Roddy Doyle Biography

Birth of Roddy Doyle

Writes the Play, Brownbread"

Publication of "The Snapper". Publication of "The Commitments"

Publication of "The Snapper". Publication of "The Commitments"

Publication of "The Barrytown Trilogy, a trilogy centred around the Rabbitte family

Winner of the BAFTA Award (Best Adapted Screenplay) for The Commitments

Publication of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, winner of the 1993 Man Booker Prize

Publication of "Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha"

Publication of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, winner of the 1993 Man Booker Prize

Publication of "The Woman Who Walked into Doors"

Publication of "A Star Called Henry the first book in a trilogy, telling the story of Henry Smart, an IRA assassin and 1916 Easter Rebellion fighter, from his birth in Dublin to his adulthood when he becomes a father

Publication of "A Star Called Henry the first book in a trilogy, telling the story of Henry Smart, an IRA assassin and 1916 Easter Rebellion fighter, from his birth in Dublin to his adulthood when he becomes a father

Publication of "Paula Spencer"

Winner of the Irish Pen Award

Publication of "The Dead Republic, final part of the Henry Smart trilogy

Winner of the French Literary Award ("Prix Litteraire des Jeunes Europeens") for The Snapper

Publication of "Two Pints"

The Commitments is adapted by Doyle for a stage show which begins in the West End in 2013

Publication of "The Guts, continues the story of the Rabbitte family from the Barrytown Trilogy