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Walter Macken (May 3, 1915 - April 22, 1967) (Irish Uaitéar Ó Maicín), was born in Galway
Galway

Galway is the fourth largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the only city in the province of Connacht in Republic of Ireland. The city is located on the west coast of Ireland....
, Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
. He was a writer of short stories, novels and plays. Originally an actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
, principally with the Taibhdhearc in Galway, and The Abbey Theatre, he played lead roles on Broadway
Broadway theatre

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 in M.J. Molloy's
M. J. Molloy

Michael Joseph Molloy was an Irish people playwright. He was born and died in Miltown, County Galway.Molloy originally intended to become a priest, but contracted tuberculosis as a young man....
 The King of Friday's Men and his own play Home is the Hero. He also acted in films, notably in Arthur Dreifuss' adaptation
Film adaptation

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 of Brendan Behan's
Brendan Behan

Brendan Francis Behan was an Irish literature poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright who wrote in both Irish and English. He was also a committed Irish Republican and a volunteer in the Irish Republican Army ....
 The Quare Fellow
The Quare Fellow

The Quare Fellow is a play by Brendan Behan, first produced in 1954.The title is taken from a Hiberno-English pronunciation of queer, meaning 'strange' or 'unusual'....
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Walter Macken (May 3, 1915 - April 22, 1967) (Irish Uaitéar Ó Maicín), was born in Galway
Galway

Galway is the fourth largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the only city in the province of Connacht in Republic of Ireland. The city is located on the west coast of Ireland....
, Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
. He was a writer of short stories, novels and plays. Originally an actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
, principally with the Taibhdhearc in Galway, and The Abbey Theatre, he played lead roles on Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 in M.J. Molloy's
M. J. Molloy

Michael Joseph Molloy was an Irish people playwright. He was born and died in Miltown, County Galway.Molloy originally intended to become a priest, but contracted tuberculosis as a young man....
 The King of Friday's Men and his own play Home is the Hero. He also acted in films, notably in Arthur Dreifuss' adaptation
Film adaptation

Film adaptation is the transfer of a written work to a feature film. It is a type of derivative work.A common form of film adaptation is the use of a novel as the basis of a film, but film adaptation includes the use of non-fiction , autobiography, comic book, scripture, Play , and even other films....
 of Brendan Behan's
Brendan Behan

Brendan Francis Behan was an Irish literature poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright who wrote in both Irish and English. He was also a committed Irish Republican and a volunteer in the Irish Republican Army ....
 The Quare Fellow
The Quare Fellow

The Quare Fellow is a play by Brendan Behan, first produced in 1954.The title is taken from a Hiberno-English pronunciation of queer, meaning 'strange' or 'unusual'....
. His son Ultan Macken is a well-known journalist in the print and broadcast media of Ireland.

Bibliography


Plays

  • Mungo's Mansion (1946)
  • Home is the Hero (1952)


Novels

  • Rain on the Wind (London
    London

    London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
    , MacMillan, 1950)
  • The Bogman (MacMillan, 1952)
  • Seek the Fair Land (MacMillan,1959)
  • The Silent People (MacMillan, 1962)
  • The Scorching Wind (MacMillan, 1964)
  • Quench the Moon
  • Brown Lord of the Mountain
  • Sullivan
  • Sunset on the Window Panes


Novels for children

  • Island of the Great Yellow Ox (MacMillan, 1966)
  • Flight of the Doves (MacMillan, 1968), which was adapted for the cinema.


Other works

  • I am Alone
  • The Green Hills (stories)
  • The Coll Doll and other Stories (which includes thirteen stories from The Green Hills)
  • God Made Sunday and other Stories


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