Eugene McCabe

Eugene McCabe (born 1930) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, playwright and television screenwriter.

Eugene McCabe
Born1930 (age 89–90)
Glasgow, Scotland
OccupationNovelist, playwright, short story writer, farmer
Notable worksDeath and Nightingales, Cancer trilogy (Cancer, Heritage, Siege) Tales from the Poorhouse, King Of The Castle

Biography

Born to Irish emigrants in Glasgow, Scotland, he moved with his family to Ireland in the early 1940s.[1] He lives on a farm near Lackey Bridge, just outside Clones in County Monaghan.[2]

His play King of the Castle caused a minor scandal when first shown in 1964 and was protested by the League of Decency.[3] McCabe wrote his award-winning trilogy of television plays, consisting of Cancer, Heritage and Siege, because he felt he had to make a statement about the Troubles.[4] His 1992 novel Death and Nightingales has been called by Irish writer Colm Tóibín "one of the great Irish masterpieces of the century"[5] and a "classic of our times" by Kirkus Reviews.[6] He defended fellow novelist Dermot Healy by attacking a reviewer of his book, Eileen Battersby, in The Irish Times in 2011, using the Joycean cloacal invective "shite and onions", causing considerable controversy in the Irish literary community.[7][8]

List of works
Plays
  • A Matter of Conscience (1962)
  • King of the Castle (1964)
  • Pull Down a Horseman (1966)
  • Breakdown (1966)
  • Swift (1969)
  • Gale Day (1979)
  • Victims (1981)
Television plays
  • Cancer (1973)
  • Heritage (1973)
  • Siege (1973)
  • Roma (1979)
Novel
Novella
  • The love of sisters (2009)
Short story collections
  • Victims: A Tale from Fermanagh (1976)
  • Heritage and Other Stories (1978)
  • Christ in the Fields, A Fermanagh Trilogy (1993)
  • Tales from the Poor House (1999)
  • Heaven Lies about Us (2005)
Children's books
  • Cyril: The Quest of an Orphaned Squirrel (1986)
  • Cyril's Woodland Quest (2001)
Non-fiction
  • Shadows from the Pale: Portrait of an Irish Town (1996)

References
  1. "Clones Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
  2. Aosdána member information
  3. "Clones Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
  4. "Clones Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
  5. "Atlantic Monthly review of Death and Nightingales". Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
  6. Lovereading page for Death and Nightingales
  7. McCabe, Eugene (29 March 2011). "Another take on 'Long Time, No See'". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
  8. Jarman, Mark Anthony (8 July 2011). "A brilliant return for Dermot Healy". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
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