Roddy Doyle (born 8 May 1958) is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of ten novels for adults, seven books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. Several of his books have been made into films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. Doyle's work is set primarily in Ireland, especially working-class Dublin, and is notable for its heavy use of dialogue written in slang and Irish English dialect. Doyle was awarded the Booker Prize in 1993 for his novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
Personal life and history
Doyle was born in Dublin and grew up in Kilbarrack, in a middle-class family. His mother, Ita Bolger Doyle, was a first cousin of the short story writer Maeve Brennan 4th class. Doyle graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from University College Dublin. He spent several years as an English and geography teacher before becoming a full-time writer in 1993. His personal notes and work books reside at the National Library of Ireland.
[Explicit] This event was recorded at Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C. on February 3, 2014.
Founded by Carla Cohen and Barbara Meade in 1984, Politics & Prose Bookstore is Washington, D.C.'s premier independent bookstore and cultural hub, a gathering place for people interested in reading and discussing books. Politics & Prose offers superior service, unusual book choices, and a haven for book lovers in the store and online. Visit them on the web at http://www.politics-prose.com/
published: 17 Mar 2014
Roddy Doyle on Roy Keane
Roddy Doyle discusses co-writing THE SECOND HALF with Roy Keane.
Buy THE SECOND HALF at: http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/roy+keane/roddy+doyle/the+second+half/10373871/
published: 17 Nov 2014
Roddy Doyle and Colm Meaney talk about the origins of Jimmy Rabbitte | RTÉ
Back to Barrytown - The Commitments airs on Sunday at 9.30pm on RTÉ One.
See more at: http://www.rte.ie/player
published: 13 May 2021
Roddy Doyle: The Waterstones Interview
Roddy Doyle's eleventh novel, Smile, is the kind of book that is difficult to talk about unless it's with someone else who has read it; a powerful novel with an ending that forces you to look at the whole book anew. We got the chance to speak to him about the real-life event behind this book, his love of dialogue and his work to help the writers of tomorrow find their own voices.
Smile is available now: http://bit.ly/2we70xy
published: 09 Sep 2017
Roddy Doyle - Family - Episode 2 - John Paul
published: 26 Aug 2013
Irish Writers in America: Roddy Doyle, Enda Walsh
This episode of “Irish Writers in America,” a new 13 part series from CUNY TV (City University of New York television station), features interviews with Roddy Doyle, the icon of Irish literature who broke onto the scene with the story of American pop music’s invasion of Dublin, The Commitments, and Enda Walsh, who won a Tony Award for his libretto of Once.
Roddy Doyle talks about how his experience of fatherhood is preserved in the shape of some of his most loved novels. He discusses how teaching kept him in touch with the world, the experience of his life and his art catching up with one another, and the lingering presence of the Irish language in the speech of his teenage son. He tells the story of self-publishing The Commitments for the price of a second-hand car and what it was like...
published: 08 Jan 2015
Writers Read: Roddy Doyle Master Class
Excerpts from Irish writer Roddy Doyle's master class presentation to writing students at Concordia University in Montreal
published: 17 May 2012
Roddy Doyle Interview
An interview with Roddy Doyle on Author magazine.
For more advice and inspiration, go to: http://www.authormagazine.org/
[Explicit] This event was recorded at Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C. on February 3, 2014.
Founded by Carla Cohen and Barbara Meade in 1984, Pol...
[Explicit] This event was recorded at Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C. on February 3, 2014.
Founded by Carla Cohen and Barbara Meade in 1984, Politics & Prose Bookstore is Washington, D.C.'s premier independent bookstore and cultural hub, a gathering place for people interested in reading and discussing books. Politics & Prose offers superior service, unusual book choices, and a haven for book lovers in the store and online. Visit them on the web at http://www.politics-prose.com/
[Explicit] This event was recorded at Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C. on February 3, 2014.
Founded by Carla Cohen and Barbara Meade in 1984, Politics & Prose Bookstore is Washington, D.C.'s premier independent bookstore and cultural hub, a gathering place for people interested in reading and discussing books. Politics & Prose offers superior service, unusual book choices, and a haven for book lovers in the store and online. Visit them on the web at http://www.politics-prose.com/
Roddy Doyle discusses co-writing THE SECOND HALF with Roy Keane.
Buy THE SECOND HALF at: http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/roy+keane/roddy+doy...
Roddy Doyle discusses co-writing THE SECOND HALF with Roy Keane.
Buy THE SECOND HALF at: http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/roy+keane/roddy+doyle/the+second+half/10373871/
Roddy Doyle discusses co-writing THE SECOND HALF with Roy Keane.
