{"id":419832,"date":"2026-02-11T12:01:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T12:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/419832\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T12:01:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T12:01:11","slug":"im-really-proud-of-myself-meet-the-belfast-boy-who-has-survived-kidney-transplants-to-star-in-bbcs-lord-of-the-flies-belfast-telegraph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/419832\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m really proud of myself\u2019: Meet the Belfast boy who has survived kidney transplants to star in BBC\u2019s Lord of the Flies &#8211; Belfast Telegraph"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwJBVV95cUxQWFpXRTh1eHFWS2RfWmQ4RXNQS1hybTVPSVlNSmRpeUdxcUk3RGQxMHRqUVhMd0JZcTdQUnUwMXNQVWN3bG9VZlJOb2NFSHkxWDJsV0lDTlJvMGJieUgtZnVjcHM2Y01hTHc0TDdtMGRRSDJKb0d1a05DVnY5WFRYWFF1dXNpcmxOMUtGeHBncmpDaUc1MGgwdm03YmlWSlFBUHM2cm9Nc0JCS3BLZEJodWZIZkkwZEFqSG9Obzk0bEoyZkhoMVp1SFhVRnZjR0xCY3gyZVo4NmE2QkZaQmt5dHdaWm1rTkstRWplRVBCejhkTGZEbzMydUpQUlZMLW12Y0Jn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018I\u2019m really proud of myself\u2019: Meet the Belfast boy who has survived kidney transplants to star in BBC\u2019s Lord of the Flies<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Belfast Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiRkFVX3lxTE9qWlhMVEpLeXNBc2tsWHQtNjF6Vlo4RTlaLUF1ZFR2ME1MczZGX2ZQUnlnQ19ncEZuV1I1VGRjT2JDS0F1Vmc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u201cLord of the Flies Star Shares Kidney Donations from Both Parents\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;FilmoGaz<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMieEFVX3lxTE5wNi05R2FuczVLcjQ5ZDRYYUcyOURPTWpjTGNneXczUkVhNktucjZPRG8zOHRJQ28xbk9sdjYyWnlJZGFkbHFzRUhiQUVINHlfdGRHOXBFWjhqTGR4cUNFcks5cFB5eFNYQXZSVGtqVUNKdWw2ZmJNdg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Irish child actor received kidneys from both parents \u2013 now he\u2019s starring in Lord of the Flies<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;rollercoaster.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxOWGd1Sk50bnhwenJRQ3ZJbTlaTDBibUt0Y25PMks2cVlKRC1VT0U3VElLUUh6bmlWUi1UZVRIdWtTaXVVNWpZcjIxNUY1TVlENzF2dnUtMDZ4YlpMV3JDS2Nwd1JDbU45MnZxbmx5eFZ2MFVqSjBpZ0EtaFlFdGw1dVZKT3lQRXNreXZKa3RpSG52NWJyTXRDR29aNTctbTloS1E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lord of the Flies star David McKenna&#8217;s own amazing survival story as 12-year-old actor reveals he has had kidneys from BOTH of his parents<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Daily Mail<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxOdkxkS0drLWFLQ3pENHNUdmo1ZmRZNUdteG9zczVOcmsxSDFUc3FWT0xSVGE1OXd3dkNRRmdlcXU4Xy1wSVVYd3dobFBvVXctaVJ4dkR0cDFOWUVwLVVwYkNybnhmLW9EdDRKcnR6UERoX0JvTS0tSUs2eldWa0xxa09FbGpYV3ZEMldPNHJtY1lLeWVSd3VjcEFkN0VhU3ZhX2x0b0E5ck9mcW8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lord of the Flies breakout star, 12, received kidney transplants from his parents<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Metro.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m really proud of myself\u2019: Meet the Belfast boy who has survived kidney transplants to star in BBC\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-419832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}