Ciaran is an actor, stunt performer, stage combat instructor, and fight director. He is a member of Stunt Register Ireland and has performed stunts on a number of productions including Penny Dreadful, Vikings, Pilgrimage, Red Rock, and Jekyll & Hyde among others. He has taught stage combat at the Gaiety School of Acting and the Lir Academy of Dramatic Art (Trinity College) among many other institutions throughout Ireland. He is a prolific fight director on the Irish theatre scene and has choreographed fights for a great many stage productions including Twelfth Night, Heartbreak House, and the world premiere of Our Few and Evil Days (Abbey Theatre), Everything Between Us, Digging for Fire (Rough Magic Theatre Co.), Big Maggie (Druid Theatre Co.), White Star of the North (Lyric Theatre).