Joan Brosnan Walsh (29 June 1938 â€" 20 December 2009) was a veteran
Irish actress, best known for her long-running role as the character
Mags Kelly on the Irish soap opera Fair City, a role she had played
for almost twenty years, from 18 September 1989 until her final screen
appearance, 11 January 2009.Brosnan Walsh appeared in a number of
films such as The Boxer and Fatal Inheritance. She also worked as a
costume designer. She first worked for ACNielsen and Aer Lingus, the
latter providing her with her first experience of acting. After nearly
twenty years she announced her departure from Fair City in January
2009 after declaring that she had contracted motor neurone disease the
previous year.Brosnan Walsh was born in 1938 in Greystones, County
Wicklow. She had two other siblings but her mother died when she was
young. An aunt raised her in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin.Brosnan
Walsh attended the Dominican Convent on Eccles Street before pursuing
a career with market researcher ACNielsen. In 1956, she moved to Aer
Lingus where she first experienced acting alongside the Metro Players,
an amateur group of players which included her colleagues.
Irish actress, best known for her long-running role as the character
Mags Kelly on the Irish soap opera Fair City, a role she had played
for almost twenty years, from 18 September 1989 until her final screen
appearance, 11 January 2009.Brosnan Walsh appeared in a number of
films such as The Boxer and Fatal Inheritance. She also worked as a
costume designer. She first worked for ACNielsen and Aer Lingus, the
latter providing her with her first experience of acting. After nearly
twenty years she announced her departure from Fair City in January
2009 after declaring that she had contracted motor neurone disease the
previous year.Brosnan Walsh was born in 1938 in Greystones, County
Wicklow. She had two other siblings but her mother died when she was
young. An aunt raised her in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin.Brosnan
Walsh attended the Dominican Convent on Eccles Street before pursuing
a career with market researcher ACNielsen. In 1956, she moved to Aer
Lingus where she first experienced acting alongside the Metro Players,
an amateur group of players which included her colleagues.
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