Background
Eugene McCabe was born on July 7, 1930, in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. He is a son of Owen McCabe, a publican, and Helen (MacMahon) McCabe, a teacher and musician. In the early 1940's, the family settled down in Ireland.
College Rd, Castleknock, Dublin, D15 PD95, Ireland
Eugene McCabe attended Castleknock College in Dublin.
College Road, Cork T12 K8AF, Ireland
In 1953, he graduated with Bachelor of Arts degree from the University College Cork.
Eugene McCabe with an Irish Fine Gael politician Heather Humphreys.
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"Scober" MacAdam is king of the castle. He has acquired by greed and exploitation a former "Big House" in Co Leitrim. But he is sexually impotent. Goaded by gossip, he devises a plot to impregnate his young wife. This latent savagery of Eugene McCabe's domestic tragedy discloses a series of wounds in the household and in the neighbouring community.
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1978
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"Death and Nightingales" is an epic story of love, deception, betrayal and revenge, set on a single day in the Irish countryside in 1883.
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1992
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This volume contains the novella "Victims" and stories "Heritage" and "Cancer". The book offers a vision of the situation in Ulster, that ranges from childhood confrontations to the force of passion, which leads adults to reprisals and murder.
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1993
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This is a re-issue of an O'Brien classic "Cyril the Squirrel". Cyril, a lonely orphaned red squirrel, sets off from his homeland to find others of his own kind. He meets danger and difficulty and has many exciting adventures. He also has to face the question of whether he will befriend his "cousins" the grey squirrels, whom he says he hates.
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2001
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In these twelve stories, McCabe plumbs the soul of the Irish border counties, where confusion, divided loyalties and heightened emotions are part of everyday life, whether that life is lived in the aftermath of "the great hunger" or in the face of the current Catholic/Protestant conflict. A master of arresting dialogue and intimate characterization, Eugene McCabe demonstrates his outstanding gift for short fiction in this revelatory and haunting collection.
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2004
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Eugene McCabe was born on July 7, 1930, in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. He is a son of Owen McCabe, a publican, and Helen (MacMahon) McCabe, a teacher and musician. In the early 1940's, the family settled down in Ireland.
Eugene McCabe attended Castleknock College in Dublin. Later in his lifetime, in 1953, he graduated with Bachelor of Arts degree from the University College Cork. In 1990, he received Legum Doctor degree from the University of Prince Edward Island in Canada.
During the period from 1955 till 1996, Eugene was a farmer. Also, in 1955, he began his career as a writer. His first play "The King of the Castle" was a success, when mounted in 1964. But when McCabe’s other works for the stage were less well received, the author turned to writing for television, where he earned greater acclaim.
McCabe’s three-part drama cycle about the situation in Northern Ireland, "Cancer, Heritage and Victims" was praised for a realistic and objective quality, that made it fresh and powerful to television viewers. The trilogy of dramas was based on earlier or simultaneously written works. For example, the screenplay for "Heritage" was adapted from "Heritage and Other Stories", which includes the novella "Heritage" and five short stories.
The screenplay for "Victims" was written in tandem with McCabe’s first novel "Victims: A Tale from Fermanagh", which tells the story of a kidnapping of dinner party guests by terrorists of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the ensuing siege by authorities. In "Victims", McCabe portrayed the different kinds of people, who are drawn to the IRA, including an alienated student, a psychopath and several devout farm workers.
McCabe’s later works include "Christ in the Fields", a collection of short stories, the historical novel "Death and Nightingales", which takes place in Ireland of the 1880's, and others.
(In these twelve stories, McCabe plumbs the soul of the Ir...)
2004("Death and Nightingales" is an epic story of love, decept...)
1992(This volume contains the novella "Victims" and stories "H...)
1993(This is a re-issue of an O'Brien classic "Cyril the Squir...)
2001("Scober" MacAdam is king of the castle. He has acquired b...)
1978Eugene is a member of Aosdána, an Irish association of artists.
Eugene married Margot Bowen, an air hostess, working at Aer Lingus, in 1955. Their marriage produced four children — one daughter and three sons.