{"id":620608,"date":"2026-06-04T10:35:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T10:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/620608\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T10:35:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T10:35:24","slug":"love-island-2026-star-sean-fitzgerald-age-job-instagram-and-where-youve-seen-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/620608\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Island 2026 star Sean Fitzgerald &#8211; age, job, Instagram and where you&#8217;ve seen him&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"publish_date\">3 June 2026, 12:43<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sean Fitzgerald is making waves in the Love Island series 13 villa.\" class=\"content-image\" data-image-catalogue-id=\"817972\" width=\"660\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/817972.webp\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>    Sean Fitzgerald is making waves in the Love Island series 13 villa.<\/p>\n<p>Picture:<br \/>\nInstagram\/ITV<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?href=www.heart.co.uk%2Fshowbiz%2Ftv-movies%2Flove-island%2F2026-star-sean-fitzgerald-age-job-instagram-tiktok-video-galway-football%2F&amp;app_id=199141616775675\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"gusto.tracking.social(&#039;facebook&#039;, &#039;share&#039;)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook share\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/facebook-share.png\"\/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"standfirst\">The primary school teacher looks strangely familiar, but who is Love Island 2026&#8217;s Sean Fitzgerald? Here&#8217;s everything you need to know, from his age and Instagram to his surprising back story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart.co.uk\/showbiz\/tv-movies\/love-island\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Love Island 2026<\/a> is dishing viewers up some serious drama, with love triangles forming and secret missions brewing under the surface from the very start. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">One Islander causing a stir thanks to his Irish charm is Sean Fitzgerald, who caught the eyes of multiple girls in the villa straight off the bat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">He&#8217;s hellbent on finding the woman of his dreams \u2013 and keeping her, saying: &#8220;If I see someone I like, I&#8217;m going for it and nothing&#8217;s gonna stop me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">So as Sean makes a play for his perfect partner, here&#8217;s everything you need to know, from his age, day job, and Instagram to where you might recognise him from already.<\/p>\n<p>Who is Love Island&#8217;s Sean Fitzgerald?<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Age: 25<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">From: Galway, Ireland <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fitzy.007\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@fitzy.007<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Sean Fitzgerald, who goes by the nickname &#8216;Fitzy&#8217;, is a primary school teacher from Ireland who is already making the ladies swoon with his charming personality and impressive physique.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">In his pre-villa interview, he admitted he was singing up to Love Island to find a girl but wasn&#8217;t that fussy about her appearance or personality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">When asked what his &#8216;type on paper&#8217; was by show&#8217;s producers, he simply joked: &#8220;Female!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">The buzz-cut hunk isn&#8217;t a stranger to attention in his hometown as he&#8217;s already an icon \u2013 to Gaelic football fans, at least.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Sean is a well-known sports star in Galway, who plays for CLG Bhearna, and at senior level for the Galway county football team.<\/p>\n<p>Is Sean Fitzgerald already famous?<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Along with his Irish footie status, fans of the show may already recognise Sean &#8216;Fitzy&#8217; Fitzgerald, but many can&#8217;t work out why.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">He&#8217;s got over 100k followers on TikTok and almost 60k on Instagram, making him one of the most popular Islanders on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">But it was a video he recorded back in February that went viral online which is triggering many viewers&#8217; memories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">The clip showed him hilariously begging for a spot in this year&#8217;s villa, showing off his dance moves and persuading producers he was the perfect man for the job.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Speaking to OK! about the film before jetting off to Mallorca, he explained: &#8220;Yeah so when I posted that video I wasn\u2019t really doing an audition as such, I was just watching clips on TikTok and loads of Love Island clips were coming up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">&#8220;I just thought it seemed quite boring, or like the people on it didn\u2019t seem like that much craic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">&#8220;I was thinking &#8216;Jeez, I wish I was in there I could liven it up a bit&#8217;, so I just went outside, did a bit of a spiel about what I would do if I was in there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">&#8220;It wasn\u2019t actually an application as such, it was just a video kind of messing or whatever saying what I\u2019d do if I was on there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">&#8220;The next day they actually rang me saying would I want to do an interview, so I didn\u2019t apply or anything. I said, &#8216;sure I\u2019ll do an interview.&#8217; But I wasn\u2019t really thinking about it much.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Well, it all worked out and now he&#8217;s soaking up the sunshine in Spain trying to work out which girl he fancies the most.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"3 June 2026, 12:43 Sean Fitzgerald is making waves in the Love Island series 13 villa. 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