Deirdre Purcell Explained
Deirdre Purcell (1945 – 13 February 2023) was an Irish author, actress, and journalist.
Early life and career
Deirdre Purcell was born in 1945 in Dublin, where she was also raised. She was educated at Gortnor Abbey in County Mayo.[1]
An Abbey Theatre actress, she played as Christine opposite Donal McCann in Drama at Inish, Miss Frost in the stage adaptation of The Ginger Man, and Pegeen Mike in The Playboy of the Western World. Purcell was also a television and press journalist.
Purcell published twelve critically acclaimed novels, including "Pearl and The Winter Gathering", all of which have been bestsellers in Ireland. She was appointed to the board of the Central Bank of Ireland in 2003 and was serving in 2008 when the Irish banking system collapsed.[2]
From October 2009, she presented All About the Music on RTÉ Lyric FM. She was also a presenter of "It Says in the Papers" on Morning Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1.
Purcell was awarded The Benson & Hedges and Cross awards for journalism.
Personal life and death
Purcell lived in Beara Peninsula in West Cork with her husband, and had two sons.[3] She died on 13 February 2023, at the age of 77.[4] [5]
Selected works
Novels
- Book: A place of stones . 1991 . Town House Dublin . 9780948524264 . Donnybrook, Dublin . 1280828554.
- Book: That childhood country . 1992 . Townhouse . 0-948524-43-X . Dublin . 29257667.
- Book: Falling for a Dancer . 2003 . Town House in association with Pan Macmillan . 9781860591945 . Dublin . 1280834659.
- Book: Ashes of roses . 1994 . Signet . 0-451-18246-4 . New York . 31509148.
- Book: Francey . 1994 . Macmillan . 0-333-58319-1 . London . 31604991.
- Book: Roses after rain . 1996 . Signet . 0-451-18630-3 . New York . 34659318.
- Book: Sky . 1996 . Macmillan . 0-333-63233-8 . London . 34474675.
- Book: Love like hate adore . 1998 . Town House . 1-86059-075-6 . Dublin . 39001496.
- Book: Jesus and Billy are off to Barcelona . 1999 . New Island . 1-902602-16-1 . Dublin . 44260691.
- Book: Entertaining Ambrose . 2001 . Macmillan . 0-333-71823-2 . London . 42699956.
- Book: Has anyone here seen larry? . 2002 . New Island . 1-902602-70-6 . Dublin . 49944735.
- Book: Marble gardens . 2002 . New Island . 1-902602-56-0 . Dublin . 48931194.
- Book: Last summer in Arcadia . 2004 . Headline . 0-7472-6793-6 . London . 56466239.
- Book: Children of Eve . 2005 . Hodder Headline Ireland . 0-7553-2621-0 . Dublin, Ireland . 57493509.
- Book: Tell me your secret . 2006 . Hodder Headline Ireland . 9780755328987 . Dublin . 1245807659.
- The secret (2006)
- Somewhere in Between (2007)
- Days We Remember (2008)
- Book: Pearl . 2011 . Headline Review . 978-0-7553-3227-4 . London . 701113305.
- Book: Winter gathering. . 2014 . Headline Review . 978-0-7553-3230-4 . [Place of publication not identified] . 869343696.
- Book: The Christmas voyage . 2017 . 978-1-4447-9949-1 . Dublin . 1008786657. Purcell . Deirdre .
- Book: The husband . 2017 . 978-1-4447-9941-5 . Dublin . 946161263. Purcell . Deirdre .
- Book: Grace in winter . 2019 . 978-1-4736-9991-5 . Dublin . 1112368756 . Purcell . Deirdre .
Series contributed to
- Finbar's Hotel (1999) (with Maeve Binchy, Dermot Bolger, Clare Boylan, Emma Donoghue, Anne Haverty, Kate O'Riordan)
- Ladies' Night at Finbar's Hotel (2000) (with Maeve Binchy, Dermot Bolger, Clare Boylan, Emma Donoghue, Anne Haverty, Kate O'Riordan)
Non-fiction
Notes and References
- Web site: Deirdre Purcell . Ricorso.net . 18 January 2019.
- Web site: Central Bank and Financial regulator Boards in 2008 . The Irish Independent. 4 May 2014. 11 December 2014.
- http://www.irishwriters-online.com/deirdrepurcell.html Deirdre Purcell
- Web site: Glennon . Nicole . 2023-02-13 . Beloved broadcaster and novelist Deirdre Purcell dies aged 77 . 2023-02-13 . Irish Examiner . en.
- News: Deirdre Purcell, popular novelist and broadcaster, dies at 77. The Irish Times. Ronan. McGreevey. 13 February 2023. 13 February 2023.