Hugh Leonard

Playwright

‘Insurrection’: Looking at 1916 through the eyes of 1966

RTÉ’s flagship Easter Rising series is being reshown for the first time in 50 years

Thu Mar 17 2016 - 08:12

Frank Kelly: Natural comedian and star of ‘Father Ted’

Frank Kelly: December 28th, 1938 - February 28th, 2016

Sat Mar 05 2016 - 01:00

Diarmaid Ferriter: New efforts to dramatise and document 1916 disappoint

Older programmes on 1916 may have been better at bringing Irish history to life

Sat Feb 20 2016 - 01:00

Gifted actor with string of successes in Ireland and on Broadway

Aideen O’Kelly: September 5th, 1936 - April 22nd, 2015

Sat May 09 2015 - 01:00

Gifted actor of RTÉ soaps and notable stage productions

Daphne Carroll: November 15th, 1923 - February 8th, 2015

Sat Feb 14 2015 - 11:40

Poetry of light in Micheal O'Siadhail's Booterstown home

Poet Micheal O’Siadhail wrote nine of his collections in this house, which has seen many a gathering of artists and writers, from Louis le Brocquy to John McGahern, as well as having had the creative treatment itself from Lawrence and Long Architects

Thu Oct 02 2014 - 00:00