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Mini-Marathon 2018

6/13/2018

Ran the VHS Mini-Marathon 2018 for the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre and for Friends of the Elderly on June 3rd.
Great craic!
Did it in 1 hour and 13 minutes with a massive external hard-drive in my back-pack.. had to transfer some footage afterwards.

This is a pic of me before I began...

and this is me afterwards...

SO flippin' tired!
But then I'd a pint of Guinness and I was grand!

I loved Zambia so much... the kids and the stars!!!

6/28/2017

GIRLS SOLD TO RTE 2 AND I'M OFF TO ZAMBIA !

4/13/2017

Doing some volunteering and I've been asked to film some documentary footage for the school too! Delighted and excited!
I'll also be directing the kids in a play of Alice in Wonderland. Should be great fun!
GIRLS will screen on Shortscreen RTE 2 on May 1st 2017 @ 5 past midnight
If you miss it, you can catch it on RTE iPlayer.
Good times!

Actor's LA Comedy Studio at Filmbase, Dublin

4/5/2017

This course I took at Filmbase was awesome! Learned so much and boosted my comedy confidence!

If you can, get yourself a course with Gunnar & Lauren. You will NOT regret it!

PROCLAIM! HAS WON THE BEST SCRIPT AWARD!

10/13/2016

PROCLAIM! WON THE BEST SCRIPT AWARD AT THE
DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL

SO DELIGHTED!!!

WE WON!!! PROCLAIM! HAS WON!!!!

10/4/2016

PROCLAIM! HAS WON THE BEST 1916 CENTENARY SHORT FILM AWARD AT THE FINGAL FILM FESTIVAL 2016

WE ARE NOW AN AWARD-WINNING FILM!

THIS IS AWESOME!!!

SO happy! and SO excited!!! PROCLAIM! has been nominated at the Fingal Film Festival in the Best 1916 Centenary Short Film Award. Delighted!

9/27/2016

I'M SO EXCITED TO FIND OUT BOTH PROCLAIM! & GIRLS HAVE BEEN NOMINATED IN THE BEST NARRATIVE SHORT AWARD CATEGORY & I'VE BEEN NOMINATED IN THE BEST WOMAN FILMMAKER AWARD CATEGORY AT THE BARCELONA PLANET FILM FESTIVAL- HOW BLOOMIN' EXCITING!!!

9/9/2016

WHOOP!!! BOTH PROCLAIM! & GIRLS TO SCREEN AT THE WONDERFUL BARCELONA PLANET FILM FESTIVAL!

9/6/2016

DELIGHTED!!! PROCLAIM! TO SCREEN AT THE BRILLIANT KERRY FILM FESTIVAL 2016

9/6/2016

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My name is Maureen O' Connell but everyone calls me "Mo". I'm an Irish actress. I write and make films also. I am the author of all poetry and creative writing on this blog and the copyright of which is owned by me- unless otherwise stated. I've just graduated with a BA from the 3 year Acting Course at RADA, London. Have a gander round the website at your leisure! Cheers, Mo

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