Neil Donnelly (born 1946 in Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland) is a playwright and poet. He is a member of Aosdána, an association of Irish artists.
Career
In the 1970s Donnelly founded "Wheels," a theatre in education company that toured Great Britain.Harding, M. P. (1996:xx-xxi). New Plays from the Abbey Theatre: 1993-1995. United Kingdom: Syracuse University Press. Donnelly has written over 20 plays for stage and radio. He won the Harvey's Irish Theatre Award for Best Play in 1981 was the Abbey Theatre's writer-in-association in 1994. He has also held writer-in-residence posts in County Mayo (1993) and County Kildare (1999). Several of his works depict the Irish diaspora in England. In 2019 he directed a documentary about Aidan Higgins.
Personal life Donnelly lives in County Kildare. Selected works Poetry Tullamore Train (2012) Documentary film Where Would You Like The Bullet? (2019)
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