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Famine Trilogy
FAMINE [AN GORTA MÓR]: The facts of the Great Hunger in Ireland are well known. A million died and a million left for England and the New World over a four-year period. All this against a background of food being produced and exported to England. On top of that, landlords also took the opportunity to rid the land of troublesome peasants. This is the story of a family caught up in the struggle to survive. This play has had numerous productions over the years.

THOUSANDS ARE SAILING: The story of The Hannah, a coffin ship which, in 1849, transported Irish agricultural labours and their families from famine-torn Ireland to the New World – with tragic results.

BELFAST FAMINE [AN GORTA BEAG]: The Irish famine of 1879 was the last great famine to hit Ireland. Unlike earlier catastrophes, notably the great hunger of 1845-49, the 1879 famine, sometimes called the "mini-famine" or An Gorta Beag) was smaller in scale but disastrous for all that. Belfast Famine explores the effects of this famine on the lives of Belfast people who had to cope with the influx of refugees from the country desperate to escape to a better land. Hunger and disease visited itself upon the Belfast population with devastating results. A story of our times.

Book and Kindle https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B088BM4F3C?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

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Cooley Trilogy

A second generation Irishman returns to the land of his fathers for a period of peace and tranquility and general healing of the soul. His peace, however, is disturbed when characters from a local legend visit him in his lonely but idyllic cottage by the sea. A semi-biographical play populated by larger than life ghosts from a distant past. The first in a series of plays set in the Cooley Mountains, Co Louth. The second play, The Curse of Macha has a goddess who decides she wants to live with a mortal with consequences for all concerned. Tommy's wake concludes the trilogy with a typical Irish wake drama with family secrets pouring out with every scene.

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Belfast Girl/Celtic Kiss

Belfast Girl: Annie's marriage to Orangeman Billy is on the rocks and an unexpected visit from English Catholic Dave, who she hasn’t seen since her teens, brings matters to a head in an explosive manner. Annie’s brother Macca also has his own journey to make, as he has to choose between his best friend and his unionist allegiances on the one hand, and his familial loyalty to his sister on the other. The latest production stars Heidi Stewart and Roger Dane in a 2014 Ireland tour.

Celtic Kiss: Set in a North London Irish pub, Teresa is holding a wake for her dead husband. Her Celtic Tiger son is helping, alongside a Romanian barmaid. Their lives ravel together as preparations for the wake progress, aided and abetted by numerous bumps in the night! Sorry, another wake play!!! The play premiered at the London Irish Centre then later at the Lion & Unicorn, Kentish Town (Oct/Nov '17) starring Fiona McGahren, Rafaela Elliston and Robbie Martin.

Book and Kindle https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B087L4R3RF?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

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Pentameters cast Apr 2016

Easter 1916
The events of Easter 1916 in Dublin marks a decisive point in Irish history. This fast moving play chronicles the week that shook the might of the British Empire. The play was a Time Out Critics Choice when first presented at the King's Head in London and was a further hit with audiences when produced at Pentameters Theatre in Hampstead to mark the centenary of the rising in 2016.

Book and Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B087L8DBHB?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

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Collins in London
Much is known about the visits Michael Collins made to London as part of the treaty negotiations in 1921/22. However, much less is known about the nine years he spent in the capital working, at all places, at the Post Office Savings Bank. Lodging with his elder sister Hannie, Collins was fifteen when he moved to London where he remained until his call back to Ireland for the Easter Rising. This two- handed drama explores the years prior to 1916 and of course the time when he returns to London a totally different man altogether.

Book and Kindle https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B086Y3S9JP/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=collins+in+london&qid=1586539029&sr=8-4

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An Táin: Cattle Raid of Cooley
A re-telling of the An Táin legend taken from the Ulster Cycle. Queen Maeve desires the Brown Bull of Cooley and after an unsuccessful attempt to obtain the bull by peaceful means, she decides to mount a cattle raid which turns into a bloody war which she cannot hope to win. Other characters in the play includes the Irish legendary hero Cuchulainn.

Book/Kindle https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B087LXPT7P

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Ronan and Tommy

My Father's Watch
written by the youngest member of the Maguire Seven (unlawfully imprisoned for bomb making activities in the 70’s), takes the audience through Patrick's life from his working class childhood in West London to his challenges since leaving prison. Listen to Patrick and Tommy on Ulster Radio's Arts Extra 24th May 2013.

Amazon Kindle https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0892HX1MV?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7dXNRTXIipo#! and check out his interview in the Belfast Telegraph. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/woman/life/patrick-maguire-a-time-to-heal-29305975.html