Fiach Mac Conghail, Director/CEO of the Abbey Theatre, Ireland’s national theatre to visit Villanova University on November 10th.
Fiach Mac Conghail has been Director/CEO of the Abbey Theatre, Ireland’s national theatre, since May 2005. He has produced over 100 productions for the Abbey Theatre, at home and abroad, including plays by Brian Friel, Tom Murphy, Frank McGuinness, Marina Carr, Paul Mercier, Mark O’Rowe, Sebastian Barry, Owen McCaf-ferty, Carmel Winters and Sam Shepard including 28 world premieres. He is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin. He is a founding member of the National Campaign for the Arts. Fiach Mac Conghail is an Independent Senator in the Irish Senate, having been nominated by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny in 2011. He was honored by the French Government with a Chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2013.
Form more information Contact: Joseph Lennon, Director, Irish Studies Program (joseph.lennon@villanova.edu • 610-519-4647) or Joyce Harden, Events (joyce.harden@villanova.edu)