| | | | 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. |
