Fergal Casey
Dublin, Ireland
Fergal Casey was an IRCHSS Scholar at University College Dublin where he completed a PhD in Anglo-Irish Literature.
He taught Irish Literature and Children's Literature at University College Dublin. He also worked as a Film Critic and Correspondent for InDublin magazine and website, and later contributed film reviews to Dublinks.ie, and material on film and theatre to HeadStuff.org.
He delivered papers in Goldsmiths UL, Swansea University, University College Dublin, Queen's University Belfast, and St. Patrick's College DCU on, respectively, the film adaptation of Revolutionary Road, a philosophy of Absurdity in John McGahern, the influence of WB Yeats on GK Chesterton's first novel, Camus' philosophy of Revolt in McGahern, and parallels in 1970s novels by Richard Yates and John McGahern.
His research has been published in the Irish University Review, the Irish Studies Review, the Manchester University Press book Irish Catholic Identities, and the Peter Lang book John McGahern: Critical Essays.
He wrote several successful comedy scripts for University College Dublin's drama society Dramsoc, and later won several prizes (Thriller, Screenplay, Fiction) at the Graham Greene Festival in Berkhamsted in the UK.
He blogs weekly on film and culture at Talking Movies.