The Vanishing Triangle Explained

Creator:	Ivan Kavanagh
Director:	Imogen Murphy
Language:	English
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	6

The Vanishing Triangle is a six-part television series created by Ivan Kavanagh. It is a dramatisation of true stories from Ireland's Vanishing Triangle. Distributed by Eccho Rights, it premiered on Sundance Now in the United States on 26 October 2023, and aired on Virgin Media One in Ireland on 25 March 2024 and Acorn TV in the United Kingdom on 29 April.^[1]

It premiered on Australian television on Thursday 7 March 2024, on SBS.

Cast

Main

• India Mullen as Lisa Wallace, investigative journalist
• Allen Leech as David Burkely, detective
• Aaron Monaghan as Gareth Brennan
• Laoise Sweeney as Susan Reynolds
• Derbhle Crotty as Barbara Adams
• Philip O'Sullivan as DCS Gill
• Gráinne Good as Amy Reynolds
• Brian Moore as Mark Bulger
• Jana Mohieden as Mandy Clarke
• Adam John Richardson as Tommy Stephens
• Stuart Dunne as Chris Wallace
• Stephen Hogan as Ger Gough

Recurring

• Maura Foley as Janice Wallace
• Jason Daly as Jimmy
• Kiera Crawford as Rachel Burkely
• Fionnuala Murphy as Francis Reynolds
• Sarah Carroll as Mary Burkely
• Peter Corboy as Liam Benson

Production

Development

The Vanishing Triangle was originally developed by Park Films and Screen Ireland. 87 Films and Paper Planes Productions boarded the project as it was commissioned by Virgin Media One and SundanceNow.^[2] The series is created by Ivan Kavanagh, and co-written with Sally Tatchell and Rachel Anthony. Executive producers include actor Allen Leech, AnneMarie Naughton and Ana Habajec of Park Films, Patrick Irwin of 87 Films, Alon Aranya of Paper Plane Productions, and Adam Barth and Lucy Robert of Eccho Rights.

Casting

In September 2022, it was announced Allen Leech and India Mullen would lead the series.^[3] Maura Foley and Kiera Crawford also joined the cast.

Filming

Filming was reported in Bray, County Wicklow in October 2022.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sales round-up: 'The Vanishing Triangle' pre-sales; Sky, NBCU & AMC bite into 'Reginald The Vampire'; SBS tastes 'Spice Trails'. TBI Vision. Mark. Layton. 13 October 2022. 17 November 2022.
2. Web site: Graham Norton's Holding, The Vanishing Triangle, and Faithless lead Virgin Media's Autumn Schedule. IFTN. Nathan. Griffin. 31 August 2022. 17 November 2022.
3. 'The Vanishing Triangle': 'Downton Abbey's Allen Leech & 'Normal People's India Mullen To Lead Sundance Now, Virgin Media & Eccho's Irish Drama Series. Deadline. Jesse. Whittock. 1 September 2022. 13 October 2022.
4. Downton Abbey star pictured as garda in new drama about Ireland's missing women. Sunday World. Eugene. Masterson. 20 October 2022. 17 November 2022.