The Resume

(March 30, 1880-September 18, 1964)
Born in Dublin, Ireland
Birth name was John Casey
Wrote the plays 'The Shadow of a Gunman' (1923), 'Juno and the Paycock' (1924), 'The Plough and the Stars' (1926), 'The End of the Beginning' (1937), 'Red Roses For Me' (1942), 'Cock-a-Doodle Dandy' (1949), 'The Bishop's Bonfire' (1955) and 'The Drums of Father Ned' (1959)

Why he might be annoying:

He Gaelicized his name to Sean O'Casey, and on some early poems went all out, using 'Sean O'Cathasaigh.'
He supported the Soviet Union throughout his life, dismissing reports of Stalinist atrocities as propaganda.
The debut of 'The Plough and the Stars' in Dublin set off a riot over the belief that the play insulted the people who died in the Easter Rebellion against Britain.
He lived the rest of his life in exile in London.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was fired from an early newspaper job for not taking off his cap while collecting his wages.
He was a founding member of the St. Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band and played on their hurling team.
He was the first major Irish dramatist to write about Dublin's working class.
He followed James Joyce as the second author to have a bridge over Dublin's River Liffey named after him.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Born in Dublin, Ireland
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 31]
• Exiles
• I Did Not Graduate High School [N-S]
• I Died in 1964 (Ranked: 84)
• I Outlived My Child
• I was Cremated
• I was Cremated at Colder Green [London, England]
• Look at Me, I've Been Caught Smoking
• Male Pipe Smokers
• Playwrights
• Poets
• Profiles 29751-30000 (Ranked: 29957)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 76.47% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 12 Votes: 83.33% Annoying