24.01.08 - The Irish Independent , Pg 12 [FULL STORY]
Gripping Stuff on Screen - Wrestler's film floors festival audiences at Sundance... LIKE a good headlock, Sheamus O'Shaunessy, hopes his new movie will have audiences gripped. The WWE star, nicknamed ‘The Irish Curse', lined up beside actor Liam Cunningham at the premiere of new British and Irish-made film ‘The Escapist' at the Sundance Film Festival, at Eccles theatre, Park City, Utah. The Cabra native's trademark ginger facial hair and wild dress sense lit up the Sundance Film Festival...

02.01.08 - The Irish World [FULL STORY]
Irish wrestler's big-screen debut... WWE wrestler Sheamus O'Shaunessy (Two Ton) will appear in ‘The Escapist'. He will be seen along-side world renowned actors Joseph Fiennes (Lenny Drake) and Brian Cox (Frank Perry) at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival when Rupert Wyatt's ‘The Escapist' Premieres on the 21st of January at The Eccles Theatre. With reviews from private screenings already leaking out on the internet The Escapist is already being heralded as “destined to become a cult classic,” with attention to Brian Cox's “beautiful” performance. The Irish made movie looks hopeful to pick up honours at the Utah festival which is chaired by Robert Redford...

26.12.07 - The Star, Pg 18
Zombie To Pitch Up Here... A new Irish horror movie depicting a Celtic warrior as a scary killer is to be released next year. Bog Bodies stars mean man Vinnie Jones, wrestler Sheamus O'Shaunessy, Nora-Jane Noone and Adam Fogerty. It is still in post-production but is due to be released next year. The movie was filmed in Ireland, mostly in Wicklow and was written and directed by Belfast-born Brendan Foley. Vinnie Plays the hero who must battle a 2,000 year-old murder-victim zombie - the Celtic warrior...

22.10.07 - www.legendschampionshipwrestling.com, [FULL STORY]
LCW Reaches Agreement with WWE Developmental Talent Sheamus O'Shaunessy... Legends Championship Wrestling, the premier online fantasy wrestling organization, announced today an agreement with Sheamus O'Shaunessy. O'Shaunessy is currently signed to a three-year developmental contract with the WWE and is currently appearing in WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). O'Shaunessy will be the first active wrestling, non-legend ever featured in LCW storylines...

20.09.07 - The Evening Herald, Pg 27
Shiver Me Gingers: Wrestler Hopes to Discover The Key To Red Hair Gene... Sheamus O'Shaunessy is putting his full force behind discovering the key to keeping the red hair gene alive in Ireland. The 6ft 6in star, who is famed for his flaming red hair, was filmed on the Hill of Tara for a documentary for Irish language station TG4. Recent research by scientists, has led experts to believe that the gene may die out over the next 100 years as fewer natural red heads are born. According to myth and folklore, red hair has always been associated with Irish identity - as it spread through Western Europe with the movement of the Celts...

07.09.07 - The Sun Online, by Adam Sibley [FULL STORY]
WWE to get an Irish Curse... IT seems now is a very good time to be a British or Irish wrestler. Grapplers hailing from these shores are being increasingly looked at by WWE bosses, who are one day hoping to launch a full-time European off-shoot. And now Sheamus O'Shaunessy has followed the likes of Paul Burchall and Katie Lea, the female star formerly known as Nikita, by landing a three-year deal with the WWE....

03.09.07 - www.ShowBizIreland.com, [FULL STORY]
Sheamus Lifts WWE Contract... It's probably the single biggest piece of news in Irish ShowBiz this year - mainly because he's the biggest person in the business! Dublin Wrestler Sheamus O'Shaunessy just signed a 3 year contract with the WWE.Former Miss World Rosanna Davison was swept off her feet by the 20 Stone goliath as was ' Meet Me in Miami ' actress Tara Leniston. Louis Walsh was also impressed by the size of his fellow Irishman and wants him around the next time Sharon Osbourne decides to brandish a glass of water... Wait, he's not that brave Louis...

