My Weekend: 'I'd be beside myself with a few creamy pints with friends and a show'

Tell us a little bit about yourself and your work:

I am a proud Corkman, went to school in Bishopstown, took the soup and now sniffing around dirty Dublin. I come from a big family of sound, supportive, beautiful humans. I have been acting, writing and making theatre for nearly 15 years. I love the work and am grateful for it but the graft of the craft would test your metal. I am proudest and most fulfilled exploring the world with my four year old precious daughter Míla. She keeps me on my toes and brings me back to my essence.

What is your ideal way to spend a Friday night?

I’d be beside myself with a few creamy pints, good company and a quality show of some sort.

Lie ins or up with the lark.. which is it for you?

Love the bed, but I am better when I get up, get out and get at ‘em. Love an auld sunrise. Enjoying getting up these days and doing the mornings and bringing Míla to school on the bike.

Does work creep into your weekend at all?

If there is time on the weekend and something needs to be done, I’ll get stuck in, but usually fall in with Míla’s rhythm, which is us floating about looking for people or nature.

If money was no object where would you head to on a weekend city break? And who would you bring with you?

I would go to the mountains, to the snow, with my partner, Fiona, and Míla and teach them to snowboard.

Closer to home, is there some place you like to head to recharge the batteries?

Ceann Trá, Ventry in West Kerry is where my heart is. The simplicity is life-affirming. We have a cosy little mobile home there, in the magic landscape, by a gorgeous beach, what more would you need?

Do you like to catch up with family/friends at the weekend?

Seeing close people on the weekend fills my cup up for the week, which I cherish more and more as I get older.

Do you get to indulge any hobbies? Even as a spectator?

A good film or a play would have me buzzing. A surf in Kerry if I am lucky. A dip in the sea anywhere.

Entertain or be entertained? If it’s the latter do you have a signature dish?

I appreciate the act of feeding people. Curries and stews would be the regular, but recently I have been making a soup made from the vegetables growing around the mobile home in Kerry — pumpkin, artichoke, onion and garlic.

We have so many places to eat out in Cork — where are your go to spots for coffee/lunch/special meal?

It’s been a while and I was walking around today trying to remember where the spots are. Went for a sandwich at the stall in the English market. Myo for a coffee and Cafe Paradiso if I am all out. Open to suggestions while we are rehearsing......

Sunday night comes around too fast.. how do you normally spend it?

Usually nice dinner and a wind down and some figuring out what needs to happen for the week.

What time does your alarm clock go off on Monday morning?

Seven o’clock these days.

Anything else you are up to right now...

Loving being back in Cork, working on this show with a talented team. I am developing a number of theatre projects, and a group of us in Dublin have started an Irish language theatre company to try and get more plays as Gaeilge on the stage.

Timmy will be playing the role of Elliot in the Cork Arts Theatre Production of Infinity by Hannah Moscovitch, directed by Julie Kelleher, opening on February 5. Infinity is the first of the Re:Directing programme 2026, a series of contemporary plays platforming three Cork theatre directors, produced by Cork Arts Theatre and funded by the Arts Council.