Background
Keane, John BRendan was born in Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland. Son of William B. and Hannah (Purtill) Keane.
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Writings include: (screenplay) The Field, 1990. (plays) Sive, 1959, Sharon's Grave, 1960, The Highest House on the Mountain, 1960, Many Young Men of Twenty, 1960, No More in Dust, 1961, The Man From Clare, 1962, The Year of the Hiker, 1962, The Roses of Tralee, 1965, The Field, 1965, Hut 42, 1965, The Rain at the End of the Summer, 1967, Big Maggie, 1969, Faoiseamh, 1970, Moll, 1971, The One-Way Ticket, 1972, The Change in Mame Fadden, 1971, Values, 1973, The Crazy Wall, 1973, The Matchmaker, 1975, The Good Thing, 1976, The Buds of Ballybunion, 1978, The Chastitute, 1980, Three Plays, 1990. (radio plays) Barbara Shearing, 1959, A Clutch of Duckeggs, 1970, The War Crime, 1976, The Talk Specific, 1979, The Battle of Ballybooley, 1980.
(essays) The Gentle Art of Matchmaking and Other Important Things, 1973, Strong Tea, 1976, Is the Holy Ghost Really a Kerryman?, and Other Topics of Interest, 1976, Unlawful Sex and Other Testy Matters, 1978, Stories from aKerry Fireside, 1980, Unusual Irish Careers, 1981. (poetry) The Street and Other Poems, 1961. (autobiography) Self-Portrait, 1964.
(shortstories) Death Be Not Proud and Other Stories, 1976, Irish Short Stories, 1981, More Irish Short Stories, 1987, Love Bites and Other Stories, 1991, The Ram of God and Other Stories, 1993, Christmas Tales, 1993, Innocent Bystander and Other Stories, 1994, Irish Christmas Tales, 1994. (novels) Durango, 1989, The Contractors, 1993, High Meadow, 1994. (series) Letters: including Letters of a Successful Technical Director, 1967,Letters of an Irish Parish Priest, 1970, Letters of an Irish Publican, 1974, Letters of a Love-Hungry Farmer, 1974, Letters of a Matchmaker, 1975, Letters of a Civic Guard, 1976, Letters of a Country Postman, 1977, Letters of an Irish Minister of State, 1978.
(other writings) Man of the Triple Name, 1984, Owl Sandwiches, 1985, The Bodhran Makers, 1986, The Power of the Word, 1989, The Celebrated Letters of John B. Keane, 1991, Letters to the Brain, 1993. Columnist: Dublin Herald, Limerick Leader.
John BRendan Keane
Edit ProfileEducation
Graduate, St. Michael's College, Listowel, 1946. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 1977.
Career
Chemist's assistant, Ireland, 1946-1951; pub owner, operator, Listowel, since 1955.
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Writings include: (screenplay) The Field, 1990. (plays) Sive, 1959, Sharon's Grave, 1960, The Highest House on the Mountain, 1960, Many Young Men of Twenty, 1960, No More in Dust, 1961, The Man From Clare, 1962, The Year of the Hiker, 1962, The Roses of Tralee, 1965, The Field, 1965, Hut 42, 1965, The Rain at the End of the Summer, 1967, Big Maggie, 1969, Faoiseamh, 1970, Moll, 1971, The One-Way Ticket, 1972, The Change in Mame Fadden, 1971, Values, 1973, The Crazy Wall, 1973, The Matchmaker, 1975, The Good Thing, 1976, The Buds of Ballybunion, 1978, The Chastitute, 1980, Three Plays, 1990. (radio plays) Barbara Shearing, 1959, A Clutch of Duckeggs, 1970, The War Crime, 1976, The Talk Specific, 1979, The Battle of Ballybooley, 1980.
(essays) The Gentle Art of Matchmaking and Other Important Things, 1973, Strong Tea, 1976, Is the Holy Ghost Really a Kerryman?, and Other Topics of Interest, 1976, Unlawful Sex and Other Testy Matters, 1978, Stories from aKerry Fireside, 1980, Unusual Irish Careers, 1981. (poetry) The Street and Other Poems, 1961. (autobiography) Self-Portrait, 1964.
(shortstories) Death Be Not Proud and Other Stories, 1976, Irish Short Stories, 1981, More Irish Short Stories, 1987, Love Bites and Other Stories, 1991, The Ram of God and Other Stories, 1993, Christmas Tales, 1993, Innocent Bystander and Other Stories, 1994, Irish Christmas Tales, 1994. (novels) Durango, 1989, The Contractors, 1993, High Meadow, 1994. (series) Letters: including Letters of a Successful Technical Director, 1967,Letters of an Irish Parish Priest, 1970, Letters of an Irish Publican, 1974, Letters of a Love-Hungry Farmer, 1974, Letters of a Matchmaker, 1975, Letters of a Civic Guard, 1976, Letters of a Country Postman, 1977, Letters of an Irish Minister of State, 1978.
(other writings) Man of the Triple Name, 1984, Owl Sandwiches, 1985, The Bodhran Makers, 1986, The Power of the Word, 1989, The Celebrated Letters of John B. Keane, 1991, Letters to the Brain, 1993. Columnist: Dublin Herald, Limerick Leader.
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Membership
Member Irish Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Consultative Assembly (president 1973-1974).
Connections
Married Mary O'Connor, January 1, 1955. Children: William Joseph, Conor Anthony, John Mary, Joanna Mary Colette.
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Religion
Roman Catholic