Native of Tullamore, the author Neil Donnelly has had three plays, The Silver Dollar Boys, Upstarts, and The Duty Master, performed at the Abbey Theatre. He was Writer-in-Residence in Mayo in 1993/94, Writer-in-Association, Abbey Theatre, Dublin in 1995.

His debut poetry collection, Tullamore Train, was published in 2012. He is the producer of Stories For The Ear, an extensive collection of narratives featuring writers from County Kildare, and has recently produced and directed Where Would You Like This Bullet? a 90 minute biopic of acclaimed Irish author Aidan Higgins. He is a member of the Irish Academy of Letters and Aosdána.

Photo credit: Carmel Hennessy