BIOGRAPHY

John Gerard Kehoe was born in Dublin in 1948 of Wexford parents. His father, John, was born at Tincurry, Ferns. His mother Ann Kehoe, a native of Scarawalsh, was the Post Mistress of Oylegate until 1988. A self-taught painter, his famous painting, Vinegar Hill, 1798, was inspired by Nicholas Furlong. He published a book of plays, written between 1981-85, in 1993. The title of the book is ‘Plays’ by John Kehoe. Two of his one act plays The Interview and Guns for a Witness were performed by Michael Way and the Riff Raff Theatre Company in Wexford. Another play Lemon Moon has been read at the National Theatre and received favourable comment.