Kieran O'Reilly (born 3 September 1979) is an actor, musician and
producer. He is also the songwriter and lead vocalist with the Irish
alternative rock band, Hail The Ghost. He is best known for his
controversial role as Detective Garda Ciarán Madden in RTÉ's hit
crime drama, Love/Hate, and his role as 'White Hair' in the Emmy
Award-winning television show, Vikings.O'Reilly was born Kieran Mark
O'Reilly and is a twin. He grew up in Dublin, Ireland, and was
educated at St. Kilians National School in Tallaght and Synge Street
CBS in Dublin's City Centre. On leaving school, he worked as a clerk
in the Special Detective Unit in Dublin and in 2000, he enrolled in An
Garda SÃochána (Ireland's National Police Force). He was stationed
at Pearse Street Garda Station in the city centre where he worked in
the District Drug Unit. He was then promoted to Detective to the
National Drug Unit based in Dublin Castle, where he worked undercover
for many years, infiltrating drug gangs on a national and
international level, reportedly working on over 500 investigations.In
2013, O'Reilly auditioned for a part in the RTÉ crime drama,
Love/Hate, securing the role of Detective Ciarán Madden. He first
appeared on Irish television screens on 12 October 2013 as part of the
opening sequence to Episode 2 (Love/Hate Season 4) playing the part of
an undercover cop posing as a drug addict ("Heggo"). This role caused
some controversy amongst top ranking officers, in particular, the then
Commissioner, Martin Callinan. He ordered an inquiry into O'Reilly's
appearance in the show, despite the fact that O'Reilly had not
infringed any regulations of the Police Code of Conduct. O'Reilly
featured in Irish newspapers for several months and despite being
transferred to The National Immigration Bureau, was cleared of all
matters in 2014.
producer. He is also the songwriter and lead vocalist with the Irish
alternative rock band, Hail The Ghost. He is best known for his
controversial role as Detective Garda Ciarán Madden in RTÉ's hit
crime drama, Love/Hate, and his role as 'White Hair' in the Emmy
Award-winning television show, Vikings.O'Reilly was born Kieran Mark
O'Reilly and is a twin. He grew up in Dublin, Ireland, and was
educated at St. Kilians National School in Tallaght and Synge Street
CBS in Dublin's City Centre. On leaving school, he worked as a clerk
in the Special Detective Unit in Dublin and in 2000, he enrolled in An
Garda SÃochána (Ireland's National Police Force). He was stationed
at Pearse Street Garda Station in the city centre where he worked in
the District Drug Unit. He was then promoted to Detective to the
National Drug Unit based in Dublin Castle, where he worked undercover
for many years, infiltrating drug gangs on a national and
international level, reportedly working on over 500 investigations.In
2013, O'Reilly auditioned for a part in the RTÉ crime drama,
Love/Hate, securing the role of Detective Ciarán Madden. He first
appeared on Irish television screens on 12 October 2013 as part of the
opening sequence to Episode 2 (Love/Hate Season 4) playing the part of
an undercover cop posing as a drug addict ("Heggo"). This role caused
some controversy amongst top ranking officers, in particular, the then
Commissioner, Martin Callinan. He ordered an inquiry into O'Reilly's
appearance in the show, despite the fact that O'Reilly had not
infringed any regulations of the Police Code of Conduct. O'Reilly
featured in Irish newspapers for several months and despite being
transferred to The National Immigration Bureau, was cleared of all
matters in 2014.
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