Buy THE SECOND HALF at: http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/roy+keane/roddy+doyle/the+second+half/10373871/
Roddy Doyle's eleventh novel, Smile, is the kind of book that is difficult to talk about unless it's with someone else who has read it; a powerful novel with an...
Roddy Doyle's eleventh novel, Smile, is the kind of book that is difficult to talk about unless it's with someone else who has read it; a powerful novel with an ending that forces you to look at the whole book anew. We got the chance to speak to him about the real-life event behind this book, his love of dialogue and his work to help the writers of tomorrow find their own voices.
Smile is available now: http://bit.ly/2we70xy
Roddy Doyle's eleventh novel, Smile, is the kind of book that is difficult to talk about unless it's with someone else who has read it; a powerful novel with an ending that forces you to look at the whole book anew. We got the chance to speak to him about the real-life event behind this book, his love of dialogue and his work to help the writers of tomorrow find their own voices.
Smile is available now: http://bit.ly/2we70xy
This episode of “Irish Writers in America,” a new 13 part series from CUNY TV (City University of New York television station), features interviews with Roddy D...
This episode of “Irish Writers in America,” a new 13 part series from CUNY TV (City University of New York television station), features interviews with Roddy Doyle, the icon of Irish literature who broke onto the scene with the story of American pop music’s invasion of Dublin, The Commitments, and Enda Walsh, who won a Tony Award for his libretto of Once.
Roddy Doyle talks about how his experience of fatherhood is preserved in the shape of some of his most loved novels. He discusses how teaching kept him in touch with the world, the experience of his life and his art catching up with one another, and the lingering presence of the Irish language in the speech of his teenage son. He tells the story of self-publishing The Commitments for the price of a second-hand car and what it was like for the book to become a hit movie. Explanations of how he went about creating one of his most famous characters, Henry Smart, and how he works to infuse his novels with the real sound of Dublin streets, create an impression of a novelist working at once from imagination and from his life.
Enda Walsh describes what it was like to be a student in Roddy Doyle’s high school classroom and how he came into his sense of himself as a writer. He talks about experiences with his first theater troupe back in Cork, Ireland, the bad plays they put on, the darkness people see in standout works of his such as Misterman and The Walworth Farce, and the impetus for his break-out success, Disco Pigs, which helped to launch the career of Irish actor Cillian Murphy. Interviewed in the beautiful American Irish Historical Society, Walsh explains the feeling of arriving on the backs of literary greats like Beckett and Joyce and his initial hesitations about writing the screenplay of Steve McQueen’s award-winning film about Bobby Sands, Hunger.
The story of the teacher and the student, this episode offers perspective on how the Irish literary tradition moves down the generations.
Taped: 12-03-13
A galaxy of 23 great contemporary writers share intimate thoughts about writing, creativity, and the influences of being Irish or Irish-American in a new 13-part television series, Irish Writers in America.
Watch more Irish Writers http://www.tv.cuny.edu/show/irishwriters/
This episode of “Irish Writers in America,” a new 13 part series from CUNY TV (City University of New York television station), features interviews with Roddy Doyle, the icon of Irish literature who broke onto the scene with the story of American pop music’s invasion of Dublin, The Commitments, and Enda Walsh, who won a Tony Award for his libretto of Once.
Roddy Doyle talks about how his experience of fatherhood is preserved in the shape of some of his most loved novels. He discusses how teaching kept him in touch with the world, the experience of his life and his art catching up with one another, and the lingering presence of the Irish language in the speech of his teenage son. He tells the story of self-publishing The Commitments for the price of a second-hand car and what it was like for the book to become a hit movie. Explanations of how he went about creating one of his most famous characters, Henry Smart, and how he works to infuse his novels with the real sound of Dublin streets, create an impression of a novelist working at once from imagination and from his life.
Enda Walsh describes what it was like to be a student in Roddy Doyle’s high school classroom and how he came into his sense of himself as a writer. He talks about experiences with his first theater troupe back in Cork, Ireland, the bad plays they put on, the darkness people see in standout works of his such as Misterman and The Walworth Farce, and the impetus for his break-out success, Disco Pigs, which helped to launch the career of Irish actor Cillian Murphy. Interviewed in the beautiful American Irish Historical Society, Walsh explains the feeling of arriving on the backs of literary greats like Beckett and Joyce and his initial hesitations about writing the screenplay of Steve McQueen’s award-winning film about Bobby Sands, Hunger.
The story of the teacher and the student, this episode offers perspective on how the Irish literary tradition moves down the generations.
