Career
He lives in Westmeath. Harding went to Saint Patrick"s College, Maynooth, initially graduating as a lay graduate. He taught for two years in Street Patricks College Cavan, then worked as a social worker in a prison.
He returned to Maynooth as a seminarian and was ordained in 1980, after which he went to work in a parish in Fermanagh.
He has published three novels: Priest (1986), The Trouble With Sarah Gullion (1988) and Bird in the Snow (2008). The Steward Parker Award for Theatre (1990) The Bank of Ireland Raidió Teilifís Éireann award for excellence in the arts (1990) The Hennessy Literary Award for short stories (1980) Best Actor, Dublin Theatre Fringe Festival (2004) for his performance in Gare Street Lazare"s production of Swallow.
Nominated Best Actor in a Supporting Role – British Theatre Management Awards (2006) The Tinker"s Curse, nominated for Best New Play at the Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards (2007) Staring at Lakes, Non-Fiction Book of the Year, 2013 Irish Book.
