Liam is a playwright, originally from Limerick, Ireland. His plays include He Dies in the End (Dublin Fringe 2025, First Fortnight Award Winner), Jilly Morgan’s Birthday Party (Belltable, Limerick 2024 and National Tour 2025), Anna’s Apartment, Fergal and Monkeys in the Garden (upcoming). His play Mam and Love and Woo received the Wilde Irish Writer Award and is currently in development, as is his new play The Dress. Liam co-created Boss Rob: A Masterclass for Aspiring Artists, a commission from Dublin City Council’s Creative Hubs Project (presented at IMMA and on tour.)
This year he was shortlisted for the Fishamble New Writing Award, the Phelim Donlon Bursary from the Irish Theatre Institute, the Prague Fringe Inspiration Award and received a special Judge’s Award for Innovation in Children’s Theatre from Dublin Fringe.
Liam has participated in Druid Theatre’s Fuel programme, Corcadorca’s Show festival, Branar’s Meitheal, Axis Assemble, and Words Words Words at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. He is a ‘6 in the Attic’ artist with the Irish Theatre Institute and an Arts Council Next Generation Award recipient. He has been a writer in residence at Belltable, Mary Immaculate College and at the Centre Cultural Irlandais.
Liam is curator of the the Bualadh Bos Children’s Festival in Limerick, and also facilitates the Bualadh Bos Children’s panel. He previously worked for the Ark Children’s Cultural Centre, Dublin.
Liam studied Drama and English at Trinity College, Dublin and at UC Berkeley. He holds an BA in Drama and Theatre Studies from the Samuel Beckett Centre and an MPhil in Irish literature from the Oscar Wilde Centre.
Email:
liam.mccarthyplays@gmail.com
More Links:
RTÉ Arena interview with Darren Yorke for “He Dies in the End”