Kin is an Irish television crime drama series, co-created by Peter McKenna and Ciaran Donnelly, that first broadcast on 9 September 2021, on RTÉ. The series, which revolves around a fictional Dublin family embroiled in gangland war, stars Aidan Gillen and Ciarán Hinds as rival gang leaders, Frank Kinsella and Eamonn 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 series 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."
Cast
Main
Ciarán Hinds as Eamon Cunningham (Season 1) Aidan Gillen as Frank Kinsella Sam Keeley as Eric 'Viking' Kinsella, son of Frank Yasmin Seky as Nikita Murphy, partner of Eric Emmett J. Scanlan as Jimmy Kinsella Charlie Cox as Michael Kinsella, brother of Jimmy Clare Dunne as Amanda Kinsella, wife of Jimmy Maria Doyle Kennedy as Bridget 'Birdy' Goggins, sister of Frank 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)
Episodes
Series overview
Series 1 (2021)
Series 2 (2023)
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."