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Roddy Doyle

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Roddy Doyle (born 8 May 1958) is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. [1]

66 relations: A Star Called Henry, Academy Awards, Atheism, Author, BBC, Booker Prize, British Academy Film Awards, Click (novel), Cold Mountain (novel), Colorectal cancer, Contemporary Authors, Dave Eggers, Dermot Bolger, Dublin, Dublin City Council, Facebook, Family (1994 TV series), Father Ted, Fish and chips, Hiberno-English, Irish Book Awards, Irish constitutional referendums, 2015, Irish PEN Award, Irish people, Kilbarrack, Louis Armstrong, Maeve Brennan, National Library of Ireland, Novelist, Oh, Play That Thing, Open Door Series, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, Patrick McCabe (novelist), Paul Mercier (film director and playwright), Paula Spencer (novel), Playwright, Quick Reads Initiative, Raidió Teilifís Éireann, Roy Keane, Royal Society of Literature, Screenwriter, Serial (literature), Smile (Doyle novel), Suzanne Breen, The Barrytown Trilogy, The Commitments (film), The Commitments (musical), The Commitments (novel), The Dead Republic, The Deportees and Other Stories, ..., The Guardian, The Guts (novel), The Last Roundup (novel), The New Yorker, The Playboy of the Western World, The Snapper (film), The Snapper (novel), The Sunday Times, The Van (1996 film), The Van (novel), The Woman Who Walked into Doors, TheJournal.ie, University College Dublin, When Brendan Met Trudy, Wilson Pickett, 826 Valencia. Expand index (16 more) »

A Star Called Henry

A Star Called Henry (1999) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle.

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Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are a set of 24 awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership.

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Atheism

Atheism is, in the broadest sense, the absence of belief in the existence of deities.

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Author

An author is the creator or originator of any written work such as a book or play, and is thus also a writer.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Booker Prize

The Man Booker Prize for Fiction (formerly known as the Booker–McConnell Prize and commonly known simply as the Booker Prize) is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel written in the English language and published in the UK.

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British Academy Film Awards

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts or BAFTA Film Awards are presented in an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to film.

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Click (novel)

Click (2007) is a work of collaborative fiction written by David Almond, Eoin Colfer, Roddy Doyle, Deborah Ellis, Nick Hornby, Margo Lanagan, Gregory Maguire, Ruth Ozeki, Linda Sue Park, and Tim Wynne-Jones.

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Cold Mountain (novel)

Cold Mountain is a 1997 historical novel by Charles Frazier which won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.

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Colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer and colon cancer, is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine).

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Contemporary Authors

Contemporary Authors is an annually updated reference work published by Gale Cengage.

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Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers (born March 12, 1970) is an American writer, editor, and publisher.

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Dermot Bolger

Dermot Bolger (born 1959) is an Irish novelist, playwright and poet born in Finglas, a suburb of Dublin.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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Dublin City Council

Dublin City Council (Comhairle Cathrach Bhaile Átha Cliath) is the authority responsible for local government in the city of Dublin in Ireland.

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Facebook

Facebook is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California.

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Family (1994 TV series)

Family is a television drama mini-series that aired on RTÉ One and BBC1 in 1994.

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Father Ted

Father Ted is a British sitcom that was produced by British independent production company Hat Trick Productions for Channel 4.

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Fish and chips

Fish and chips is a hot dish of English origin consisting of fried battered fish and hot potato chips.

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Hiberno-English

Hiberno‐English (from Latin Hibernia: "Ireland") or Irish English is the set of English dialects natively written and spoken within the island of Ireland (including both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland).

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Irish Book Awards

The Irish Book Awards (officially: Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards) are Irish literary awards given annually to books and authors in various categories.

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Irish constitutional referendums, 2015

The government of Ireland held referendums on 22 May 2015 on two proposed amendments to the Constitution of Ireland.

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Irish PEN Award

Irish PEN Award for Literature is an annual literary award presented by Irish PEN since 1999.

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Irish people

The Irish people (Muintir na hÉireann or Na hÉireannaigh) are a nation and ethnic group native to the island of Ireland, who share a common Irish ancestry, identity and culture.

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Kilbarrack

Kilbarrack (- Church of St. Berach or of young Barra) is a residential suburb of Dublin, Ireland, running inwards from the coast, about from the city's centre.

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Louis Armstrong

Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo, Satch, and Pops, was an American trumpeter, composer, singer and occasional actor who was one of the most influential figures in jazz.

