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Eoghan Ó Tuairisc

1919 - 1982

Born in Ballinasloe, Co Galway in 1919. He worked as a primary school teacher until he decided to start writing full-time in 1961. Ó Tuairisc wrote novels, verse, drama and criticism in English and Irish. He learnt a great deal from time spent in the Abbey where he wrote pantomimes and revues in Irish. He also wrote under the English version of his name, Eugene Rutherford Watters.

Assistant Director

Play Title Playwright
Dragan '71 Tomás Mac Anna Seán Ó Briain

Original Songs by

Play Title Playwright
Ulysses agus Penelope Eoghan Ó Tuairisc