Michael Harding

Michael Harding

Michael Harding is a playwright and novelist. Most widely known as the author of such plays as Strawboys, Una Pooka, Misogynist, Hubert Murray’s Widow, Sour Grapes, and Amazing Grace, all produced by the Abbey Theatre, and more than a dozen other plays for leading Irish Companies. He has written three novels, Priest, The Trouble With Sarah Gullion, and Bird In The Snow. His memoir Staring At Lakes was published in 2013. He is a member of Aosdana.

The only thing I have to say about sexual morality is this . . .

. . . I wish that love could take away our hearts of stone and give us hearts of flesh

I made a mental note to give up alcohol. Again

An actor from the US told me to go wild, so I found myself at an Athlone drama festival

Penetrated by the wounds of a woman’s heart at Cúirt

Behind the scenes and in the audience at Cúirt

Searching for my soul among my abandoned saplings

Getting back to nature in search of my better nature

Sometimes I use the word ‘erotic’ randomly

The hug that’s more valuable than gold

‘You looked tired today.’ ‘I’m fine,’ I lied

‘I had a chat with the ghost of Patrick Kavanagh, not far from where he is commemorated with a seat and a bronze statue. He warned me against being inflated after my television appearance.’ Photograph: Eric Luke
‘Raglan Road’, a song that has served me well

'I had a chat with the ghost of Patrick Kavanagh...He warned me against being inflated after my television appearance'

A long day’s journey into the lives of three women

‘I’ve had a very interesting day. I met three wonderful women’

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