29.08.07 - The Sun, Pg 8
The Irish Curse!... Wrestler Seamus O'Shaughnessy has signed a three-year deal to join the WWE. Seamus, known as The Irish Curse, from Cabra, Dublin, will fly to Florida to start training with the grappling gang next month. The 6ft 6in, 20 st giant said: "It's a dream come through." He's looking forward to climbing into the ring with US wrestling stars. But he admits: "It will be the hardest challenge of my life."

28.08.07 - The Irish World [FULL STORY]
Sheamus O'Shaunessy Signs WWE 3 Year Deal... Irish professional Wrestler Sheamus O'Shaunessy – The Irish Curse has just signed a 3 year contract with World Wrestling Entertainment Inc (WWE). He is set to report to their Florida training facility on the 17th of September. The red haired Dublin giant is overjoyed with this next step to becoming a wrestling superstar – ‘SOS' is chomping-at-the-bit to get over to the USA and give them a real taste of the fighting Irish...

19.06.07 - www.ShowBizIreland.com, [FULL STORY]
It's On: Sheamus Vs Vinnie... He's fast becoming one of Ireland's busiest actors and is soon to scale the heights on the biggest stage there is - but Irish Wrestler Sheamus O'Shaunessy relished a show-down with UK hard man Vinnie Jones last week... But before you start avoiding the hills around Dublin, the scenario was acted out as part of the opening scene in Irish horror movie Bog Body . Vinnie was playing the hero role of Mr. Hunter and Sheamus was playing an ancient ritualistically murdered Celtic Warrior risen from the dead after being preserved in the murky enchanted bog...

12.06.07 - The Irish World by Shelley Marsden [FULL STORY]
Bog Body... No, it's not Sean of the Dead, it's the latest film starring Irish wrestling star Sheamus O'Shaunessy. Actor Vinnie Jones flies to Ireland this week to film a big-budget opening scene for Irish movie 'Bog Body'. The hardest man in the UK will face off against axe wielding Irish Wrestling giant Sheamus O'Shaunessy who will play an ancient and zombified Bog Body being hunted by Jones' character: Mr Hunter. With a mainly Irish and British cast the movie's plot follows an Archaeologist (Jason Barry), a Hunter (Vinnie Jones) and their helpers on the trail of a 2000 year old murder victim (Adam Fogerty) whose peat bog preserved body is disturbed by developers in rural Ireland....

11.05.07 - The Star, Pg 53 by Jenny Gorevan
Fiennes Outlook... Irish ladies will be disappointed to hear they missed out on a chance to ogle heartthrob Joseph Fiennes - when he was holed up in Dublin. The star was in town in February to shoot the upcoming drama The Escapist, which co-stars Dubliners Liam Cunningham and wrestling star Sheamus O'Shaunessy, making his acting debut. Joseph says the latter, incidentally, is "going to be huge".

19.04.07 - www.Blogorrah.com, [FULL STORY]
Greatest Living Irish Sportsman Triumphs Again... Irish Wrestler Sheamus 'The Irish Curse' O'Shaunessy opened the show for the WWE Smackdown in Milan last night with a dark-match against Jimmy Wang Yang in front of a packed house at the Datchforum. Although SOS looked like he was going to overcome the experienced WWE star on several occasions, Wang ended the grapple when he hit Sheamus with his famous finishing signature move the 'Moonsault'...

18.04.07 - www.ShowBizIreland.com, [FULL STORY]
Joe Fiennes Gets Sheamus'd... It seems like an unlikely pairing - one of the world's most talented young actors, Joseph Fiennes , teaming up with one of the world's most talented young Wrestlers, Sheamus O'Shaunessy. But as unlikely as it seems the two became firm buddies on the set of The Escapist when it was shooting in Dublin about a month ago - mainly because Fiennes is from the 'method acting' tradition and dedicated himself to learning the heavyweight grappler's fighting style before filming an ultra violent scene with him...

