Cultural

• Cultural

  • Lived in Dorset Street, north Dublin
  • His family was shabby-genteel,Set his plays in the working class structure which he would've seen on the streets close by
  • His father died when he was six. His plays are dominated by hard-working and strong women such as Juno Boyle.
• Juno and the Paycock deals with the effect of the Irish Civil War on the working class poor of the city