Taped: 12-03-13
A galaxy of 23 great contemporary writers share intimate thoughts about writing, creativity, and the influences of being Irish or Irish-American in a new 13-part television series, Irish Writers in America.
Watch more Irish Writers http://www.tv.cuny.edu/show/irishwriters/
[Explicit] This event was recorded at Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C. on February 3, 2014.
Founded by Carla Cohen and Barbara Meade in 1984, Politics & Prose Bookstore is Washington, D.C.'s premier independent bookstore and cultural hub, a gathering place for people interested in reading and discussing books. Politics & Prose offers superior service, unusual book choices, and a haven for book lovers in the store and online. Visit them on the web at http://www.politics-prose.com/
Roddy Doyle discusses co-writing THE SECOND HALF with Roy Keane.
Buy THE SECOND HALF at: http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/roy+keane/roddy+doyle/the+second+half/10373871/
Roddy Doyle's eleventh novel, Smile, is the kind of book that is difficult to talk about unless it's with someone else who has read it; a powerful novel with an ending that forces you to look at the whole book anew. We got the chance to speak to him about the real-life event behind this book, his love of dialogue and his work to help the writers of tomorrow find their own voices.
Smile is available now: http://bit.ly/2we70xy
This episode of “Irish Writers in America,” a new 13 part series from CUNY TV (City University of New York television station), features interviews with Roddy Doyle, the icon of Irish literature who broke onto the scene with the story of American pop music’s invasion of Dublin, The Commitments, and Enda Walsh, who won a Tony Award for his libretto of Once.
Roddy Doyle talks about how his experience of fatherhood is preserved in the shape of some of his most loved novels. He discusses how teaching kept him in touch with the world, the experience of his life and his art catching up with one another, and the lingering presence of the Irish language in the speech of his teenage son. He tells the story of self-publishing The Commitments for the price of a second-hand car and what it was like for the book to become a hit movie. Explanations of how he went about creating one of his most famous characters, Henry Smart, and how he works to infuse his novels with the real sound of Dublin streets, create an impression of a novelist working at once from imagination and from his life.
Enda Walsh describes what it was like to be a student in Roddy Doyle’s high school classroom and how he came into his sense of himself as a writer. He talks about experiences with his first theater troupe back in Cork, Ireland, the bad plays they put on, the darkness people see in standout works of his such as Misterman and The Walworth Farce, and the impetus for his break-out success, Disco Pigs, which helped to launch the career of Irish actor Cillian Murphy. Interviewed in the beautiful American Irish Historical Society, Walsh explains the feeling of arriving on the backs of literary greats like Beckett and Joyce and his initial hesitations about writing the screenplay of Steve McQueen’s award-winning film about Bobby Sands, Hunger.
The story of the teacher and the student, this episode offers perspective on how the Irish literary tradition moves down the generations.
Taped: 12-03-13
A galaxy of 23 great contemporary writers share intimate thoughts about writing, creativity, and the influences of being Irish or Irish-American in a new 13-part television series, Irish Writers in America.
Watch more Irish Writers http://www.tv.cuny.edu/show/irishwriters/
Roddy Doyle (born 8 May 1958) is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of ten novels for adults, seven books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. Several of his books have been made into films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. Doyle's work is set primarily in Ireland, especially working-class Dublin, and is notable for its heavy use of dialogue written in slang and Irish English dialect. Doyle was awarded the Booker Prize in 1993 for his novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
Personal life and history
Doyle was born in Dublin and grew up in Kilbarrack, in a middle-class family. His mother, Ita Bolger Doyle, was a first cousin of the short story writer Maeve Brennan 4th class. Doyle graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from University College Dublin. He spent several years as an English and geography teacher before becoming a full-time writer in 1993. His personal notes and work books reside at the National Library of Ireland.
The Sun was shining across the field Burning bright with all his might In the shadows lingering The Moon was looking so sadly Why should he shine so bright? The day is is old, and it's the night No rain or storm could keep them from love, no No rain or storm could keep them from love, hey So the Moon across the field She told the Sun "you'd better run, run, run You'd better run, you'd better run It's my turn Sun" The day is through, it's time to start anew The day is through Then the night became as bright Because the Moon gave her light When the stars go join their friend Then the day came to an end It's all over, it's all over, it's all over Another day, another night The day is through, it's time to start anew And when the cycle ends another starts again Someone's looking at the sunlight Thinking that the moonbeams Are better than sunshine Someone's looking at the sunlight Dreaming that their nightmares Are better in the daytime Wish it would start, wish it would start