29.03.07- In Dublin Magazine - Issue 149, by Nathalie Marquez Courtney
The Grill... Professional wrestler Sheamus O'Shaunessy scared the bejaysus out of us when we tried to submit him to an InDublin grilling. We came out alive... just... [CLICK HERE FOR FULL INTERVIEW]

27.02.07 - UTV Internet [FULL STORY]
Film escapes Dublin... Filming of the eagerly anticipated Rupert Wyatt movie The Escapist has ended in Dublin. The John Player Theatre and Kilmainham Jail have no doubt greatly enhanced the atmosphere of the tense prison thriller starring Joseph Fiennes, Brian Cox and our own Liam Cunningham. The film also features the Irish wrestling star Sheamus O'Shaunessy as Two Ton, as intimidating a character as the name suggests and a role that director Wyatt struggled to fill...

07.02.07 - The Irish World by Shelley Marsden [FULL STORY]
Sheamus O'Shaunessy takes another step towards world domination... The larger-than-life wrestler that The Irish World recently caught up with, Sheamus O’Shaunessy has followed up his violent role in Irish movie 3 Crosses with a high profile part in prison break thriller The Escapist opposite Joseph Fiennes (Shakespeare in Love) and Brian Cox (The Bourne Identity). Sheamus has been shooting at Kilmainham Jail with Cox and Fiennes as well as other Irish actors such as Liam Cunningham. Fiennes and Sheamus had previously been rehearsing and choreographing their crucial fight scene in both London and Dublin since late January...

08.02.07 - www.Blogorrah.com, [FULL STORY]
Introducing... The First Virtual Ginger... That's right, Irish wrestler Seamus 'SOS' O'Shaunessy has joined Second Life, so he now can kick virtual interweb ass too. Seamus has yet to respond to Blogorrah Editor Larry Ryan's recent smackdown challenge - we think he's scared. Big girl that he is, SOS is busy filming a movie, The Escapist, in Kilmainham Jail. Wait a minute... Didn't they already film a movie called The Escapist in Kilmainham a few years ago? Maybe they'll just keep filming movies called The Escapist in Kilmainham Jail until somebody actually gives a b****x...

08.02.07 - www.ShowBizIreland.com, [FULL STORY]
Sheamus Gets A Second Life... Irish Wrestling gargantuan Sheamus O'Shaunessy has proved us right. The Ginger assassin has landed a top movie role with Joseph Fiennes, attacked Dustin the Turkey and even got a Second Life. We asked Sheamo about his role in The Escapist and although he confirmed he was currently working on the movie, and spending time between shoots hanging out in The Blarney Stone Bar in Second Life, he said he was unable to give ShowBiz Ireland any more info on the production. Top secret stuff folks...

17.01.07 - The Irish World by Shelley Marsden
The Irish Curse... Or Sheamus O'Shaunessy (SOS) to his 'friends' is two time Irish whip wrestling champion. Shelley Marsden tackles him about wrestling, the true meaning of his nickname and being ginger..... [CLICK HERE FOR FULL INTERVIEW]

10.01.07 - www.Blogorrah.com, [FULL STORY]
SOS: Ginger Crisis... God help us all. The Irish nation has been plunged into a collective crisis after recent findings that the OGs (Original Gingers) were actually... ENGLISH, or so sayeth some Oxford bloke in a lab coat. Blogorrah has to ask the hard questions: Are all our great Gingers - Hector, Bazza Ego, Glen Hansard - undercover Brits? Someone call Sheamus O'Shaunessy (pictured) - he'll sort this mess out, if we can trust him anymore... More: Flaming Heck, First Brits Were Redheads (The Sunday Times)

January 2007 - J.R.'s Family Bar-B-Q, by Jim Ross [FULL STORY]
J.R.'s First Blog of 2007... Who are the stars of tomorrow? I don’t know. I don’t watch the amount of tape I used to, nor do I go to the developmental areas and scout talent. If I did, I could answer this question, but answering now would only be guessing. I know the WWE has some bright prospects who will be stars some day if they are allowed to stay down on the farm longer than current trend. Perhaps I will make some trips to Louisville and Atlanta in 2007 and be better able to address the new “stars of tomorrow”. In regard to stars of tomorrow, I have not seen tape of Seamus O’Shaughnessy from Ireland. He sounds interesting however. If he is anything like Fit Finley I would sign him in a heartbeat...

