Early Life
Farrell born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of Rita (née Monaghan) and Eamon Farrell. His father played football for Shamrock Rovers F.C. and ran a health food shop. His uncle, Tommy Farrell, also played for Shamrock Rovers. Farrell was raised a Roman Catholic.
Farrell has an older brother, Eamon, Jr., and two sisters. Farrell's older sister, Claudine, works as his personal assistant. When Colin was ten, the Farrells moved to Castleknock, a Dublin suburb. Farrell was educated at St. Brigid's National School, followed by Castleknock College and Gormanston College. Farrell unsuccessfully auditioned for the Irish music group Boyzone around this time. Farrell attended the Gaiety School of Acting and dropped out when he was cast in the part of Danny Byrne on Ballykissangel, a BBC television drama that centres around a young English priest who becomes a part of a rural community in Ireland.
Farrell is reported to have been inspired to try acting after being brought to tears while watching E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
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