Shane Connaughton (born 4 April 1941 in Kingscourt, County Cavan ) is
an Irish writer and actor, probably best known as co-writer of the
Academy Award-nominated screenplay for My Left Foot. He also co-wrote
the screenplays for the Academy Award-winning 1980 short film The
Dollar Bottom and 1992 film The Playboys, as well as other screenplays
and plays. He won the Hennessy Award in 1985.Connaughton is the author
of the books A Border Station (1989), The Run of the Country (1991),
and Big Parts (2009). He adapted The Run of the Country for the screen
in 1995 and published a book about its filming, A Border Diary, the
same year. A Border Station, a short story collection, was a
bestseller in Ireland and was shortlisted for the Guinness Peat Award.
His first two books are both set in the County Cavan village of
Redhills, where he grew up, and The Playboys and The Run of the
Country were filmed there.Connaughton attended Bristol Old Vic Theatre
School and has worked as a theatre and film actor, appearing in
Coronation Street, Mike Leigh's Four Days in July, Neil Jordan's The
Miracle, and The Playboys, among other roles.Connaughton is married
and has two children. He lives in London much of the time.
an Irish writer and actor, probably best known as co-writer of the
Academy Award-nominated screenplay for My Left Foot. He also co-wrote
the screenplays for the Academy Award-winning 1980 short film The
Dollar Bottom and 1992 film The Playboys, as well as other screenplays
and plays. He won the Hennessy Award in 1985.Connaughton is the author
of the books A Border Station (1989), The Run of the Country (1991),
and Big Parts (2009). He adapted The Run of the Country for the screen
in 1995 and published a book about its filming, A Border Diary, the
same year. A Border Station, a short story collection, was a
bestseller in Ireland and was shortlisted for the Guinness Peat Award.
His first two books are both set in the County Cavan village of
Redhills, where he grew up, and The Playboys and The Run of the
Country were filmed there.Connaughton attended Bristol Old Vic Theatre
School and has worked as a theatre and film actor, appearing in
Coronation Street, Mike Leigh's Four Days in July, Neil Jordan's The
Miracle, and The Playboys, among other roles.Connaughton is married
and has two children. He lives in London much of the time.
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