December 2006 - Mongrel Magazine - Issue 027, [FULL STORY]
Get in The Ring Motherf****r... Sheamus O'Shaunessy's frank interview with cheeky Irish magazine, Mongrel. In this interview SOS talks about his aul fella's reaction to his son wearing green lyrca pants and wrestling big sweaty men, abusing English referees in his native Irish language, Ireland's pre-Chrisitian heritage and eating English people, the origins of his Red Fiery Hand (no, its not from a Thai sex club!), and much more...

13.12.06 - www.ShowBizIreland.com, [FULL STORY]
Sheamus Bringing Ginger Back... Irish Heavyweight grappler Sheamus O'Shaunessy is fast making big Wrestler shaped waves in the worlds of Sport Entertainment, he's even making it cool to be a Ginger... Always vigilant for the next-big-thing, ShowBiz Ireland has been backing Irish Wrestler Sheamus O'Shaunessy's rise to the top for about a year now. Why you may ask? Why Not we retort! Sure, he's the first cool carrot-top since Luke Kelly! We reckon Mr. SOS will be the biggest thing to come from Ireland since, ehhhhh, Bono 's ego? Maybe bigger...

12.12.06 - www.TWCFight.com, [FULL STORY]
Sheamus O'Shaunessy Lands Official TV Sponsorship Deal... TWC FIGHT is proud to announce that to celebrate our rebranding we will become the official sponsor for Heavyweight Wrestler Sheamus O’Shaunessy in 2007. Sean Herbert, Director of TWC Fight said: "Sheamus O'Shaunessy was the first real star to emerge from The Wrestling Channel’s unique coverage of homegrown wrestling promotions in the UK and Ireland. We see this sponsorship package as a great opportunity for TWC Fight to give a little back and also for our brand to be associated with probably the biggest Wrestler to emerge from anywhere in Europe in the past decade. 2007 is going to be a big year for TWC FIGHT & SOS!"...

November 2006 - Fighting Spirit Magazine - Issue 008, by James Denton
SOS The Irish Curse... He's becoming a household name in Ireland. He's making a huge impact in England. And with a WWE tryout this month, Sheamus O'Shaunessy is about to make some noise on the biggest stage there is. We chat Exclusively to "The Irish Curse"... [CLICK HERE FOR FULL INTERVIEW]

15.11.06 - The Fingal Independent, by Hubert Murphy
WWE is target for Sheamus... SHEAMUS O'Shaunessy is quite a performer and in many ways is the typical young sportsman hoping to break into the big time. But his big time is something not too many of us would touch – wrestling – and it's the rough and tough stuff you'd see in the WWE. Younger readers in particular will know all about RAW and SMACKDOWN and the whole WWE show was in Manchester for two nights. As part of the visit, rookie shows take place and Sheamus is hoping success there will lead to him getting signed up. Clearly, with his height and talent, a clash with Triple H, Finlay or King Booker is well within his range...

03.11.06 - www.Blogorrah.com, [FULL STORY]
Ginger Hall Of Fame: Sheamus O'Shaunessy... Blogorrah celebrates the great Irish redheads. Five reasons to love The SOS... 1. He's the Greatest Living Irish Sportsman. Fact. 2. For breakfast every morning, he eats fifty-one raw eggs, a small cow AND three Shredded Wheat. 3. The cuffs match the collar, if you know what we mean. Proof available upon request. 4. SOS played Darth Vader on a promotional tour for Star Wars: Episode One. He would like it to be known that he has since rejected the Dark Side of The Force. 5. He threatened to kill us if we didn't feature him in Blogorrah. We know that wrestling is fixed and all, but since the whole Andrea Roche thing you can never be too careful...

