Brendan Behan was larger than life—a literary powerhouse, a raconteur, and a man who lived (and drank) with reckless abandon. Born in Dublin on February 9, 1923, he left an indelible mark on ...

Actor Adrian Dunbar has played Brendan Behan on the stage many times, and now sets out on a journey to discover the real story of the poet and playwright. He travels to all the cities Behan lived ...

Written in the 1930’s by a then 12-year-old rebel by the name of Brendan Behan, ‘The Laughing Boy’ laments the death of another iconic Irish rebel, the great Michael Collins. Years later ...