Martin McDonagh
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Martin McDonagh is an Irish
Ireland
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-British
United Kingdom
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 playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...

, filmmaker, and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...

. Although he has lived in London his entire life, he is considered one of the most important living Irish playwrights.
McDonagh was born in Camberwell
Camberwell
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, London
London
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, England to Irish parents. His mother (originally from Killeenduff
Killeenduff
Killeenduff is a townland within the boundaries of the Roman Catholic parish of Easky, County Sligo in Ireland. Located about a mile from the village of Easky, it's home to the Split Rock...

, Easky
Easky
Easkey or Easky is a coastal village on the R297 regional road in County Sligo, Ireland. It is located on the Atlantic coast, 26 miles from Sligo and 15 miles from Ballina, County Mayo. The village name derives from the Gaelic term for fish and 'Iascaigh' literally means "abounding in fish," due...

, County Sligo) and his father (originally from Lettermullen
Lettermullen
Lettermullen is a small island on the west coast of Ireland in Connemara, County Galway situated approximately 36 miles from Galway city...

, Connemara
Connemara
Connemara is a district in the west of Ireland consisting of a broad peninsula between Killary Harbour and Kilkieran Bay in the west of County Galway.-Overview:...

, County Galway
County Galway
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) later moved back to Galway
Galway
Galway or City of Galway is a city in County Galway, Republic of Ireland. It is the sixth largest and the fastest-growing city in Ireland. It is also the third largest city within the Republic and the only city in the Province of Connacht. Located on the west coast of Ireland, it sits on the...

, leaving Martin and his brother (writer-director John Michael McDonagh
John Michael McDonagh
John Michael McDonagh is a British-Irish film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed The Guard. His brother is the playwright and filmmaker Martin McDonagh.-Films:In Little White Lies, Georgie Hobbs wrote:-As Writer:...

) to grow up in London.

He was awarded Critics' Circle Theatre Awards for Most Promising Playwright in 1996.
Separated into two trilogies, McDonagh’s first six plays are located in and around County Galway
County Galway
County Galway is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the city of Galway. Galway County Council is the local authority for the county. There are several strongly Irish-speaking areas in the west of the county...

, where he spent his holidays as a child.
 
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