Tributes to writer Tomás Mac Anna

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Tributes to writer Tomás Mac Anna (May 18, 2011)
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0518/1224297221397.html

Tributes were paid last night to playwright, actor and director Tomás Mac Anna, who died yesterday.

Mr Mac Anna (87) died peacefully at St Michael’s Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin, after an illness of some five weeks.

Abbey Theatre director Fiach Mac Conghail last night said Mr Mac Anna had “lived for the Abbey”. He was a great believer in Irish heritage, language and folklore, Mr Mac Conghail added.

Pat Moylan, chairman of the Arts Council said he was a “ giant of Irish theatre” who was woven into the Abbey’s fabric and history.

Minister for the Arts Jimmy Deenihan said: “As a writer, director and actor, [he] played a key role in modernising Irish theatre in both the Irish and the English language. He will be sadly missed and fondly remembered,” he said.

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