The following characters departed Carrigstown.
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Character
! Actor
! Character duration
! Status |
|---|
| John "Bosco" Walsh | Rory Cowan | 2019–2025
| Departed offscreen |
Bob Charles[{{Cite web|url=https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/1138/009.html |title=Irish actors (left to right) Bryan Murray as Bob Charles, Helen Roche as Emer Charles and Sean Colgan as George Harper in Scene 9 from Episode 215 (Series 16) of the RTE television drama series 'Fair City' |work=Stills Library |publisher=RTÉ Libraries and Archives |date=1 August 2005 |access-date=24 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724010630/https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/1138/009.html |archive-date=24 July 2019 |url-status=live}}] | Bryan Murray | 2005–2025
| Departed offscreen due to the actor's dementia diagnosis |
| rowspan="2" | Dearbhla Dillon
| Kerrie O'Sullivan | 2010–2012
| |
| Maria Oxley Boardman | 2018–2025
| Moved to Los Angeles permanently |
| Anna MacShane
|Colleen Keogh
|2021–2024
| Moved to Limerick for a new job |
Hayley Collins[{{cite web|url=http://www.frontlineactors.com/2015/01/rebecca-grimes-joins-the-cast-of-fair-city |title=Rebecca Grimes joins the cast of Fair City|publisher=Frontline Actors Agency |date=4 January 2015 |access-date=9 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005232505/http://www.frontlineactors.com/2015/01/rebecca-grimes-joins-the-cast-of-fair-city/ |archive-date=5 October 2016 |url-status=live}}]
| Rebecca Grimes
| 2015–2024
| Moved to Dubai for a new job |
| Cathal Spillane
|Eric Lalor
|2015–2018, 2024
| Stayed in prison, serving the rest of his sentence after Damien Halpin's release |
| Katy O'Brien
|Amilia Stewart
|2014–2019, 2024
|Left after refusing to involve herself in a plan to trap Laura Halpin's killer Tyler Munroe |
Jimmy Doyle| David Mitchell
| 1991–2008, 2024
| Went to Spain with his sister Suzanne after being released from prison, to visit his family before returning to Australia |
| Suzanne Doyle
|Sarah Flood
|1989–2013, 2024
|Returned to Spain with her brother Jimmy after his release from prison |
| Anto Collins
| Paul Ronan
| 2018–2024
| Admission to rehab after committing arson led to his departure |
| Bela Doyle
| Jim Bartley
| 1990–2023
|Departed off-screen after the actor retired |
| Jane Black
| Rachel Pilkington
| 2013–2023
|Departed off-screen |
| Dermot Fahey
| Seamus Power
| 1997–2007, 2022–2023
|Left for a new job after being released from prison for killing Cian Howley. |
| rowspan="3" |Isaac "Zak" Dillon
| Kevin Joyce | 2010–2012
| |
| Peter Corboy | 2019
| |
| Stephen O'Leary | 2021–2024
|Fled to Spain to avoid being arrested for kidnapping Carol Foley. |
| John Deegan
|Tommy O'Neill
|2001–2023
|Departed off-screen due to the actor's health troubles |
| Jon McCarthy
|Paul McQuaid
|2022–2023
|Went on a World tour with his band. |
| Kelly Allen
|Charleigh Bailey
|2011–2016, 2023
|Left again after making amends with her sister Zoe |
Lee Collins[{{Cite web|date=8 May 2018|title=Dave Kelly as Lee Collins and Rebecca Grimes as Hayley Collins in 'Fair City' (2018)|url=https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/1476/058.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627091046/https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/1476/058.html|archive-date=27 June 2018|access-date=27 June 2018|work=Stills Library|publisher=RTÉ Libraries and Archives}}]
|Dave Kelly
|2018–2021
| rowspan="2" |Moved to London after the death of Will Casey. |
| Darragh Collins
|Ben Condron
|2018–2021 |
| Cristiano San Martin
|Rodrigo Ternevoy
|2017–2022
|Moved to Brussels with his boyfriend Patrick. |
| rowspan="2" |Laura Halpin
| Ruth Gilligan
|2001–2005
| |
| Liana O'Cleirigh
|2011–2022
|Moved away from Carrigstown for a fresh start and was later murdered. |
| rowspan="2" | Wayne Molloy
| Stephen Swift
| 1999, 2005, 2008
| |
| Victor Burke
| 1992–1997, 2009–2019
|Departed offscreen after splitting from wife Orla Kirwan |
| rowspan="4" |Farrah Phelan
|Fiona Glascott
|1998–1999
| |
| Sinead Keenan
|1999
| |
| Denise McCormack
|2001–2003
| |
| Caroline Harvey
|2014–2019
| |
| Emmett Fitzgerald
|Colin O'Donoghue
|2005
| |
| Barry O'Hanlon
|Patrick David Nolan
|1989–2011, 2019–2020
|Locked up in jail for manslaughter in 2011 then moved away from Carrigstown following his release |
| rowspan="2" |Yvonne Doyle
|Alex MacDowall
|1991–1998
| |
| Ciara O'Callaghan
|1998–2004, 2008–2014
|Leaves Carrigstown for a fresh start after being raped. |
Heather Daly[{{cite web|date=19 November 2015|title=Una Kavanagh as Heather Daly and Susie Power as Eleanor Daly in 'Fair City' (2015)|url=https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/1456/074.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411110122/https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/1456/074.html|archive-date=11 April 2020|access-date=11 April 2020|work=Stills Library|publisher=RTÉ Libraries and Archives}}]
|Úna Kavanagh
|2003–2009, 2014–2019, 2021
| Moved to Brazil. |
Anthony Brady[{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/anthonybrady.html|title=Anthony Brady|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|date=14 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925005649/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/anthonybrady.html|archive-date=25 September 2012}}] | Ciaran Reilly | 2002–2009 | Moved to Cork to accept a job as a publisher. |
Adam Bermingham[{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/adambermingham.html|title=Adam Bermingham|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|date=19 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925010157/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/adambermingham.html|archive-date=25 September 2012}}] | Alan McMahon | 2007–2008 | Moved to Manchester to continue his studies. |
Xavier "Zumo" Bishop[{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/zumobishop.html|title=Zumo Bishop|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102131422/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/zumobishop.html|archive-date=2013-11-02}}] | Patrick Fitzpatrick | 2007–2013, 2016 | Left with his mother and sister after his father was murdered. He returned briefly in 2016 for Decco's wedding. |
Connie Boylan[{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/connieboylan.html|title=Connie Boylan|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|date=17 November 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925005532/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/connieboylan.html|archive-date=25 September 2012}}] | Lisa Harding | 2009–2010 | Moved back to Australia to care for her father, Ronan. |
Russell Brown[{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/russellbrown.html|title=Russell Brown|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|date=27 January 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924171940/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/russellbrown.html|archive-date=24 September 2012}}] | Conor Delaney | 2011 | Moved to the United States with his partner Ingrid and her children Clara and Joey. |
Caitriona Cassidy[{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/caitrionacassidy.html|title=Caitriona Cassidy|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|date=26 February 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925005527/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/caitrionacassidy.html|archive-date=25 September 2012}}] | Louise Meade | 1999–2014 | Moved to Manchester to stay with her sister Kira. |
Patricia Collins[{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/patriciacollins.html|title=Patricia Collins|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|date=27 September 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924171934/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/patriciacollins.html|archive-date=24 September 2012}}] | Bairbre Ní Chaoimh | ????–2010 | Moved to Mullingar, County Westmeath, with severe liver damage from alcohol abuse. |
Jennifer Conway[{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/jenniferconway.html|title=Jennifer Conway|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924171852/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/jenniferconway.html|archive-date=2012-09-24}}] | Karen Ardiff | ????–2010 | Applied for a job transfer to Galway, her home county. |
Kay Costello[{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574744/|title=Sheila McWade|website=IMDb|access-date=14 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217190108/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574744/|archive-date=17 February 2017|url-status=live}}] | Sheila McWade | 1989–2008 | Moved to Limerick to find employment there. |
Malachy Costello[{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/malachycostello.html|title=Malachy Costello|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|date=26 February 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330055258/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/malachycostello.html|archive-date=30 March 2013}}] | Gerard Byrne | 1996–2009 | Moved out of Ireland, with his partner Lara and her daughter Jane. |
Ursula Cruise[{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/ursulacruise.html|title=Ursula Cruise|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924171911/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/ursulacruise.html|archive-date=2012-09-24}}] | Anna Manahan | 2004–2009 | Moved to live in England with her son, Enda. |
Robert Daly[{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/robertdaly.html|title=Robert Daly|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|date=30 April 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924020934/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/robertdaly.html|archive-date=24 September 2012}}] | Sam Peter Corry | 2009–2012 | Moved to Belfast to accept a job as a lecturer. |
Terry Deegan | Julie Hale | 2001–2007 | Moved to Dublin to look after her elderly parents. |
