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Padraig Connolly, played by Brian F. O'Byrne
Brķan F. O'Byrne

Br?an Flynn O'Byrne is an Ireland actor who works mostly in the United States.O'Byrne first attracted notice for his performances in the Martin McDonagh plays The Beauty Queen of Leenane and The Lonesome West....
, is a fictional character on the HBO drama Oz
Oz (TV series)

Oz was an United States television drama series created by Tom Fontana, who also wrote or co-wrote all of the series' 56 episodes. It was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by Home Box Office....
.

risoner #01C972. Convicted February 28, 2001 - Illegal entry into the United States. Was held, pending deportation.

A Provisional Irish Republican Army
Provisional Irish Republican Army

The Provisional Irish Republican Army , is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation that considers itself a direct continuation of the Irish Republican Army that fought in the Irish War of Independence....
 (PIRA) member awaiting deportation, his case is unsuccessfully appeal
Appeal

In law, an appeal is a process for requesting a formal change to an official decision.The specific procedures for appealing, including even whether there is a right of appeal from a particular type of decision, can vary greatly from country to country....
ed by activist attorney Arnold Zelman. After Connolly is sent back to Oz, he is assisted by Irish inmate Ryan O'Reily
Ryan O'Reily

Ryan O'Reily is a main character in the television series Oz . He was portrayed by Dean Winters from 1997 to 2003.Character overview...
 in a plan to detonate a bomb.






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Padraig Connolly, played by Brian F. O'Byrne
Brķan F. O'Byrne

Br?an Flynn O'Byrne is an Ireland actor who works mostly in the United States.O'Byrne first attracted notice for his performances in the Martin McDonagh plays The Beauty Queen of Leenane and The Lonesome West....
, is a fictional character on the HBO drama Oz
Oz (TV series)

Oz was an United States television drama series created by Tom Fontana, who also wrote or co-wrote all of the series' 56 episodes. It was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by Home Box Office....
.

Character overview

Prisoner #01C972. Convicted February 28, 2001 - Illegal entry into the United States. Was held, pending deportation.

A Provisional Irish Republican Army
Provisional Irish Republican Army

The Provisional Irish Republican Army , is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation that considers itself a direct continuation of the Irish Republican Army that fought in the Irish War of Independence....
 (PIRA) member awaiting deportation, his case is unsuccessfully appeal
Appeal

In law, an appeal is a process for requesting a formal change to an official decision.The specific procedures for appealing, including even whether there is a right of appeal from a particular type of decision, can vary greatly from country to country....
ed by activist attorney Arnold Zelman. After Connolly is sent back to Oz, he is assisted by Irish inmate Ryan O'Reily
Ryan O'Reily

Ryan O'Reily is a main character in the television series Oz . He was portrayed by Dean Winters from 1997 to 2003.Character overview...
 in a plan to detonate a bomb. O'Reily has a change of heart and tries to stop Connolly from detonating the bomb, which turns out to be a dud anyway, and so the mission fails. After that point it can be assumed that Connolly is deported to England
England

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 to stand trial for the murder of a British officer in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

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.

Season 4 Part II


Connolly arrives in Emerald City, and is immediately admired by O'Reily and Unit manager Tim McManus
Tim McManus

Tim McManus is a fictional character on Home Box Office's prison drama Oz , played by Terry Kinney....
. In Em City, O'Reily offers friendship, which Connolly initially refuses as he is not concerned about a long term stay in Oz. As a member of the PIRA Connolly is immediately viewed as a threat by both the British government and several inmates. After he is involved in a fight with two such inmates, both O'Reily and Reverend Jeremiah Cloutier
Jeremiah Cloutier

Reverend Jeremiah Cloutier is a fictional character on the HBO prison drama Oz , played by Luke Perry....
 come to his defense.

Afterwards, Zelman tells him that his appeal to remain in the US has been denied and that he will be deported to England shortly. Needing protection, Connolly accepts O'Reily's offer in friendship and begins to help build a bomb that will destroy Oz and hopefully allow them to be freed. As the bomb is about to go off, O'Reily has a change in heart and warns everyone to leave Em City. McManus quickly evacuates it and has the S.O.R.T. team ready for action but the bomb is a dud and fails.

The S.O.R.T. team and COs then beat Connolly and drag him off to the hole. Shortly afterwards, a CO goes to the kitchen for a cigarette break. Unknown to him, the cooking gas taps were left on by Ryan O'Reily when he ran from the kitchen to stop Connolly from setting off the bomb. When he lights a match, the kitchen explodes and all of Em City is engulfed by flames. That is the last scene of the season. As nothing is said of Connolly in any subsequent episode the viewer is left to assume he was deported.