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==Early life== Colin James Farrell was born in [[Castleknock]], a western suburb of [[Dublin]] on 31 May 1976, to Rita (née Monaghan) and [[Eamon Farrell]]. His father played football for [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers FC]] and ran a health food shop. Colin played for Castleknock Celtic FC, and the team was managed by his father.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.showbizireland.com/news/may05/16-farrell94.shtml |title=Colin's Grief for Grandfather... |website=Showbizireland.com |date=24 May 2006 |access-date=25 January 2011 |archive-date=4 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091204053415/http://www.showbizireland.com/news/may05/16-farrell94.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> Colin's uncle, [[Tommy Farrell (footballer, born 1937)|Tommy Farrell]], also played for Shamrock Rovers. Colin has an older brother named Eamon Jr.<ref>{{cite news |title=Colin Farrell's brother marries |url=http://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/colin-farrells-brother-marries-49008596-237648361.html |work=Irish Central |first=Debbie |last=McGoldrick |date=24 June 2009 |access-date=11 July 2014 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304142544/http://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/colin-farrells-brother-marries-49008596-237648361.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and two sisters, Catherine and Claudine, (the latter now works as his personal assistant).<ref name="cf">{{cite web |work=[[Hello (magazine)|Hello!]] |title=Colin Farrell shows his brotherly love at "Vice" premiere |date=27 July 2006 |url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/film/2006/07/28/miamivice |access-date=28 July 2006 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924043545/http://www.hellomagazine.com/film/2006/07/28/miamivice |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="mis"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/colin_farrell |title=Colin Farrell |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=25 January 2011 |archive-date=11 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511210143/http://www.people.com/people/colin_farrell |url-status=live }}</ref> Colin grew up [[Catholic]] and went to [[St Brigid's National School, Castleknock|St. Brigid's National School, Castleknock]], followed by the exclusive{{citation needed|date=March 2024}} all-boys private school [[Castleknock College]], and then [[Gormanston College]] in Gormanston Castle in County Meath. He unsuccessfully auditioned for the boy band [[Boyzone]] around that time.<ref name="mis">{{cite web | website=Visimag.com | title=Movie Idols: We look at the exploding film career of Colin Farrell | url=http://www.visimag.com/movieidols/m34_feat01.htm | access-date=29 November 2006 | archive-date=21 October 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021232240/http://www.visimag.com/movieidols/m34_feat01.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref> Farrell was inspired to try acting when [[Henry Thomas]]' performance in ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]'' (1982) moved him to tears.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/1116/farrellc.html |title=Farrell inspired to become actor by ET |website=[[RTÉ Ten]] |date=16 November 2011 |access-date=16 November 2011 |archive-date=17 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117095428/http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/1116/farrellc.html |url-status=live }}</ref> With his brother's encouragement, he attended [[the Gaiety School of Acting]], but dropped out when he was cast as Danny Byrne in the [[BBC]] drama ''[[Ballykissangel]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/25956|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217222036/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/25956|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 December 2007|title=Ballykissangel|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]}}</ref> While traveling in [[Sydney]] at the age of 18, Farrell became a suspect in an attempted murder case.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/colin-farrell/news/farrell-escaped-attempted-murder-rap-by-revealing-other-crime|title=Farrell escaped attempted murder rap by revealing other crime|magazine=Contactmusic.com|date=24 November 2004|access-date=20 June 2015|archive-date=27 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927230351/http://www.contactmusic.com/colin-farrell/news/farrell-escaped-attempted-murder-rap-by-revealing-other-crime|url-status=live}}</ref> The police sketch looked remarkably like him and he had even described [[blacking out]] during the night in question; his only alibi was that a friend journaled that the two had been taking [[MDMA]] on the other side of town that night.<ref>{{cite web|first=Julie|last=Miller|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/06/true-detective-colin-farrell-attempted-murder|title=True Detective star Colin Farrell says he was once suspected in an attempted murder|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=19 June 2015|access-date=20 June 2015|archive-date=20 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620205736/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/06/true-detective-colin-farrell-attempted-murder|url-status=live}}</ref>
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