Sebastian Barry

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Galway poet Rita Ann Higgins photographed at an Spiddéal. Photograph: Joe O’Shaughnessy/The Irish Times
Poetry of Rita Ann Higgins on Cúirt literary trail in Galway

Tributes were paid to the work of Galway poet Rita Ann Higgins in her native city yesterday when a bronze casting of one of her poems was unvei(...)

Love conquers: Pádraig O’Toole and Mary O’Hara in Galway. Photograph: Joe O’Shaughnessy
The harpist and the missionary: a love story

The bride forgot her wedding dress and had to drive 30 miles to fetch it. The groom left his suit hanging behind his bedroom door, across the Atlan(...)

Sebastian Barry: ‘I think a writer needs to have the gift of absence.’ Photograph: Alan Betson
The mystery of Sebastian Barry’s grandfather

When the old folks in the family start banging on about their parents or their childhood or – heaven help us – “the war”, most of us tune out or sl(...)

Janet Moran and Steve Blount in ‘Swing’
Behind the curtain: the dark arts of dramaturgy

The word “dramaturg” is not universally popular among the playwrights of Ireland. I was in a reading with one of my favourite writers, who gave out sp(...)

At the unveiling of their portraits in the Abbey Theatre last night were (from left) playwrights Tom MacIntyre with artist Colin Davidson and Sebastian Barry with artist Mick O’Dea. Photograph: Aidan Crawley
Abbey seeking to raise €1m from overseas donors

The Abbey Theatre is seeking to raise more than €1 million a year, mostly from overseas donors, over the coming years. The Abbey is currently seeking (...)

Psychiatrist Ivor Browne, pictured at his home in Ranelagh. Photograph: Dave Meehan
The Gentleman Browne

‘Is he still alive?” people keep asking. Yes he is, very much so, and is as challenging as ever. Visionary, revolutionary and preparing to take lea(...)

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor gives a stunning performance
Vaughan- Lawlor finds humanity in savage tales of the Rookie

In 1997, when Mark O’Rowe’s early short play Anna’s Ankle was staged by Bedrock at the Project, it carried a slightly unusual publicity quote, from th(...)

Johnny Ferguson inherited his parents’ appreciation for art and treasured a portrait of his father, Vincent Ferguson, painted by Basil Blackshaw.
Screenwriter for whom the green light still shines
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  • April 27, 2013, 06:00

The gritty thriller Gangster No. 1 , which was re(...)

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