{"id":118148,"date":"2025-10-12T22:39:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T22:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/118148\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T22:39:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T22:39:10","slug":"aspiring-limerick-actor-launches-gofundme-appeal-to-help-with-drama-school-tuition-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/118148\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspiring Limerick actor launches GoFundMe appeal to help with drama school tuition fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A YOUNG <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/section\/232\/education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Cappamore<\/a> actor has started an online campaign to help towards her tuition at the Oxford School of Drama.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor O&#8217;Brien has acted alongside Colm Meaney and Brian Cox among others, and she wrote to actors for support before turning to the GoFundMe website.<\/p>\n<p>Ms O&#8217;Brien has core memories of loving being on stage from as young as five and is passionate about Irish culture, the Irish language and being close to home, in her heart, if not physically.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/christmas-in-limerick\/1912296\/silence-from-mayor-as-fury-builds-over-christmas-festivities-in-limerick.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Silence from mayor as fury builds over Christmas festivities in Limerick<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She acted in B\u00e1ite, which won the Best Irish Language Feature Film at the Galway Film Fleadh and will be travelling to California, where it will be showcased.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has to be my one ask, people often fundraise for a short film or play, but I don&#8217;t think anyone has ever done it for an education,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLimerick and Ireland have been fantastic to me. To do this as a career, it needs to be sustainable and you need to be able to support yourself mentally, spiritually, financially and this is me trying to figure it out and how to continue it. I&#8217;m very excited about the year ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could talk for Ireland and I would if they asked me to,\u201d said Ms O&#8217;Brien.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Oxford School of Drama Masters programme is a full-time course which runs for 12 months. It\u2019s an incredible opportunity but also a big financial commitment. I feel incredibly lucky to have been accepted, and I\u2019ll be truly grateful to anyone who helps me along this journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who wants to support Ms O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s GoFundMe can do so here (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/eleanor-o-brien\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/eleanor-o-brien<\/a>) and the actor is going to be updating people on her progress, as well as practical information for other actors who might wish to pursue the same path, via social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A YOUNG Cappamore actor has started an online campaign to help towards her tuition at the Oxford School&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[44063,18,117,58379,19,17,1844,128],"class_list":{"0":"post-118148","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-cappamore","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-gofundme","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-limerick","15":"tag-tv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}