Keith Duffy, out but not down

(This post was originally posted by me on the Coronation Street Blog in November 2011.)

Keith Duffy's stint on Coronation Street may be coming to an end but it might not be the end of Ciaran McCarthy just yet. In the meantime, he's on stage in a production of Big Maggie. From November 11 to 19th he's at the Town Hall Theatre in Galway, Ireland and from the 21st to 26th the play is on at The Gaiety Theatre in Dublin. There are other dates through December in various other locations around Ireland as well.

There's an interview with Keith here where he talks about his family, Coronation Street and missing his late pal Stephen Gately. He says his upcoming storyline is "dramatic - but not terminal" and says his future at Coronation Street has been left open. I guess we shouldn't count Ciaran out yet!  His teenage son Jordan is currently acting on Hollyoaks so you never know, perhaps a more permanent move to England may be in order? I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Also...

There's a good interview in The Sun today with Keith Duffy, who plays Coronation Street's Ciaran McCarthy. 

Keith talks about leaving Corrie to be with his family, how he hopes he'll return to the Street one day in the future and how he coped with his grief at losing Boyzone member Stephen Gately.

It's actually a very good interview and you can read it online here.

Corrie Ciaran's dodgey hairdos

(This post was originally posted by Seapenguin on the Coronation Street Blog in May, 2010, reposted to this blog with permission.)

Keith Duffy (Coronation Street's Ciaran Mcarthy) has had some interesting 'dos" in his time. Far right, we've got the "Tom Cruise" (my personal favourite!) - the crew cut, the designer stubble and the shades all complement his dark good looks perfectly. I'm afraid it's downhill from there. Next up, we've got the "Words fail me", but we've all made terrible style errors when we were young, so I'll move swiftly on to number three - the "Viking". Looks like he might have had a bad bleach job in that one, and I'm not even saying anything about the 'tache and stubble. Moving even more swiftly on, here's number four - the "Gigolo" - that gazing into the distance look is great, and the 'do shows off his chiselled chin wonderfully. (I love Ciaran!)