Cillian literally burst onto an unsuspecting world during Britain’s Got Talent in 2023 and immediately captivated the hearts of the entire nation, reaching the top three in the final.
His BGT performances online have now been the most watched of the entire series, reaching over 500 million views in just a few weeks.
Watch as Cillian interacts with the audience through HIS WORLD OF MAGIC. Cillian is the teenager from Donacarney near Mornington, Co Meathwho who won the admiration, as well as the hearts and minds, of Ireland and the United Kingdom during his recent appearances on the hugely popular Britain's Got Talent TV Show with Simon Cowell, among others.
He is a pupil at Drogheda Grammar School. Being autistic, when Cillian was first introduced to a magic trick at a young age, he became fascinated. “Someone showed him a simple trick with his thumb and it just blew his mind!” his dad told the Drogheda Independent in 2018, when Cillian was just eight years old. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx