Eibhlin O'Donnell | |||
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EastEnders character | |||
Portrayed by | Mary Conlon | ||
First appearance | Episode 622 22 January 1991 |
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Last appearance | Episode 691 19 September 1991 |
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Classification | Former; recurring | ||
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Occupation | Tourist Board representative | ||
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Sisters | Maureen O'Donnell |
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Rachel Kominski | |||||||
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Portrayed by | Jacquetta May | ||||||
Duration | 1991–1993 | ||||||
First appearance | Episode 638 19 March 1991 |
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Last appearance | Episode 844 4 March 1993 |
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Classification | Former; regular | ||||||
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Occupation | University lecturer | ||||||
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Father | Joseph Kominski |
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Mother | Lilian Kominski |
Sisters | Hannah Kominski |
Russell Nash | |
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EastEnders character | |
Portrayed by | Ray Ashcroft |
First appearance | Episode 654 14 May 1991 |
Last appearance | Episode 655 16 May 1991 |
Classification | Former; guest |
Kevin Masters | |
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EastEnders character | |
Portrayed by | Colin McCormack |
First appearance | Episode 657 23 May 1991 |
Last appearance | Episode 666 25 June 1991 |
Classification | Former; guest |
Gill Fowler | |||
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EastEnders character | |||
Portrayed by | Susanna Dawson | ||
Duration | 1991–1992 | ||
First appearance | Episode 658 28 May 1991 |
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Last appearance | Episode 771 25 June 1992 |
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Classification | Former; regular | ||
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Husband | Mark Fowler (1992) |
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Joe Wallace | |||||
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EastEnders character | |||||
Portrayed by | Jason Rush | ||||
Duration | 1991, 1993 | ||||
First appearance | Episode 676 30 July 1991 |
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Last appearance | Episode 831 19 January 1993 |
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Classification | Former; recurring | ||||
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Occupation | Chef | ||||
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Father | Mr Wallace |
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Mother | Jackie Wallace |
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the BBC soap opera EastEnders in 1991, by order of first appearance.
Eibhlin O'Donnell, played by Mary Conlon, is an Irish woman who met and dated Eddie Royle (Michael Melia) in the early 80s, when her job for the Irish tourist board in Dublin took her to a London office for a six-month stint. Eibhlin was committed to her close-knit Catholic family (especially her widowed father and her marijuana-smoking sister Maureen), so when her work placement ended, she returned to Dublin and her relationship with Eddie ended. Eibhlin visits Eddie in Walford in January 1991. In her mid thirties, Eibhlin is thinking about settling down. She hopes to rekindle a romance with Eddie. When Eddie's current girlfriend, Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth), sees how close Eddie and Eibhlin are, she breaks up with Eddie. Instead of reuniting with Eibhlin, Eddie opts to try and win Kathy back, so Eibhlin returns to Ireland. When Eddie is badly beaten by Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp) in April 1991, Eibhlin returns to Walford to visit him in hospital. Eddie's brush with death makes him rethink marriage, and he proposes to Eibhlin. She accepts and in August 1991, she moves in with Eddie at The Queen Victoria public house, of which Eddie is landlord. A part of Eibhlin is not convinced that marriage to Eddie will work; they do not get the opportunity to find out as Eddie is murdered by Nick Cotton (John Altman) in September that year. A devastated and heartbroken Eibhlin then returns to Ireland.
Rachel Kominski, played by Jacquetta May, owns number 55 Victoria Road. Her ex-boyfriend Russell Nash (Ray Ashcroft) arrives at number 55 when she unknowingly hires his friend to put some shelves up for her. Russell tries to convince her to get back together with him, until Rachel tells him that she had hated the three years they had spent together.