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O'Brien's journalistic pseudonym is taken from a character (Myles-na-Coppaleen) in Dion Boucicault's play The Colleen Bawn (itself an adaptation of Gerald Griffin's The Collegians), who is the stereotypical charming Irish rogue. At one point in the play, he sings the ancient anthem of the Irish Brigades on the Continent, the song "An Crúiscín ...
Maguire was born in Ireland but now lives in London. [17] A Labour supporter, she opened at the Labour Party Conference for then leader Ed Miliband. [18] In 2016 Maguire used Twitter to live-tweet her menstrual cycle to Taoiseach Enda Kenny in protest at Ireland’s abortion laws, the coverage of which appeared major international newspapers, and Maguire was interviewed on BBC Worldwide, and ...
Irish satirical poets (3 P) Pages in category "Irish satirists" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Jones wrote five plays for the Replay Theatre Company, including Under Napoleon’s Nose (1988). The play for which she may be best-known is Stones in His Pockets, a play based on the idea of a Hollywood film company filming a movie in a small Irish village and the resulting impact on that community. [6]
Land of the Dead, a satire of post-9/11 America state and of the Bush administration; The Wicker Man, a satire on cults and religion; The Great Dictator, a satire on Adolf Hitler; Monty Python's Life of Brian, a satire on miscommunication, religion and Christianity; The Player, a satire of Hollywood, directed by Robert Altman
Howard is a record five-time Irish Book Award winner, collecting the Best Popular Fiction prize in 2007 for Should Have Got Off at Sydney Parade, in 2010 for The Oh My God Delusion, in 2013 for Downturn Abbey (each parts of the Ross O'Carroll-Kelly series), Non-Fiction Book of the Year in 2016 for the biography of Tara Browne, "I Read the News Today, Oh Boy" and a Special Recognition Award for ...
Aisling Clíodhnadh O'Sullivan, known professionally as Aisling Bea (/ ˈ æ ʃ l ɪ ŋ ˈ b iː / ASH-ling BEE), is an Irish comedian, actress and screenwriter.She created, wrote and starred in the comedy series This Way Up on Channel 4.
Josephine Edna O'Brien DBE (15 December 1930 – 27 July 2024) was an Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and short-story writer.. O'Brien's works often revolve around the inner feelings of women and their problems relating to men and society as a whole.