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The Night Joe Dolan’s Car Broke Down
by Padraic McIntyre
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 15th December 2011
ISBN: 978-1-908817-18-1
Price: €12.99
Imagine being stranded with the legendary Joe Dolan in a rural pub in County Cavan on the night his car breaks down. That’s just the sort of fantasy scenario that’s imagined in “The Night Joe Dolan’s Car Broke Down” a play by Padraic McIntyre.
The play is set in ‘The Glenaduff Inn’ on a stormy St. Stephen’s night as people gather to celebrate the 60th birthday of local ‘cowboy’ The Horse Munley. As the storm worsens and people head home, a knock on the door brings the night’s entertainment to a new level. As the play unfolds so too do the secrets, the music and the craic.
About the Author:
Padraic McIntyre is a native of Bailieborough, Co. Cavan and trained as an actor at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff. He is a founder member and currently Artistic Director of Livin Dred Theatre Company based in The Ramor Theatre in Virginia, Co. Cavan.
Other writing includes: The Little Dance Girl (Livin Dred) Carnival at Glenaduff (Ramor Theatre) Going and Letting Everyone Down (Caomhnu Literary Festival) The Voice (Roscommon Youth Theatre) and A Holy Show (Ramor Theatre).
‘McIntyre writes with a rare ear for local accent, and a natural feel for the beauty of blighted lives.’
Colin Murphy
Irish Independent
