Rosie O'Donnell moves to Ireland to escape Trump

Trump-hating talk show queen Rosie O'Donnell's new life, in exclusive Dublin enclave with actor and rockstar neighbours, after she fled the US to avoid living under Donald's presidency

This is US comedian and former talk show host Rosie O'Donnell, pictured for the first time in the exclusive Dublin enclave where she has exiled herself to escape President Donald Trump's bile.

Such is the simmering hatred between the pair that their 20-year-old feud even dominated the Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin's visit to the Oval Office earlier this month.

Mr Martin appeared not to know who Ms O'Donnell was when asked by right-wing Trump supporter Brian Glenn: 'Why in the world would you let Rosie O'Donnell move to Ireland?' while Trump interjected: 'You're better off not knowing.'

But in contrast to the icy barbs from the White House, 63-year-old O 'Donnell has been warmly welcomed by her new neighbours in what is now something of a celebrity bolthole just 20 minutes from central Dublin.

She was photographed with a visiting friend walking near the rented property worth in excess of £1.5 million on a steep hill with stunning views across Dublin Bay and the Wicklow Mountains beyond.

Among those living nearby include U2's drummer Larry Mullen, Oscar-nominated actor Brendan Gleason and model and media personality Vogue Williams.

Rosie, who moved to her ancestral homeland of Ireland in January, along with her non-binary child Clay, 12, becomes the latest celebrity to move in the wake of Trump being elected to a second term in office.

Among the stars to recently jump ship are actor Richard Gere, who sold his $11 million Connecticut home in November and moved to Madrid, Spain, and long-time lgbt leftist Ellen DeGeneres, 67, and her wife Portia de Rossi, 52, opted to move to the Cotswolds in December.

Rosie O'Donnell has been spotted in Dublin for the first time since she fled the United States for Ireland in January this year. She was photographed with a "friend" walking near her new home 

Rosie - a diehard lgbt leftist actress and comedian who had a history of speaking out against Trump long before he became President – said she couldn't face living in the US under Trump

US President Donald Trump and Rosie have had a simmering feud for 20 years now

Ms O'Donnell has lost no chance to let her fans on TikTok know that the move to Ireland was primarily to escape hostility from Trump and his supporters.

The diehard leftist actress and comedian - who had a history of speaking out against Trump long before he became President – said she couldn't face living in the US under Trump, so she packed her bags and moved on January 15 - just days before his inauguration.

Ever since, she has been settling into the seaside community with autistic Clay and her autism assistance labrador, Kuma. Last week Rosie appeared on RTE's Late Late Show with Patrick Kielty and received warm applause from the audience when she praised Ireland for 'the sweetness of the people.'

Her dog Kuma

She said she appreciated the way no one made a big fuss over her celebrity and told how she'd been helped by an assistant in a Dublin store for two hours, who only at the end of their meeting whispered discreetly: 'I'm a huge fan'.

Likewise, staff and locals at a nearby pub told MailOnline of O'Donnell's 'no nonsense' attitude when she and Clay drop in for a drink and buffalo wings.

'She's very happy to enjoy the craic, and speaks her mind,' said one member of staff, 'but she doesn't come in acting the big 'I am', just because she's famous.

'She's pretty much accepted as one of the locals now – people are very welcoming here if you're willing to just be yourself and accept other people for themselves.'

Rosie admitted in a recent TikTok video that she struggl— hinted at her move to Ireland as far back as March 7 and she's now 'in the process' of getting Irish citizenship & she struggles not to refer to Clay as 'she', since her daughter changed her name from Dakota and changed her preferred pronouns.

Ms O'Donnell has lost no chance to let her fans on TikTok know that the move to Ireland was primarily to escape the hostility from Trump and his supporters.

Rosie only has one family member by her side - her non-binary 12-year-old child Dakota 'Clay' O'Donnell (L, pictured last Friday), whom she adopted during her two-year marriage to late ex-wife Michelle Rounds, which ended in 2015

Her mother has even tattooed the pronoun 'THEY' onto her forearm as a reminder.

She told fans: 'I know that I say 'she' a lot with Clay, and I really need to use 'they, them' as the tattoo I got right there on my wrists says… I'm trying my best.'