T. J. "Tony Jr" Deegan[{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/tjdeegan.html|title=TJ Deegan|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|date=12 May 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330055510/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/tjdeegan.html|archive-date=30 March 2013}}] | Ian Kenny | 2006–2007 | Moved to Dublin with his mother, Terry, to look after his grandparents. |
Troy Dowling[{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/troydowling.html|title=Troy Dowling|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|date=16 January 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330060003/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/troydowling.html|archive-date=30 March 2013}}] | Andrew Macklin | 2008–2009, 2017, 2020 | Moved to Benidorm to accept a job as a DJ. He returned for two weeks in March 2017 to visit his family. |
Geraldine Fahey[{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/geraldinefahey.html |title=Geraldine Fahey |work=RTÉ Television |publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann |date=26 February 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924171902/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/geraldinefahey.html |archive-date=24 September 2012}}] | Carmel Stephens | 2002–2009 | Moved out of Ireland after becoming impoverished. |
Sylvester Garrigan[{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerryman/news/fair-citys-sylvester-is-one-of-our-own-27360473.html |title=Fair Citys Sylvester is one of our own |newspaper=The Kerryman |first=Deirdre |last=Walsh |date=27 September 2006}}] | Frank O'Sullivan | 2005–2006 | He is assumed to be in prison. |
Felix Jones[{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/felixjones.html|title=Felix Jones|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|date=1 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924171859/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/felixjones.html|archive-date=24 September 2012}}] | Yare Jegbefume | 2009–2010 | Returned to South Africa to become a patron for a local charity. |
Kylie Kavanagh[{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/kyliekavanagh.html|title=Kylie Kavanagh|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|date=26 February 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107195935/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/kyliekavanagh.html|archive-date=7 November 2012}}] | Vicky Burke | 2004–2009 | Moved to live with her mother Siobhan in Spain after being dumped. |
rowspan="2" |Bernie Kelly[
]| Mary McNamara
| 1989–2009
| rowspan="2" |Moved to Canada with relatives after the death of her mother, Mags. |
| Fionnula Murphy
| 2023 |
Gloria Leahy[{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/gloria_leahy.html|title=Gloria Leahy|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|date=23 April 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924171846/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/gloria_leahy.html|archive-date=24 September 2012}}] | Meagan Keogh | ????–???? | Left Ireland searching for her real father, confused over his identity. |
Avi Bar Lev[{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/avibarlev.html|title=Avi Bar Lev|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|date=17 November 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925010208/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/avibarlev.html|archive-date=25 September 2012}}] | Asaf B. Goldfrid | 2009–2011 | Abandoned business partnership with Pete and fled to London. |
James "Ringo" Leyden[{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/ringoleyden.html|title=Ringo Leyden|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924171924/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/ringoleyden.html|archive-date=2012-09-24}}] | Keith Duffy[{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.ie/soaps/s95/fair-city/news/a133071/keith-duffy-joins-irish-soap-fair-city.html|title=Keith Duffy joins Irish soap 'Fair City'|first=Daniel|last=Kilkelly|work=Digital Spy|date=19 October 2008|access-date=19 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509044044/http://www.digitalspy.ie/soaps/s95/fair-city/news/a133071/keith-duffy-joins-irish-soap-fair-city.html|archive-date=9 May 2012|url-status=live}}] | 2008–2009 | Moved to Sierra Leone to become involved in work for a charity. |
Seamus McAleer[{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/seamusmcaleer.html|title=Seamus McAleer|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|date=26 February 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924171915/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/seamusmcaleer.html|archive-date=24 September 2012}}] | Vinnie McCabe | 2005–2008 | Left Ireland to stay with daughter Lauren in Spain after Bill murdered Annette. |
Philip McGuckian[{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/philipmcguckian.html|title=Philip McGuckian|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924171937/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/philipmcguckian.html|archive-date=2012-09-24}}] | Joe Taylor | ????–???? | Fled after being unable to pay back a loan taken from a loanshark. |
