Roche, Anthony

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Friel, Brian

Friel, Brian (1929–2015), playwright and writer, was born near Omagh, Co. Tyrone, on either 9 or 10 January 1929 (he possessed separate birth certificates for both dates), the third child of Patrick ‘Paddy’ Friel and Mary Christina McLoone. He had two older sisters, Nanette and Mary,…

Martin, (Thomas) Augustine (‘Gus’)

Martin, (Thomas) Augustine (‘Gus’) (1935–95), literary scholar, critic, and educationist, was born 14 November 1935 at Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, the youngest of three girls and four boys in the family of Patrick and Cissy Martin. He was educated at the national school, Ballinamore,…

McNamara, Brinsley (John Weldon)

McNamara, Brinsley (John Weldon) (1890–1963), novelist and playwright, was born 6 September 1890 at Ballynacor, Hiskinstown, Co. Westmeath, the eldest son of James Weldon, a schoolteacher, originally of Ballinea, Mullingar, and Fanny Weldon (née Duncan). John attended his father's…

Molloy, Michael Joseph

Molloy, Michael Joseph (1914–94), playwright, was born 3 March 1914 in Milltown, Co. Galway, son of William Molloy (d. 1920), originally of Glenamaddy, Co. Galway, who ran a shop at Milltown, and Maria Molloy (née Tucker), a native of Claremorris and a teacher at Milltown girls’ school…

Murray, Thomas Cornelius

Murray, Thomas Cornelius (1873–1959), playwright, was born 17 January 1873 in Macroom, Co. Cork, the seventh of the eleven children of Cornelius Murray and Honora Murray (née Kelleher). When they moved to Macroom, his parents opened a business combining a meal and flour shop,…