Robert Sheehan: 'West Cork feels like a return to my real home'

As he stars in new fantasy film Red Sonja, Robert Sheehan tells Esther McCarthy why he's delighted to return to his Munster roots 
Robert Sheehan: 'West Cork feels like a return to my real home'

Wallis Day and Robert Sheehan in Red Sonja.

In recent years - and when he’s not travelling the world to work on shows like Misfits and The Umbrella Academy - actor Robert Sheehan has solidified his roots in West Cork.

The county has become his Irish base and there’s a sense, he says, of bringing it all back home. Though the young Sheehan was raised in Portlaoise - another county of which he has fond memories - his family roots were ensconced in Cork and Kerry.

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