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Sebastian Barry (born July 5, 1955 in Dublin) is an Irish playwright and novelist. He is the son of Francis Barry and Irish actress Joan O'Hara.

Barry wrote The Steward of Christendom and The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty, both of which are about the dislocations (physical and otherwise) of non-nationalist or loyal British Irish people during the political upheavals of the early 20th century. The character of Eneas McNulty, for instance, is a young man forced to leave Ireland by his former friends for his political beliefs during the Anglo-Irish War. His novel "A Long, Long Way" is on the shortlist for the 2005 Man Booker Prize.

Barry's great-grandfather, Thomas Dunne, who is the main character of The Steward of Christendom, was the chief superintendent of the (unarmed) Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) from 1913-1922 and loyal to the British Crown. He oversaw the area surrounding Dublin Castle until the Irish Free State takeover on January 16, 1922.

External links

• Sebastian Barry at www.contemporarywriters.com

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