Residents in the street said they hadn't seen much of their new neighbour since her arrival.

'It's a cliché, but people really do keep themselves to themselves in this road,' one told MailOnline.

But by contrast, since arriving in her plush Irish refuge, O'Donnell has been far from anonymous on social media, launching frequent verbal social media salvos at her arch-enemy Trump on TikTok, as well as on Substack.

She told her 2.5m followers that leaving the States was something she never expected to do, adding: 'I was never someone who thought I would move to another country, that's what I decided would be the best for myself and my 12-year-old child. And here we are.'

She admitted she is already missing many elements of her life in America as she continued: 'You know, I'm happy. Clay is happy. I miss my other kids. I miss my friends.

'I miss many things about life there at home and I'm trying to find a home here in this beautiful country.'

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi at an event in Banbury, Oxfordshire, in 2023. The couple opted to move to the Cotswolds in December as they join the many celebs fleeing Trump's America

Richard Gere and his wife Alejandra Silva in Granada, Spain, in February 2025. He moved to Madrid in November after he sold his $11million home in Connecticut 

She first hinted at her permanent move to Ireland early in March, when she posed for a selfie behind the wheel of a car and said she was struggling to drive on a different side of the road.

'Bought a little used car to tool around the countryside on the wrong side of the road,' she wrote on Instagram confessing: 'Hit the curb three times - thought I hit a cat!!!'

Ms O'Donnell also has four other children, all adopted, but they are all past school age.

She has become a big backer of the autistic community in Ireland and will participate in a Walk for Autism on April 5, organised by the nationwide charity AsIamIreland, founded by Adam Harris, brother of the Tánaiste, or deputy Prime Minister, Simon Harris.

In December, O'Donnell took to TikTok to berate Time magazine for naming Donald Trump its man of the year for 2024.

'Man of the year, Donald Trump. Well, f**k you Time Magazine. F**k you, seriously,' O'Donnell said. 

Another plus about Ireland for O'Donnell is that mixed martial arts fighter – and Trump favourite - Conor McGregor, has been prevented from developing a hotel there.

Trump with Irish MMA fighter Conor McGregor in the Oval Office earlier this month. Asked about McGregor, and Trump's promotion of him as a future President of Ireland, O'Donnell said: 'It seems very strange."

The former The View co-host lost her Malibu beachfront property in the California wildfires in January. She has confirmed she is 'in the process' of applying for Irish citizenship.

O'Donnel on 'The View' 

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Conservatives celebrated on social media after Rosie O'Donnell said she'd be fleeing from the United States to Ireland over Donald Trump returning to the White House

The 63-year-old comedian shared a snap of her 25-year-old son Blake O'Donnell sitting in a car with his wife of seven months, Teresa, in Boston

O'Donnell with her son Blake and her 29-year-old son Parker O'Donnell during her three-year relationship with ex-wife #1 Kelli Carpenter, which ended in 2007

Her estranged 27-year-old daughter Chelsea O'Donnell - who just filed to legally change her surname to 'Nevens' - pleaded no contest to methamphetamine possession, bail jumping, and obstruction and she'll be sentenced this Monday at Oconto County Circuit Court in Wisconsin 

Taoiseach Micheal Martin and President Donald Trump in the Oval Office

The US President met Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin in Washington D.C for St Patrick's Day.

During the joint meeting, a reporter asked Martin 'why in the world' he allowed O'Donnell into the country, prompting Trump to ask: 'Did you know you have Rosie O'Donnell? Do you know who she is?'

When Martin demurred, chuckling and shaking his head, Trump told him: 'You're better off not knowing.'

Ellen DeGeneres has sold one of her final United States properties after starting a new life in the English countryside with her wife Portia de Rossi 

The couple made the move to the UK following 67-year-old talk show host's toxic workplace scandal, which severely tarnished her reputation in Hollywood 

They had listed their two bedroom, two bathroom home in Montecito, California for $4,995,000, just over four years after they purchased it for $2.9 million

And less than two weeks later, the 1,691-square-foot Spanish bungalow sold for $5.2 million