| | | Part 1 |
| | | 1945 - The Cuckoo in the Nest |
| James | Monroe | A priest at the parish of Goleen. |
| William | Finney | Catherine's neighbor and church mate. |
| Catherine | Goggin | Cyril's biological mother. |
| Eddie | Goggin | Catherine's brother. |
| Bosco | Goggin | Catherine's father. |
| Jean | | Catherine's aunt. |
| Sean | MacIntyre | Catherine's new friend. |
| Jack | Smoot | Sean's friend in Dublin. |
| Mr. | Hogan | Smoot's landlord. |
| Adolf | Hitler | The leader of the Nazi Party. |
| Charlotte | Hennesy | Catherine's employer. |
| Eamon | De Valera | Regular customer at Mrs. Hennessy's tea room. A politician. |
| Lizzie | | Catherine's co-worker. |
| Peadar | McIntyre | Sean's father. |
| | | 1952 - The Vulgarity of Popularity |
| Julian | Woodbead | Cyril's friend. |
| Max | Woodbead | Julian's father. A famous solicitor. |
| Benedict XV | | Former Vatican Pope. |
| Sean | MacEntee | Minister for finance. |
| Charles | Avery | Cyril's adoptive father. |
| Maude | Avery | Cyril's adoptive mother. |
| Cyril | Avery | Protagonist and Narrator. |
| Emily | Avery | Charles's first wife. |
| Fidel | Castro | Former Prime Minister of Cuba. |
| Brenda | | Avery's housemaid. |
| Alice | Woodbead | Julian's sister. Cyril's wife. |
| Eveline | Hartford | Maude's mother. |
| Henry | O'Flynn | A sergeant of police in Pearse Street. |
| Denis | Wilbert | The Pedophile teacher. |
| Conor | Llewellyn | Denis's 12-year-old girlfriend. |
| Mr. Lavery | | A former police superintendent. |
| Elizabeth | Woodbead | Max's wife. Julian's mother. |
| Jacob | Turpin | The pervert dockworker. |
| Joe | Masterson | Bus driver interested in horse
wear-related pornography. |
| Godfrey | | Charles's barrister. |
| | | 1959 - The Seal of the Confessional |
| Dennis | Caine | Cyril's cousin. |
| Charlie | Chaplin | Comic Actor. |
| Michael | Chaplin | Charlie's son. |
| Gregory | Peck | An American Actor. |
| Father | Squires | The school headmaster. |
| Matthew | Willoughby | The captain of the rugby team at Cyril's school. |
| Harold | MacMillan | A politician that Max admired. |
| James | Dillon | A composer. |
| Elizabeth II | | Former Queen of United Kingdom. |
| Elizabeth II | | Former Queen of United Kingdom. |
| Bridget | Simpson | Catherine's waitress. Julian's girlfriend. |
| George V | | Former King of United Kingdom. |
| Ruairi | O'Shaughnessy | Max's bodyguard. |
| M. Margaret | Muffet | Bridget's friend. Cyril's friend. |
| President | Eisenhower | The current U.S. President. |
| Peter | Trefontaine | Cyril's schoolmate. |
| Father | Dwyer | The Priest. |
| Diarmuid | | Bridget's uncle. Deceased. |
| Brendan | Behan | A famous writer. |
| Cunnane | | A police officer. |
| Angela | Manningtree | Charles's fiancé. |
| James | Hogan | Cyril's neighbor. |
| Jasper | Timson | Peter's roommate. Alice's ex-boyfriend. |
| | | 1966 - In the Reptile House |
| Albert | Thatcher | The young accountant. Cyril's flat mate. |
| Mrs. | Hogan | Cyril's landlady. |
| Henry | Hogan | Mrs. Hogan's son. |
| Angela | | Charles's third wife. |
| Miss | Joyce | Cyril's group leader and co-worker. |
| Anna | Ambrosia | Cyril's group mate and co-worker. |
| Jemima | | Miss Ambrosia's aunt. |
| Mr. | Denby-Denby | Cyril's group mate and co-worker. |
| Mr. | Westlicott Sr. | Mr. Westlicott's father. |
| Mr. | Westlicott | Mr. Westlicott Sr.'s son. |
| Mr. | Westlicott Jr. | Mr. Westlicott's son. |
| Edna | O'Brien | An Irish Novelist. |
| Peadar | O'Murchu | Miss Ambrosia's boyfriend. |
| Suzi | | Jullian's current girlfriend. |
| Mick | Jagger | Suzi's ex-lover. |
| Terrence | Stamp | Suzi's ex-lover. |
| Kingsley | Amis | Suzi's ex-lover. |
| Archbishop of | Canterbury | Suzi's ex-lover. |
| Mr. | Terwilliger | A journalist from Sunday Press. |
| Ciaran | | Cyril's lover. |
| Dr. | Dourish | Cyril's doctor. |
| Annie | | Dourish's secretary. |
| Charles | Haughey | The Minister of Agriculture. |
| Sarah Anne | | M. Margaret's cousin. |
| Dolores | | Albert's fiancé. |
| Lord | Nelson | An Admiral. |
| | | 1973 - Keeping the Devil at Bay |
| Rebecca | | Julian's ex-girlfriend. |
| Emily | | Julian's ex-girlfriend. |
| Jessica | | Julian's ex-girlfriend. |
| Martin | Horan | Cyril's workmate. |
| Stephen | Kilduff | Cyril's workmate. |
| Jimmy | Byrnes | The on-air reporter. Cyril's workmate. |
| Nick | Carlton | A homosexual that Cyril envied. |
| Ryan | O'Neal | A reporter at the late show. |
| Mr. | Crow | An Artist. |
| Damien | | One of Julian's kidnappers. |
| Fergus | | Alice's ex-boyfriend. |
| Samantha | Woodbead | Max's second wife. |
| Ken | Russell | A film director. |
| Jonathan Edward | Goggin | A boy that Cyril met. |
| Mrs. | Shipley | The Librarian. |
| Melanie | | Jonathan's girlfriend. |
| Rosalyn | Avery | Charles's new wife. |
| Jimmy | Doyle | An American Boxer. |
| Ernest | Gebler | An Irish writer. |
| J.P | Donleavy | An American-Irish Novelist. |
| Ryan | | An Archbishop. |
| | | Part II |
| | | 1980 - Into the Annex |
| Bastiaan | Van de Burgh | Cyril's lover. |
| Arjan | Van de Burgh | Bastiaan's father. |
| Edda | Van de Burgh | Bastiaan's mother. |
| Peter | Van Pels | Edda's classmate. |
| Margot | Frank | Otto Frank's mother. Edda's friend. |
| Anne | Frank | A Diarist. |
| Edith | Van de Burgh | Arjan's sister. |
| Mr. | Frank | Anne Frank's father. |
| Danique | | Cyril's friend. |
| Ignac | Kriz | A Slovenian boy that Cyril and Bastian befriended. |
| Damir | Kriz | Ignac's father. |
| | | 1987 - Patient 741 |
| Shaniqua | | Bastiaan's assistant. A nurse. |
| Richard | Rogers | An Architect. |
| Stephen | Sondheim | A composer. |
| Bob | Losse | A choreographer. |
| Alex | | A doctor who worked with Bastiaan. Bastiaan's friend. |
| Courteney | | A journalist. Alex's wife. |
| Richard | Lyng | The Secretary of Agriculture. |
| Ronald | Reagan | The current U.S. President. |
| Rock | Hudson | An American Actor. |
| Philip | Danley | Patient with aids. Ignac's
acquaintance. Aka: Patient 563. |
| Emily(2) | | Ignac's girlfriend. |
| Eleanor | Dewitt | One of the patients that Cyril talked to. Aka: Patient 630. |
| Lance | Dewitt | Eleanor's husband. |
| Liam | | Cyril and Alice's son. |
| | | Part III |
| | | 1994 - Father and Sons. |
| Jacinta | | Catherine's employee. A waitress. |
| Louise | O'Murchu | Peadar's daughter. |
| Melanie | | Jonathan's wife. |
| Jimmy | | Liam's friend. |
| Alan | Delaney | Jimmy's acquaintance. |
| Andrew | | Someone Cyril dated. Gay. |
| Cyril II | | Alice's new husband. |
| | | 2001 - The Phantom Pain. |
| Rebecca | Kriz | Ignac's wife. |
| Jeffrey | Archer | An English Novelist. |
| George | Woodbead | Liam and Laura's son. Cyril's grandson. |
| Laura | Woodbead | Liam's wife. |
| Peter II | | Ruth's husband. |
| Ruth | | Peter's wife. Pregnant woman Cyril &
Alice met at hospital. |
| Joseph | | Peter and Ruth's son. |
| Steven | | Joseph's flat mate. |
| Julian | Woodbead II | Liam and Laura's son. Cyril's grandson. |
| | | 2008 - The Silver Surfer. |
| Alejandro | | Aquabatics Trainer of Catherine. |
| Kenneth | O'Riafa | Catherine's uncle. Cyril's father. |
| Jean | O'Riafa | Catherine's aunt. Kenneth's wife. |
| Tadhg | | Catherine's cousin. |
| Eileen | | Tadhg's wife. |
Epi | Grace | Woodbead | Liaam and Laura's son. Cyril's grandson. |
| Marcus | | George's lover. |
| Tom | | Cyril's old friend. |