People

Eamon Kelly

1914 - 2001

Eamon Kelly was born in County Kerry. An actor and storyteller, he joined the RTÉ players in 1952 and performed in his own storytelling shows on stage, radio and television for many years. As an actor, he worked extensively with both the Gate and Abbey Theatres in Dublin and was nominated for a Tony award for his role in Brian Friel's Philadelphia, Here I Come.

Playwriting Credits

Play Title	Playwright
A Rogue of Low Degree	Eamon Kelly
English That For Me!	Eamon Kelly
In My Father's Time	Eamon Kelly
Scéal Scéalaí Eile	Eamon Kelly Tomás Mac Anna
Seo Scéal Eile	Eamon Kelly Tomás Mac Anna
The Rub of a Relic	Eamon Kelly
The Story Goes...	Eamon Kelly

Actor

Play Title	Playwright
A Crucial Week in the Life of a Grocer's Assistant	Tom Murphy (1)
A Rogue of Low Degree	Eamon Kelly
Aaron Thy Brother	Conor Farrington
Akbar agus an Shada Gorm	Máire Stafford Risteárd Ó Broin
An Baile Seo 'Gainne	Michael Judge Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha
Boss Grady's Boys	Sebastian Barry
By the Bog of Cats	Marina Carr
Cinder Eile	Risteárd Ó Broin
Cluichí Cleamhnais	Críostóir Ó Floinn
English That For Me!	Eamon Kelly
Eye-Winker, Tom-Tinker	Tom MacIntyre
Hatchet	Heno Magee
Hushabye Blondaí	Máire Stafford
In My Father's Time	Eamon Kelly
Kolbe	Desmond Forristal
Lig Sinn i gCathú	Risteárd Ó Broin Breandán Ó hEithir
Mise Raifteirí An File	Críostóir Ó Floinn
Philadelphia, Here I Come!	Brian Friel
Pocléim	Liam Mac Uistín
Prayers of Sherkin	Sebastian Barry
Scéal Scéalaí Eile	Eamon Kelly Tomás Mac Anna
Seo Scéal Eile	Eamon Kelly Tomás Mac Anna
Stone Mad	Fergus Linehan (1)
Tá Crut Nua ar na Sléibhte	Micheál Mac Liammóir Liam Ó Briain Micheál Mac Liammóir
The Devil at Work	Constantine Fitzgibbon
The Only True History of Lizzie Finn	Sebastian Barry
The Rub of a Relic	Eamon Kelly
The Saint and Mary Kate	Mary Manning (1) Frank O'Connor
The Story Goes...	Eamon Kelly
The Tailor and Ansty	P. J. O'Connor Eric Cross
The Weaver's Grave	Mícheál Ó hAodha Seumus O'Kelly
Three Sisters	Brian Friel Anton Chekhov
Ulysses in Nighttown	Marjorie Barkentin James Joyce