Where was Siobhan in the early years of the show?
Siobhan did not appear on Ryan’s Hope until 1978, three years after it had premiered. It is hard to piece together exactly what she was doing during that time, as her history was obviously rewritten at some point along the way. When the show premiered, Siobhan was said to be working as a teacher in Oregon. Yet, later on, it was established that Siobhan was the youngest in the family, though Mary had supposedly graduated from college three weeks before the show premiered, so obviously Siobhan, who would have to be younger than Mary, was not old enough to be a teacher at that time. When Jack and Mary got married, Siobhan was still supposed to be in Oregon, but did not return home for the wedding like Kathleen did because she had the measles. At some point, it seemed to have been decided that Siobhan was in college in those early years, presumably in Oregon still. In fact, I believe I have read that, when she returned, it was established that she had been arrested in some form of student
