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James Butler’s background is in education and drama. He holds an MPhil in Creative Writing from Trinity College Dublin. For many years he taught in a school in Tallaght, setting up a theatre group who went on to write plays performed in the Civic Theatre. In 2005 his fi rst play for children, Stuck in the Mud, was nominated for an Irish Times Theatre Award. In 2011 his play for teenagers The Teen Commandments was included in the Trinity College London Anthology of Award Winning Plays. In 2016 his radio play The Carpet Clown was produced by RTÉ Drama On One as part of The PJ O’Connor Awards. His latest play, Scattered, explores the transition made by children from primary school to secondary, and was performed in Clonmel in 2018.

Dec 11, 2015

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Creatures of the Apocalypse

Jun 4, 2015

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Programming for Betfair

Mar 27, 2015

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Red Sky at Night

Jan 30, 2015

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The Copper Line

Jan 1, 2015

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American bravery displayed in the capture of fourteen hundred vessels of war and commerce

Oct 13, 2014

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The Adventures Of The Bamboo Viper

Jul 9, 2013

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Nov 15, 2012

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Earth Observing Systems

Aug 1, 2012

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Yorkshire CCC On This Day

Feb 23, 2012

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American Bravery Displayed

Feb 5, 2012

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Outlines of Practical Education

Jan 3, 2011

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A Letter from His Grace James, Duke of Ormond, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in Answer to the Right Honourable Arthur, Earl of Anglesey, Lord Privy-Seal, His Observations and Reflections Upon the Earl of Castlehaven's Memoires (1682)

Jan 2, 2011

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The Irish Colours Folded, Or, the Irish Roman-Catholick's Reply to the (Pretended) English Protestants Answer to the Letter Desiring a Just and Mercifall Regard of the Roman Catholicks of Ireland (1662)

Dec 30, 2010

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Dec 13, 2010

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The Horrid Conspiragie [sic] of Such Impenitent Traytors as Intended a New Rebellion in the Kingdom of Ireland with a List of the Prisoners, and the Particular Manner of Seizing Dublin-Castle by Ludlow, and His Accomplices (1663)

Dec 13, 2010

Cover of L'Oratione Del'eccellentissimo Signore Giacobo Duca d'Ormondia Signore Luogotente Regio d'Irlanda. Fatta 27 Di Settembre, 1662. Innanzi La Redunanza De'stati Qundo Prestava Loro Il Consentimento del Re Per Ordinar Diversi Statuti. (1664)

L'Oratione Del'eccellentissimo Signore Giacobo Duca d'Ormondia Signore Luogotente Regio d'Irlanda. Fatta 27 Di Settembre, 1662. Innanzi La Redunanza De'stati Qundo Prestava Loro Il Consentimento del Re Per Ordinar Diversi Statuti. (1664)

Jun 24, 2010

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The extent and limits of the subjection due to princes. A sermon preached on the 30th of January, 1746-7. ... By a country clergyman.

May 30, 2010

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Memoirs of the life of the late Duke of Ormond. Written by himself. ... Translated from the French.

May 30, 2010

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The Case of James Butler, Esq. Late an Officer in His Majesty's Navy, Respecting His Connexions with the House of Ormond.

May 30, 2010

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Memoirs of the life of his Grace, James, late Duke of Ormond, ... Extracted from his own private memoirs, lately printed at the Hague in French; and now first translated into English.

May 28, 2010

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A Justification of the Tenets of the Roman Catholic Religion; And a Refutation of the Charges Brought Against Its Clrgy [sic], by the ... Bishop of Cloyne. by Dr. James Butler. from the Dublin Edition, with Permission of the Author

May 28, 2010

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A Letter from the Most Reverend Doctor Butler, Titular Archbishop of Cashel, to the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Kenmare

May 27, 2010

Cover of A Justification of the Tenets of the Roman Catholic Religion; And a Refutation of the Charges Brought Against Its Clergy, by the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Cloyne. by Doctor James Butler.

A Justification of the Tenets of the Roman Catholic Religion; And a Refutation of the Charges Brought Against Its Clergy, by the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Cloyne. by Doctor James Butler.

Jan 12, 2010

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American Bravery Displayed, in the Capture of Fourteen Hundred Vessels of War and Commerce, Since the Declaration of War by the President