Eibhlin O'Donnell
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| EastEnders character | |
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| Eibhlin O'Donnell | |
| Portrayed by | Mary Conlon |
| Duration | 1991 |
| Marital status | Single |
| Occupation | Tourist board representative |
| Family | Maureen |
Eibhlin O'Donnell was a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. She was played by Mary Conlon.
[edit] History
Eibhlin was an elegant, warm-hearted Irish woman. She had met and dated Eddie Royle 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. Eddie liked her intelligence and sense of fun, and they always had good times together whenever Eibhlin was in London. However, Eddie was temporarily attached to the police PR department, and Eibhlin was committed to her close-knit catholic family (especially her widowed father and her pot-smoking sister Maureen) and so, when Eibhlin's work placement ended, she returned to Dublin and their relationship ended.
She was first seen in Walford in January 1991, when Eddie's father, John, brought her over to London to visit. Eddie was overjoyed to see her, but the timing of her arrival couldn't have come at a worse time, as upon seeing them together, Eddie's current girlfriend, Kathy Beale, decided to call of their relationship. Eibhlin was now in her mid thirties, and was thinking about settling down. She hoped to rekindle something with Eddie, but he opted to try and win Kathy back instead and so, she returned to Ireland.
When Eddie was badly beaten up by Grant Mitchell in April that year, Eibhlin returned to Walford to visit him in hospital. It seemed that Eddie's brush with death had made him think twice about settling down, and he decided to ask her to marry him. But the two soon realised that Eddie was too set in his ways to marry and Eihblin returned to Ireland once again. However, in August Eibhlin had a change of heart and she decided to accept Eddie's proposal. She managed to transfer her job to a London office, moved in with Eddie at The Queen Vic, and the pair began to plan a future together in Walford. A part of Eibhlin was never quite convinced that their marriage would work and sadly, they didn't get a chance to put it to the test, as Eddie was murdered in September that year - stabbed to death by Nick Cotton. A devastated and heartbroken Eibhlin then returned to Ireland and has not been seen since.
[edit] Family
- Sister: Maureen O'Donnell