Tracey McGuigan[{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/traceymcguigan.html|title=Tracey McGuigan|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107195147/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/traceymcguigan.html|archive-date=2012-11-07}}] | Hilda Fay | 2001–2008 | Fled to Manchester after a dispute with a gangster. |
Robin McKenna[{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/robindoyle.html|title=Robin Doyle|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924171918/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/robindoyle.html|archive-date=2012-09-24}}] | Orlaith Rafter | 2001–2009 | Moved to accept a job in Cork, offered by her ex-boyfriend Lennie. |
Paschal Mulvey | Brendan Cauldwell | 1996–2005 | Left to go live with his girlfriend Lily abroad. |
Lara Newman[{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/laranewman.html|title=Lara Newman|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|date=29 July 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924171921/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/laranewman.html|archive-date=24 September 2012}}] | Eilis O'Donnell | 2009 | Moved out of Ireland, leaving with her daughter Jane and Malachy. |
Cliodhna Norris[{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/cliodhnanorris.html|title=Cliodhna Norris|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|date=14 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827001939/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/cliodhnanorris.html|archive-date=27 August 2012}}] | Aisling Bea | 2009 | Followed her boyfriend Ringo to Sierra Leone. |
Una Norris[{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/unanorris.html|title=Una Norris|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|date=26 February 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924171836/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/unanorris.html|archive-date=24 September 2012}}] | Sandra Curran | 2007–2009 | Moved to Sierra Leone, recovering from the devastation caused by her brother Turlough's death. |
Shelly O'Connor | Hilary Reynolds | 1999, 2000, 2004 | Left Carrigstown. |
Baz O'Reilly[{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/bazoreilly.html|title=Baz O'Reilly|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925005522/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/bazoreilly.html|archive-date=25 September 2012}}] | Pat Ainscough | 2004 | Followed his female companion to a hideout in Surrey. |
David Osbourne[{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/davidosbourn.html |title=David Osbourne |work=RTÉ Television |publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831020757/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/davidosbourn.html |archive-date=31 August 2011}}] | Mat Fraser | 2010–2011 | Left to accept a job in Limerick alongside his brother. |
Duncan Stonehouse[{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/duncanstonehouse.html |title=Duncan Stonehouse |work=RTÉ Television |publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924171905/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/duncanstonehouse.html |archive-date=24 September 2012}}] | Nathan Gordon | ????–2010 | Left Ireland and enlisted with the Army in London. |
Aoife Stringer[{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/aoifestringer.html|title=Aoife Stringer|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925010343/http://www.rte.ie/tv/faircity/characters/aoifestringer.html|archive-date=25 September 2012}}] | Laoisha O'Callaghan | ????–???? | Moved to Manchester to continue with her studies. |
Judith Dillon[{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/drama/tv/featured/faircity/judithdillon.html|title=Judith Dillon|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404143809/http://www.rte.ie/drama/tv/featured/faircity/judithdillon.html|archive-date=4 April 2016}}] | Catherine Byrne | 2010–2014 | Moved to Munich. |
Neasa Dillon[{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/drama/tv/featured/faircity/neasadillon.html|title=Neasa Dillon|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404142817/http://www.rte.ie/drama/tv/featured/faircity/neasadillon.html|archive-date=4 April 2016}}] | Aobhin Garrihy | 2010–2013 | |
Caoimhe Dillon[{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/drama/tv/featured/faircity/caoimhedillon.html|title=Caoimhe Dillon|work=RTÉ Television|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305021745/http://www.rte.ie/drama/tv/featured/faircity/caoimhedillon.html|archive-date=5 March 2016}}] | Aoibheann McCaul | 2010–2018, 2019 | Moved to Munich. |
| Harmony Collins | Eleanor O'Brien | 2018 | |
| Aaron White | Ethan Dodd | 2018–2020 | |
| Kurt Whelan | Johnny Ward | 2005 | |
| Samantha "Sam" Bishop | Mia Rongavilla | 2018–2020 | Moved to Spain with her father, Decco. |