James N. Healy (1916â€"1993) was an Irish actor, writer and theatre
producer.Healy was born in County Cork. In his youth he had
participated in Amateur theatricals. Until 1958 he was an accountant,
but turned to acting to make a living when the company for which he
worked failed. With two partners he founded the Southern Theatre Group
in Cork. They had great success with Sive (by John B. Keane) in 1959,
and went on to produce such plays as Many Young Men of Twenty, The Man
from Clare, the Year of the Hiker. He was later a founder member of
the Gilbert and Sullivan Group, with which he worked for several
years.Healy had always been a collector of songs and ballads and
appeared on several radio programs singing these, such as the Real
Blarney and Melodymakers. He has published many books of Irish
ballads.A collection of photographs, posters and programmes from the
theatre archive of James N. Healy was donated to Cork Library in 2012.
producer.Healy was born in County Cork. In his youth he had
participated in Amateur theatricals. Until 1958 he was an accountant,
but turned to acting to make a living when the company for which he
worked failed. With two partners he founded the Southern Theatre Group
in Cork. They had great success with Sive (by John B. Keane) in 1959,
and went on to produce such plays as Many Young Men of Twenty, The Man
from Clare, the Year of the Hiker. He was later a founder member of
the Gilbert and Sullivan Group, with which he worked for several
years.Healy had always been a collector of songs and ballads and
appeared on several radio programs singing these, such as the Real
Blarney and Melodymakers. He has published many books of Irish
ballads.A collection of photographs, posters and programmes from the
theatre archive of James N. Healy was donated to Cork Library in 2012.
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