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06 Sept 2025

Cloghan superstar releases documentary

Worldwide YouTube star from Offaly to appear on RTE Late Late Show

Cloghan YouTube superstar Sean McLoughlin, aka Jacksepticeye

The Cloghan YouTube superstar Seán McLoughlin has released a new documentary called “How did we get here?”
The 80 minute film was released last week as a ticketed livestreaming event on the Moment House platform. It will be made available through streaming services later in the year.
The documentary focuses on Seán's comedy tours of the US and Europe a couple of years ago. He tells jokes and stories on stage, while off stage he talks about his upbringing in Cloghan, revisiting his native village as well as Ballycumber and Athlone.
Nearly a decade ago Seán was unemployed and living alone in a cabin in Ballycumber. To fill the days he created a YouTube account and began uploading videos. The name for his channel was Jacksepticeye and he filmed himself playing, commenting upon, and reacting to video games. He quickly showed he had a gift for communicating, and his style of delivery proved very popular with young people.
More than 28 million people have now subscribed to his channel and he's become very wealthy.
Sean is now based in England from where he entertains his enormous number of fans from across the US and Europe.
His mother Florrie, brothers Malcolm and Simon, and sister Susan are all interviewed in the documentary.

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