Pat McCabe

Overview

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Birthday
Mar 27, 1955 (70 years old)

Pat McCabe

Known For

Horslips: Return of the Dancehall Sweethearts
2h 15m
Movie 2005

Horslips: Return of the Dancehall Sweethearts

Documentary telling the story of seminal Irish Celtic rock band Horslips

The Butcher Boy
1h 50m
Movie 1998

The Butcher Boy

Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences.

Biography

Patrick McCabe (born 27 March 1955) is an Irish writer. Known for his mostly dark and violent novels set in contemporary—often small-town—Ireland, McCabe has been twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize, for The Butcher Boy (1992) and Breakfast on Pluto (1998), both of which have been made into films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Patrick McCabe (novelist), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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