Dromina actor Dónal Finn: ‘I felt proud to be acting in my Cork accent’

As Dónal Finn returns to our screens in The Wheel of Time, Esther McCarthy meets the actor topping 2025’s ‘ones to watch’ lists and hears about his star turn in the West End production of Hadestown

Cork actor Dónal Finn in Wheel of Time: The actor from Dromina, North Cork, will shortly return to our screens in season three of Prime Video’s global hit.

A new generation of Irish actors are driving a green wave of success internationally, with actors like Lola Petticrew and Hazel Doupe ( Say Nothing), Máiréad Tyers ( Extraordinary), Éanna Hardwicke ( The Sixth Commandment), and Alison Oliver ( Saltburn) taking leading roles in huge projects.

You can add Dónal Finn to that list.