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Maeve Brennan

Maeve Brennan (January 6, 1917 – November 1, 1993) was an Irish short story writer and journalist.

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National Library of Ireland

The National Library of Ireland (Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann) is Ireland's national library located in Dublin, in a building designed by Thomas Newenham Deane.

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Novelist

A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction.

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Oh, Play That Thing

Oh, Play That Thing (2004) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle.

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Open Door Series

The Open Door series, an adult literacy series of novellas by well-known Irish authors, was launched in the mid-1990s by Irish publisher New Island and author Patricia Scanlan.

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Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle, first published in 1993 by Secker and Warburg.

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Patrick McCabe (novelist)

Patrick McCabe (born 27 March 1955) is an Irish writer.

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Paul Mercier (film director and playwright)

Paul Mercier (born 1958 in Dublin) is an Irish playwright screenwriter, film and theatre director.

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Paula Spencer (novel)

Paula Spencer (2006) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle.

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Playwright

A playwright or dramatist (rarely dramaturge) is a person who writes plays.

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Quick Reads Initiative

Quick Reads are a series of short books by bestselling authors and celebrities.

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Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Raidió Teilifís Éireann (Radio-Television of Ireland; abbreviated as RTÉ) is a semi-state company and the national public service broadcaster of Ireland.

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Roy Keane

Roy Maurice Keane (born 10 August 1971) is an Irish football assistant manager and former professional football player.

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Royal Society of Literature

The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) is a learned society founded in 1820, by King George IV, to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent".

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Screenwriter

A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter for short), scriptwriter or scenarist is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs, comics or video games, are based.

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Serial (literature)

In literature, a serial, is a printing format by which a single larger work, often a work of narrative fiction, is published in smaller, sequential installments.

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Smile (Doyle novel)

Smile is a 2017 novel by Irish author Roddy Doyle.

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Suzanne Breen

Suzanne Breen (born 1967) is an award-winning Irish journalist.

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The Barrytown Trilogy

The Barrytown Trilogy consists of the first three novels by Irish writer Roddy Doyle and is first published as a trilogy in 1992.

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The Commitments (film)

The Commitments is a 1991 musical comedy-drama film based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Roddy Doyle.

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The Commitments (musical)

The Commitments is a musical written by Roddy Doyle.

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The Commitments (novel)

The Commitments (1987) (originally to be called The Partitions) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle, and is the first episode in The Barrytown Trilogy.

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The Dead Republic

The Dead Republic: A Novel is a 2010 novel by Irish author Roddy Doyle which concluded The Last Roundup trilogy.

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The Deportees and Other Stories

The Deportees and Other Stories is the first short story collection by Booker Prize-winning author Roddy Doyle first published by Jonathan Cape in 2007.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Guts (novel)

The Guts is a 2013 novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle.

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The Last Roundup (novel)

The Last Roundup is a series of three novels by Irish writer Roddy Doyle that began in 1999.

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The New Yorker

The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.

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The Playboy of the Western World

The Playboy of the Western World is a three-act play written by Irish playwright John Millington Synge and first performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, on 26 January 1907.

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The Snapper (film)

The Snapper is a 1993 Irish television film which was directed by Stephen Frears and starred Tina Kellegher, Colm Meaney and Brendan Gleeson.

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The Snapper (novel)

The Snapper (1990) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle and the second novel in The Barrytown Trilogy.

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The Sunday Times

The Sunday Times is the largest-selling British national newspaper in the "quality press" market category.

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The Van (1996 film)

The Van is a 1996 film, based on the novel The Van (the third in The Barrytown Trilogy) by Roddy Doyle.

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The Van (novel)

The Van is a 1991 novel by Roddy Doyle and the third novel in The Barrytown Trilogy.

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The Woman Who Walked into Doors

The Woman Who Walked Into Doors (1996) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle, adapted from the 1994 RTÉ/BBC miniseries Family.

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TheJournal.ie

TheJournal.ie is an internet publication in Ireland.

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University College Dublin

University College, Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD; An Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) is a research university in Dublin, Ireland.

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When Brendan Met Trudy

When Brendan Met Trudy is a 2000 film directed by first time director Kieron J. Walsh and written by Roddy Doyle.

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Wilson Pickett

Wilson Pickett (March 18, 1941 – January 19, 2006) was an American singer and songwriter.

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826 Valencia

826 Valencia is a non-profit organization in the Mission District of San Francisco, California, United States, dedicated to helping children and young adults develop writing skills and to helping teachers inspire their students to write.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roddy_Doyle

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