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 ...
(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) Bartender Michelle Flynn serves a pint of Guinness to a customer at the Irish pub Brendan Behan, ...
Nationwide on RTÉ One marks the centenary of Brendan Behan's birth with a special programme including an interview with his daughter Blanaid Behan.
Playwright and ­literary researcher Jimmy Murphy has discovered what he believes is the “lost” first play by Brendan Behan hidden in the archives of the National Library of Ireland.
There’s no bad publicity except an obituary. The Brendan Behan Quotation Book (Somerville Press, £6.99) is a new collection of Brendan Behan's best quotations compiled by Andrew Russell and ...
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 ...
Based on Irish poet Brendan Behan's experiences in a reform school in 1942. A 16 year-old Irish republican terrorist arrives on the ferry at Liverpool and is arrested for possession of explosives.