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"My PTSD over my uncle's murder got triggered live on stage"

"My PTSD over my uncle's murder got triggered live on stage"

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Actor Ruairi Conaghan's uncle Rory Conaghan was killed by the IRA in 1974. He explains how, years later, the trauma came to the surface for him while playing roles including prominent IRA members as well as Shakespearean characters.

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"My PTSD over my uncle's murder got triggered live on stage"

"My PTSD over my uncle's murder got triggered live on stage"

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