Creator: Doyle, Roddy (Keywords)

Two plays set in Barrytown, the fictional Dublin suburb of Roddy Doyle's "The Commitments", "The Snapper" and "The Van". "Brownbread" is the story of three young men who kidnap a bishop, and "War" takes place in the world of the pub quiz, where men are men and the questions sting like crazy.

Meet Charlie Savage: a middle-aged Dubliner with an indefatigable wife, an exasperated daughter, a drinking buddy who's realised that he's been a woman all along. Compiled here for the first time is a whole year's worth of Roddy Doyle's hilariousseries for the Irish Independent. Giving a unique v...

Meet Charlie Savage: a middle-aged Dubliner with an indefatigable wife, an exasperated daughter, a drinking buddy who's realised that he's been a woman all along. Compiled here for the first time is a whole year's worth of Roddy Doyle's hilariousseries for the Irish Independent. Giving a unique v...

The Commitments are a band with a mission - bringing soul to Dublin. Led by Jimmy Rabbitte, a man with ambition, coached by Joey 'The Lips' Fagan, an old man with a trumpet, protected by Mickah Wallace, owner of the most feared forehead in Barrytown.

The Commitments are a band with a mission - bringing soul to Dublin. Led by Jimmy Rabbitte, a man with ambition, coached by Joey 'The Lips' Fagan, an old man with a trumpet, protected by Mickah Wallace, owner of the most feared forehead in Barrytown.

In 2012, Roddy Doyle showed us the world anew: through the back-and-forth of two Dublin pub-dwellers. They chewed the fat, set the world to rights, slagged each other unmercifully. And along the way, they chased the ebb and flow and stupidity of the year right to the bottom of their pints. Today,...

Pat had been best friends with Joe Murphy since they were kids. But years ago they had a big fight, and they haven't spoken since - until the day before Joe's funeral. What? On the day before his funeral Joe would be dead, wouldn't he? Yes, he would.

Pat had been best friends with Joe Murphy since they were kids. But years ago they had a big fight, and they haven't spoken since - until the day before Joe's funeral. What? On the day before his funeral Joe would be dead, wouldn't he? Yes, he would.

In the three novels of 'The Last Roundup' series Roddy Doyle has told the whole history of Ireland in the 20th century. This novel opens in 1951 with Henry Smart returning to Ireland for the first time since 1922.

Booker Prize winning author Roddy Doyle is rude, silly and infectiously funny in this book for children. The Gigglers are magical pranksters who exact appropriate revenge on adults who have been mean to children.