Sylvester Garrigan
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Sylvester Garrigan is a fictional character on the soap opera Fair City. He is the notorious crime boss in Carrigstown and has an estranged daughter. The character is portrayed by Frank O'Sullivan. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0170930/fullcredits
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When Garrigan first arrived in Carrigstown, he took over the deceased Billy Meehan's criminal position and started a friendship with Carol Meehan. Anthony Farrell, Carol's boyfriend and Garrigan's solicitor, suspected that they were infatuated with each other. Carol, disgusted by this allegation, dumped Farrell. The crime boss revealed to Carol that he was illiterate and had an estranged daughter. Carol helped Garrigan in efforts to reconcile with his daughter, but he ended up losing her again when she learnt of his criminal position.
When Mick O'Shea killed a gang member on Garrigan's orders, the gang kidnapped Ali, Mick's niece, and threatened to kill her if he didn't assassinate Garrigan. Lorcan, Carol's son, who was in a relationship with Ali, was horrified but was eventually persuaded to help with the assassination attempt. Carol and Garrigan were in a car when Lorcan appeared on a motorbike with the shooter. As the shooter was about to pull the trigger, Lorcan realised his mother was in the car and rode off. The shooter's aim was put off and the shot wounded Garrigan. However, he survived the attack and ordered Farrell to find those responsible.
The Ukrainians were furious that Mick goofed up but, realising that Garrigan would have all his goons on their trail, they released Ali and fled the country. After recovering in hospital, Garrigan discovered that Mick was behind the assassination attempt and forced Mick to amputate one of his own fingers as punishment for double-crossing him. Carol, in an attempt to protect her son from Garrigan's wrath, offered herself to him. Garrigan accepted and told her that Lorcan was safe.
Later an undercover agent, Rory, infiltrated Garrigan's gang and manipulated Carol into giving him information, by having a sexual relationship with her. Armed with this info, the Gardaí raided one of Garrigan's booze runs. They also found drugs which Lorcan was piggybacking on the booze run. Meanwhile Lorcan discovered that Rory was passing information to the police but thought he was a police tout and not a Garda himself. Garrigan was furious that Lorcan implicated him in drugdealing and, in a neat twist to punish Lorcan, he ordered Lorcan to kill Rory.
As the two men confronted each other, Lorcan fired the first shot, but Rory struck back with another, wounding Lorcan in the process. Rory survived his ordeal, but Lorcan's days were numbered. Lorcan made a complete deathbed confession to the Gardaí before he died in hospital. Garrigan decided to leave Carrigstown for the time being, but Detective Sergeant Byrne arrested him and took him to a Garda Station for questioning.
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Ali Foley | Angela O'Connell | Anthony Brady | Anthony Farrell | Barry O'Hanlon | Bela Doyle | Brendan Daly | Carol Meehan | Charlie Kelly | Christy Phelan | Cleo Cullen | Damien Halpin | Deirdre Burke | Dermot Fahey | Dolores Molloy | Dominic Kavanagh | Eunice Phelan | Fiona Pigott | Geraldine Fahey | Gina Cassidy | Heather Daly | James Pigott | Jimmy Doyle | Jo Fahey | Joshua Udenze | June Pearson | Keith McGrath | Ken Fahey | Kylie Kavanagh | Lana Dowling | Leo Dowling | Mags Kelly | Malachy Costello | Mark Halpin | Mike Gleeson | Mick O'Shea | Mondo O'Connell | Myles Byrne | Niamh Cassidy | Nina Udenze | Orla Kirwan | Olga Carney | Paul Brennan | Ray O'Connell | Renee Phelan | Rita Doyle | Robin Doyle | Sarah O'Leary | Sholeh Tenniz | Sean Cassidy | Sean McNab | Seamus Mannion | Seamus McAleer | Sholeh Tenniz | Sergei Borodin | Suzanne Doyle | Sylvester Garrigan | Terry Kelly | Tim Carney | TJ Kelly | Tracy McGuigan | Una Lehane |
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Billy Meehan | Darren Doyle | Donal Maher | Farrah Phelan | Floyd Phelan | Frank Monaghan | Gabriel Udenze | Hannah Finnegan | Harry Molloy | Helen Doyle | Jenny Byrne | Kay Costello | Kira Cassidy | Laura Halpin | Lorcan Foley | Lorraine Doyle | Louise Doyle | Marty Halpin | Morgan Dalton | Nicola Prendergast | Pascal Mulvey | Pauline Fitzpatrick | Pete Flannagan | Philippa Prendergast | Richard Ashton | Ross O'Rourke | Shay Hourlihan | Shelly O'Connor | Sorcha Byrne | Stephen McCoy | Tess Halpin | William Russell | Yvoone Gleeson |
