Dermott Dolan

Kat & Alfie: Redwater (also known as Redwater) is a British-Irish drama series that started on RTÉ One on 14 May 2017 and BBC One on 18 May 2017. It is based around two characters from EastEnders, Kat Moon (Jessie Wallace) and Alfie Moon (Shane Richie), who travel to the village of Redwater in Ireland, where the Kelly and Dolan families have lived for generations.

Lance Byrne is played by Ian McElhinney. Lance has lived in Redwater all his life. McElhinney described Lance as a "patriarch" but "quite weak" while his wife, Agnes, "rules the roost", and "he's quite happy to be a character in the town with the kind of respect that comes from having been around for quite a while being the 'grand old man' of the village." He enjoys riding his horse, swimming, drinking and "[coming] out with pieces of wisdom". He has empathy towards the Kat and Alfie and is "very happy to embrace them" because he is a "good bloke". Lance has a "special bond" with his great-granddaughter, Adeen, and they get on because Lance is "a bit of a kid" who never grew up, having enjoyed his life being a "lad" despite marrying and having children, and "the kid in him likes the kid in her [Adeen]."

In episode 1, Lance is seen in a flashback, where he rescues a young Dermott, Andrew and Kieran from a boating accident, while he is unable to save Dermott's mother, Iris. In the present day, Lance discovers that Kathleen has come to Redwater to find her son who was adopted 33 years ago. He tells Agnes, and both of them know the identity of Kathleen's son. Agnes tells Lance that they will not give Kathleen any information, and it would ruin everything they had built up. Lance decides to tell Dermott that Peter is not his real father and Iris was in London when she lost her baby and then brought Dermott back as her own, and Peter does not know the truth. Dermott decides to think about this overnight. The next morning. Dermott finds Lance in the sea during his morning swim and gives him a sacramental bread, which Lance eats. Dermott then pushes Lance into the sea and drowns him while praying for his soul and then forgiving him.

Padraig Kelly is played by Stephen Hogan. He is married to Roisín and is Andrew's father. Hogan said that Padraig is a "kind man" whose "main concerns are the welfare of his family". Maria Doyle Kennedy, who plays Roisín, said that Padraig has an "artistic life" and is not very interested in his wife's farming life. Doyle Kennedy said that they were in love once and had a child very young, and felt that the relationship then was a "youthful, possibly impetuous courtship and decision to marry that maybe hasn't worked out quite the way they thought it would." Roisín stays in her marriage because it is "the thing to do" even though they are mostly irritated by each other and tend to avoid each other.

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