08.10.06 - The Sunday World, Pg 30 by Eugene Masterson
Irish Whip Man... Wrestler Sheamus O'Shaunessy is the first Irishman to be allowed fight in the famous WWE. And the 26-year-old from Cabra, Dublin, is so dedicated to his sport, he`s still single. Burly Sheamus is also the Irish Whip Wrestling Champion... [Note: Drew Galloway was the IWW Champ on the date this article was published]

15.08.06 - The Mirror, Pg 18 by Will Payne
Wrestlers To Face SOS... Beefy Sheamus O'Shaunessy - aka SOS - is ready to rumble and take on the superstars of world wrestling. The 6ft 6in redheaded Irish wrestler has spent the last six months knocking 7 bells out of every top grappler in Europe. The 20 Stone fighter is now ready to challenge the superstars from the WWE when they come back to Britain & Ireland in November. The colossus thinks he is ready to wrestle the world title from the US and slam Ireland on to the map. And on home soil with the support of the nation this Celtic Warlord could be just about unbeatable...

15.08.06 - www.Blogorrah.com, [FULL STORY]
Blog Of The Day, Part Two: Allo Vera!... Ireland is positively crawling with redheads. Sure you can't turn the corner without being blinded by one of our ginger thatched brethren. Bolshy blogger, Vera, had something of a minor epiphany about this recently and now she's bloddy well going to do something about it... There's a few things we might need to explain to Vera when she lands on our shores – the infrastructure leaves a lot to be desired for a start, but the prevalence of ginger nuts (pictured is ginger God Sheamus O'Shaunessy) everywhere should provide amble compensation. Call us!

09.08.06 - The Metro, Pg 7
Metrosexuals - Step Aside for The Menaissance... Macho Man Irish Wrestler Sheamus O'Shaunessy won't be getting out the tweezers while he prepares to challenge the Superstar Wrestlers from the WWE when they visit Ireland in November... Fellas are ditching the eyebrow teezers and binning their moisturisers because real men are making a comeback. While the 'metrosexual' look is best typified by David Beckham, the rough and ready image owes more to England team-mate Wayne Rooney or hellraising actor Colin Farrell...

09.08.06 - www.ShowBizIreland.com, [FULL STORY]
SOS: WWELCOME To Eire... Irish Wrestling Goliath Sheamus O'Shaunessy is really looking forward to his WWE Superstar counterparts visiting these shores in November, in fact he's biting-at-the-bit... Legendary Irish artist and celtic mythology illustrator Jim Fitzpatrick was totally blown away by his image and sheer size saying: " I wish Sheamus O'Shaunessy every success. If Finn McCool were reborn this is what I expect he would look like! He sure looks the part."

07.06.06 - www.ShowBizIreland.com, [FULL STORY]
SOS Killed in Cold Blood... The biggest name in Irish Wrestling Sheamus O'Shaunessy looks set to become Ireland's first movie action hero as he shot scenes in gory movie 3CROSSES last weekend... Poor Sheamus finds himself and the end of a brutal torture and murder by baddie Hytham Martin and it doesn't end there - during the filming Hytham forgot to pull one of his punches and slammed SOS into the bridge-of-the-nose with a chain wrapped around his knuckles leaving a two inch gash...

06.06.06 - The Sun, Pg 21
Grapple Strudel!... OUCH! Irish Wrestling champ Sheamus "SOS" O'Shaunessy looks like he needs help from his nickname! The grappler actor gets mashed to a pulp by assassin Hytham Martin in Wicklow's Ticknock Wood in new Irish thriller 3 CROSSES. Picture Captions: Don't Hit Me! Sheamus gets walloped by assassin Hytham, Punch-trunk... Poor Sheamus soaks it up, Tree-hee... it's just a movie folks!...

23.05.06 - The Metro, Pg 10 interview by Jacqueline O'Mahony
60 Second Interview ... Sheamus O'Shaunessy is the current Irish Whip Wrestling (IWW) Heavyweight Champion. He is on track to become the World Wrestling Champion. He's also known as The Celtic Colossus, The Grappling Green Giant, and SOS. Sheamus will soon be seen starring opposite Samantha Mumba and Keith Duffy in 3 Crosses, Jonathan Figgis's latest release... Check out www.sosofficial.com for news on Sheamus's upcoming fights...

