Kin (Irish TV series)

Kin is an Irish crime drama television series, co-created by Peter McKenna and Ciaran Donnelly, that first broadcast on 9 September 2021, on RTÉ One. The series revolves around a fictional Dublin family embroiled in gangland war, and stars Aidan Gillen and Ciarán Hinds as rival gang leaders Frank Kinsella and Eamon Cunningham.

The series was first announced in November 2020, with co-creator Peter McKenna set as showrunner and Diarmuid Goggins as director of the first four episodes. Tessa Hoffe was later announced as director of episodes five to eight. In February 2022, the series premiered in the United States and Canada on AMC+, with Sundance Now premiering the series in the UK. A second season was announced on 10 February 2022, with production beginning in July.

Background
Prior to the series' premiere, several news outlets stated the series was inspired by the Kinahan gang and the Hutch–Kinahan feud, and noted similarities to former RTE staple Love/Hate. A show "insider" stated that "This is not the Kinahans' story, but people can draw their own conclusions. Viewers will be able to make up their own mind about it."

Main

 * Charlie Cox as Michael ‘The Magician’ Kinsella, brother of Jimmy
 * Clare Dunne as Amanda Kinsella, wife of Jimmy
 * Aidan Gillen as Frank Kinsella
 * Emmett J. Scanlan as Jimmy Kinsella
 * Maria Doyle Kennedy as Bridget 'Birdy' Goggins, sister of Frank
 * Sam Keeley as Eric 'Viking' Kinsella, son of Frank
 * Yasmin Seky as Nikita Murphy, partner of Eric
 * Ciarán Hinds as Eamon Cunningham (Season 1)
 * Francis Magee as Brendan Kinsella (Season 2, guest season 1), father of Michael and Jimmy, brother of Frank and Birdy
 * Danielle Galligan as Molly (Season 2, guest season 1)

Supporting

 * Hannah Adeogun as Anna Areoye
 * Mark Mckenna Jr as Anthony Kinsella
 * Keith McErlean as Con Doyle
 * Ryan Lincoln as Isaac 'Kem' Kemela
 * Ben Carolan as Glen Wright
 * Shane Quigley Murphy as Dean Fearon
 * Neill Fleming	as Dotser Reid
 * Thomas Kane-Byrne as Francis 'Fudge' Flynn
 * Cian Fitzsimons as Jamie Kinsella
 * Fiona Bell as Angela Cunningham
 * Lloyd Cooney as Caolon Moore
 * Stephen Jones as Noel Lawlor
 * Denise McCormack as Jenny Lawlor
 * Öykü Karayel as Nuray Batuk (Season 2)
 * Kenan Ece as Hamza (Season 2)

Reception
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 100% approval rating with an average rating of 7.0/10, based on 9 critic reviews.

Alex McLevy of The A.V. Club gave the series a B− and wrote: "It's simply an opportunity to watch some gifted actors do what they do, very well, with a story that glides along in entertaining but unoriginal manner."

The series was acquired by the BBC and began showing on BBC One on 18 November 2023. The broadcaster also acquired the second series which was shown on BBC One from 14 February 2024 with the whole series available on BBC iPlayer.