Shane Connaughton, Esq

    Shane Connaughton, Esq's Biography

    Forename(s)
    Shane
    Sex
    Male
    Date of Birth
    4/4/1941
    Surname
    CONNAUGHTON
    Style
    Shane Connaughton, Esq
    Recreations
    smelling flowers, my wife

    Shane Connaughton, Esq's Professional Career

    Career
    writer; actor in repertoire and Nat Theatre London and Abbey Theatre Dublin; Hennessy Award for Irish Fiction 1985, The Irish Post Award 1987

    Shane Connaughton, Esq's Publications

    Books and Publications
    Novels A Border Station (1989, shortlist GPA Literary Award), The Run of the Country (1991); Plays Sir Is Winning (1977, NT), Weston Coyney Cowboy (1975, Stoke-on-Trent), George Davis is Innocent OK (1976, Half Moon), Divisions (1981, Dublin Theatre Festival), Lily (1984, The Irish Co); Screenplays Every Picture Tells A Story (Channel 4), Dollar Bottom (1981, Oscar Best Short Film), My Left Foot (1990, Oscar nomination Best Adapted Screenplay), The Playboys (1992), O Mary This London (1994), The Run of the Country (1995), Tara Road (2005), various others for BBC and ITV

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