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Leon Ó Broin

1902 - 1995

One of the founding members of An Comhar Drámaíochta, he fought in the Civil War in the Free State army. He was secretary to the Gaelic League and a civil servant from 1925 to 1967, becoming Secretary of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs during that time. He has numerous publications to his name, both in Irish and in English and he wrote original plays in Irish as well as translations of plays from various languages.

Playwriting Credits

Play Title	Playwright
An Chlósgríobhaí	Leon Ó Broin
An Fear ar an gCasán	Leon Ó Broin
An Mhallacht	Leon Ó Broin
An Oíche Úd i mBeithil	Leon Ó Broin
Rogha an Dá Dhíogh	Leon Ó Broin
Siamsa Gaedhael	Leon Ó Broin

Adaptations

Play Title	Playwright
Clann na Gealaighe	Leon Ó Broin Martin Flavin
Labhartar Béarla Annseo	Leon Ó Broin Tristan Bernard
Lapa an Ápa	Leon Ó Broin W.W. Jacobs
Ní Mar Síltear Bítear	Leon Ó Broin Eliot Crawshay-Williams
Ruairí Réamhráidhte	Leon Ó Broin John Brandane

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Play Title	Playwright
A Chéud Bhean	Pádraic Ó Conaire Pádraic Ó Conaire
An Bheidhlín Buadha	Risteárd Ó Foghludha Francois Coppée
An Chlósgríobhaí	Leon Ó Broin
An Chúis Dlighe	Liam Ó Rinn Roderich Benedix
An Fheilm	Seán Ó hÓgáin
An Gé Fiáin	Séamus Ó Tuama Teresa Deevy
An Mhallacht	Leon Ó Broin
An Saoghal Eile	Liam Gógan
Labhartar Béarla Annseo	Leon Ó Broin Tristan Bernard
Ní Mar Síltear Bítear	Leon Ó Broin Eliot Crawshay-Williams
Rogha an Dá Dhíogh	Leon Ó Broin

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Leon Ó Broin

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