Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
Statue of Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, Easons Headquarters, O'Connell Street, Dublin
First appearanceSunday Tribune column, January 1998
Created byPaul Howard
GenreHumour
PublisherSunday Tribune, The O'Brien Press, Penguin Books, The Irish Times
Media typepaperback, audiobook, newspaper column, stage play
In-universe information
GenderMale
OccupationStudent, estate agent, rugby coach, reality TV star, biomedical waste disposal, mobile paper shredder operator
FamilyList of Ross O'Carroll-Kelly characters
SpouseSorcha Eidemar Françoise O'Carroll-Kelly (née Lalor)
ChildrenRonan Masters, Honor O'Carroll-Kelly, Brian O'Carroll-Kelly, Jonathan O'Carroll-Kelly, Leo O'Carroll-Kelly
Relatives
  • Charles O'Carroll-Kelly (father)
  • Fionnuala O'Carroll-Kelly (mother)
  • Erika Joseph (half-sister)
  • Rihanna-Brogan Masters (granddaughter)
ReligionLapsed Catholic
NationalityIrish

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly is a satirical fictional Irish character, a wealthy South County Dublin rugby union jock created by journalist Paul Howard.[1][2] The character first appeared in a January 1998 column in the Sunday Tribune newspaper and later transferred to The Irish Times. The series comprises twenty-one novels, three plays, a CD, two other books, a weekly podcast, and the newspaper column, as of 2023.[2]

  1. ^ Interview with Paul Howard, Robert Ryan, Oxygen.ie, retrieved 18 January 2010
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference affluence-anecdote was invoked but never defined (see the help page).