19.05.06 - www.Blogorrah.com, [FULL STORY]
Website Of The Day: Jolly Green Giant... Sheamus O'Shaunessy is the King Of Irish Wrestling. We're not going to take the p*** out of him, because we know that if we did, he'd find us, and f*** us up big time. A graduate of Dublin's Irish Whip Wrestling School, Sheamus is now a two-time IWW champion, having defeated the legendary Vampiro at a memorable bout in Dublin's SFX last November. Now Sheamus is set to make his movie debut in gritty Irish thriller Three Crosses, joining a star-studded cast that includes supermodel Caprice, Uri Geller and Keith Duffy. By the way, kids, wrestling is fixed and Sheamus is a big girl. Wait! Who's that at the door? No Sheamus, we were only jokaaaaaaaaaaaaargghhhhhhhh!!!

18.05.06 - www.ShowBizIreland.com, [FULL STORY]
SOS Wrestles with Film Role... Irish Champion Heavyweight Wrestler and veritable Man-Mountain Sheamus O'Shaunessy has landed a film role in the movie 3CROSSES... The Figgis brothers want to set up a fight scene with Sheamus getting badly beaten by one of the movie's main men Hytham Martin (from band Eyesclosed ) to emphasise just how dangerous he is. Jonathan Figgis told us: "just the total contrast of a 6ft 6in monster getting the s*** kicked out of him by this violent character will immediately get it across to the audience that this guy means business..."

17.05.06 - The Mirror, Pg 11 by Maeve Quigley
Sheamus takes the fall for Movie... Irish wrestling champ Sheamus O'Shaunessy is taking a tumble for his first film role. Sheamus has landed a role in violent Irish film Three Crosses. But the heavyweight will have to ditch his unbeaten record for the film which also stars Keith Duffy & Samantha Mumba... The film - which is backed by spoon-bender Uri Geller - also stars model Caprice and TV Presenter Gail Porter.

09.05.06 - The Sun, Pg 19
Curses, he's the Champ!... Wrestler Sheamus O'Shaunessy isn't nicknamed 'The Irish Curse' by his rivals for nothing. The Strongman POUNDED two opponents in a Dublin tournament at the weekend. The IWW Heavyweight Wrestling Champ THRASHED Drew Galloway from Scotland and HAMMERED tough-guy Rage from England. The sensational four hour smackdown was recorded live at The Laughter Lounge in Dublin for the Wrestling TV channel...

09.05.06 - The Star, Pg 18
Curse of The Irish... It was grapples and grunts all round as Sheamus O'Shaunessy "The Irish Curse" fought Scotland's Drew Galloway and England's Rage... The IWW Heavyweight Champion successfully defended his belt at the Laughter Lounge, Dublin...

07.05.06 - Sunday Mirror, Pg 10 by Kevin McDonnell
Sheamus Out to Slam'em... Get ready to rrrrrumble - Ireland's very own Big Daddy is threatening to wrestle his opponents to the ground and become world champ. Giant Sheamus O'Shaunessy - who is nicknamed "SOS" or The Irish Curse - has vowed to take out all his opponents in his quest to become the undisputed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Heavyweight king... WWE has a massive following world-wide and Sheamus is heading off on a worldwide tour to claim the title... SOS will be be defending his Irish belt on Sunday night at The Laughter Lounge, O'Connell Bridge, Dublin. Good Luck Sheamus!

26.10.05 - www.ShowBizIreland.com, [FULL STORY]
SOS Beats D'Lo Brown... If you want a bet on the upcoming big Wrestling Event in the SFX Theatre on November 14th we recommend you put your money on SOS aka Seamus O'Shaunessy. The muscle-bound Dubliner pinned former WWE/WWF and Celebrity Wrestling presenter D'Lo Brown recently and brought the world title belt to Ireland. You can get more info on the event here: www.irishwhipwrestling.com