...
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TP's TRIVIA
Friday, 13 August 2010. TP’s initials stand for Thomas Patrick and it’s virtually the first question he’s ever asked in any interview. He was named after his grandfather, also T.P.McKenna, who was a prominent politician. Over the years many of his colleagues have called him Tom but to his family he has always been ‘TP’. Humourist Willie Rushton however, dubbed him ‘TCP’ McKenna! TP has often come to a sticky end in his busy screen career and has been shot dead variously by Donald Sinden, Edward Woodward,...
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THE GALLERY
Tuesday, 7 February 2012. What follows is a mixture of press, location and personal shots from across TP's career, most of which of have languished for years in a small wooden chest. Some of the pictures are in need of repair and that will happen in due course. WHAT DO YOU THINK, DUSTIN? Peckinpah looks very old Hollywood here with the cloth cap reversed and a cigarette hanging louchely from his mouth. His relaxation during set-up changes was knife-throwing. BURTON'S VILLAINOUS VIC DAKIN. Terry Hand̵...
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THE LATER YEARS I
THE LATER YEARS I. Friday, 11 March 2011. In 1980 TP was the recepient of an Irish Post Award. In recognition of his distinguished achievements as an. Irish artist and high profile talent in the UK. The awards were presented by the Irish Ambassador, Dr.Eamonn Kennedy and TP is pictured below receiving a specially commissioned piece of Cavan Crystal. Also honoured that evening were choreohrapher, Dame Ninette deValois, novelist, Maeve Binchy and fellow actors Gemma Craven and Kieron Moore. An actor's life...
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THE MIDDLE YEARS II
THE MIDDLE YEARS II. Friday, 19 November 2010. JASON KING: A THIN BAND OF AIR (1972). Tx date: 3rd March 1972. Friday, 20 August 2010. TV: CALLAN (THE RICHMOND FILES) - 1972. James Mitchell's creation, 'Callan', established one of television's most compelling anit-heroes and made a star of Edward Woodward. Although it ran for only for four series (1967-1972), it made a great impression with the viewing public and spawned a feature film and a sequel in 1981. This was TV drama of the finest order with taut...