Donagh MacDonagh was an Irish writer, judge, presenter, broadcaster, and playwright.
11 Facts About Donagh MacDonagh
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Donagh MacDonagh was still a young child when his father Thomas MacDonagh, an Irish nationalist and poet, was executed in 1916.
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Donagh MacDonagh wrote a radio play, The Happy Day, about his time with Eleanor Bingham.
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Donnelly and MacDonagh were said to have been close friends.
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In 1935 MacDonagh was called to the Bar and practised on the Western Circuit.
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Donagh MacDonagh published three volumes of poetry: "Veterans and Other Poems", The Hungry Grass and A Warning to Conquerors.
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Donagh MacDonagh edited the Oxford Book of Irish Verse with Lennox Robinson.
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Donagh MacDonagh had three other plays produced: God's Gentry, Lady Spider and Step in the Hollow a piece of situation comedy nonsense.
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Donagh MacDonagh was married twice, to Maura Smyth and, following her death, to her sister, Nuala Smyth.
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Donagh MacDonagh had four children, two with Maura, and two with Nuala.
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Donagh MacDonagh died on 1 January 1968 and is buried at Deans Grange Cemetery.