Fans of Marian Keyes rejoice, a TV series based on her ‘Walsh sisters’ books is in the works!
Read on for everything you need to know about the TV series, which has been aptly named The Walsh Sisters.
Where can I watch The Walsh Sisters series?
The Walsh Sisters will be available to watch exclusively on Stan.
Watch this space for an exact release date!
Who are the sisters in the Walsh family?
There are eight Marian Keyes books that have a Walsh family member at the centre of its story:
Watermelon, Rachel’s Holiday, Angels, Anybody Out There?, The Mystery of Mercy Close, Mammy Walsh’s A-Z of the Walsh Family, Again, Rachel, and My Favourite Mistake.
The Walsh sisters are Claire, Rachel, Maggie, Anna, and Helen.
Claire is the protagonist of the book Watermelon, Rachel is the protagonist of Rachel’s Holiday and Again, Rachel, Maggie is the protagonist of Angels, Anna is the protagonist of Anybody Out There? and My Favourite Mistake, and Helen is the protagonist of The Mystery of Mercy Close.
Their mother, or ‘Mammy,’ is the protagonist of Mammy Walsh’s A-Z of the Walsh Family.
Who is the cast of The Walsh Sisters?
Danielle Galligan, best known for Shadow and Bone, will play Claire Walsh.
Newcomers Caroline Menton and Stefanie Preissner will play Rachel Walsh and Maggie Walsh respectively.
Louisa Harland, of Derry Girls fame, will play Anna Walsh.
And Máiréad Tyers, the BAFTA nominee best known for Extraordinary, will play Helen Walsh.
As for the rest of the cast, Practical Magic star Aidan Quinn will play Jack ‘Daddy’ Walsh and Carrie Crowley, of The Quiet Girl and Vikings fame, will play Mammy Walsh.
Debi Mazar, Gina Moxley, Jay Duffy, and Samuel Anderson will also appear in the series.
