{"id":257824,"date":"2026-01-22T11:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T11:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/257824\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T11:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T11:06:09","slug":"who-is-the-irish-former-rugby-player-starring-in-the-new-game-of-thrones-spin-off-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/257824\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is the Irish former rugby player starring in the new Game of Thrones spin-off? &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxOdlNMSGhnN1NiRzFkZG5LaFJ6SVZfVjhYWWJSMlA0LTVrdXNUdnZGdEZqLWMzVUc2WjRrd2hWcXk5U2VmQzJ0V2g1TjZfWEFhMmhQREpIZHZid3J0eDdQV3N3OEMycXJ6QmZ3Tm9YOUVSaHlya1pSajNmN19CLXZYTm1mSzJsOHdkR2xnb1M2bmJuOTNZWFdnb3NlLVloQlZsYzVTVDlzVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Who is the Irish former rugby player starring in the new Game of Thrones spin-off?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidkFVX3lxTFBiejZpQ0xSc1V2X1dzWVUza1NNT1Vaak93R0pPeURBRWNaaGw5eTU1VXV4VGVYRUZ4MHdCQkhWWTZnOUcxS3ZGRXB4OHRKMXNSdDlxUkxEVThYQkpiX05mZnUydEpUdTR1dzIwQXRDT1RYNUwwR3c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Games of Thrones spin-off set in NI to launch<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi4AFBVV95cUxPbkk4Ylh1UFBFMm5ENGphVlNXdHZoa1pWVXdGMUtVVVhOSFU4UmZLaXVDWDhEbkh6X1gwWHNpcTgtSTNpT1MycVMtOWdvdWdLUjh4cG9nMVg3VERoTVcyY2hyd0ltNzIyTVpvLXZXWDMtelEwRXpnSjFDQ0tCUC1CYjA0aE0zOWRBX3UxQ3lxVXo1QUwwWEQ1ZlFsSU8yUmYzbWlId0pCU2RZbS1pTERIdGN4S0NPdVFOQjFpQ3JUVHdDZFQ4UkphZVJVZkZzbFhzQnJ4Z3RRLWZ0b3dqUEFNeQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: Cheerier than Game of Thrones and brimming with Irish talent<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgJBVV95cUxQVVcyZ3JRUDNSbEtSUjVBaGVjS01MUWFrN2FUUEJRRjNmVmgwWXRsQmlZWDRNOU45bGpCeWkyY1lMbVQ2Y2RRYVlZdlYzSXZsU003cTFSaFI3NVM3b1FQY1ZNRmNGYjRsdXZyNWdEeF9qYlVTZDFqZ2gxdGVCOVBIOFA2ZExDSzV2WVNpaHNsN1UwWjBIU1ZEV3pQcmZjRWdtSWZwZU5pY21yc0ZsOG9hZy1UVVNkcnhXTnBMcXQ3dXl1amtMTXRjNDQxaFNKMWNoTHVXTHZ4T1V6QU9qLUcxYW9GR2V5WEttRjdaajZ2NENmckRLSEFnbmljQ2NVaEp3M2xzTkNKdS1WQXhtd3hkckZRTmZIQmZHNmlWVUdjWGQ4bjUxSzA2ckVDaTQzMEh2dlE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018I have proven to myself that I can lead a show like this\u2019 \u2013 Galway\u2019s Peter Claffey on A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and his real-life battle with anxiety<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxQemJ0U1VQQ21ZZ2YxR1Y5MmFZVUk3dnVVNm85NWVfVEE3MVRqZm1ScTNuT3RwRF9STVlPb1BoYzQxbzdXNUZhNG53c1JzU3dOMnlNUFI4MjZJVVk4bV9yZ2ItLUgwOVdCd0dxMXZLWGZuU1VXczQyRUtGOVowQm5YMW1BZlY5UkVHSmtyS19lVERJT2ZlYWRGaHAxYzFaWGtpVTktZVgwYUc1TzVoUG1MTTRBMUt1UnMxdkRUdE83V0Y?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms\u2019 Just Set A \u2018Thrones\u2019 Rotten Tomatoes Record<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Forbes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Who is the Irish former rugby player starring in the new Game of Thrones spin-off?&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalGames of Thrones&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[20785,93,4500,6755,3284,61,60,47627,97916,3654,128219],"class_list":["post-257824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-a-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms","tag-entertainment","tag-galway","tag-game-of-thrones","tag-hbo","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-peter-claffey","tag-portumna","tag-rugby","tag-westeros"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}