Anne McCabe with fellow author Eoin Colfer (R).
Anne McCabe is an Irish author, writer and a television director who has won many awards for her social documentaries and original TV drama.
Anne once lived in a cottage in County Wicklow on a mountain near the site of the only avalanche ever to have happened in Ireland. This avalanche and Anne’s own deep connections to County Wicklow provide the inspiration for her first novel, Under The Avalanche.
Anne’s groundbreaking news reports for RTE about the Kerry Babies Case of the 1980’s sent shock waves across the country. It shone an uncomfortable light on the choices offered to women in Ireland. It also provided further inspiration for this family saga about three generations of women . . . and the men in their lives.
Anne’s characters are haunted by the shadow cast by the 1867 avalanche and the unfolding Kerry Babies Case, creating a story of secrets and shame in an Ireland of not-so-long ago.
Anne McCabe joined RTE, the Irish national broadcaster, as the youngest producer/director to date, where she worked in drama, documentary, current affairs and feature programming.
In 1993 she won a Jacob’s Award and a Celtic Award for her documentary about Dublin’s Aids orphans.
Anne was Series Producer of the weekly health programme Check Up which ran for five years. She also directed numerous episodes of the nation’s favourite soaps Glenroe and Fair City.
She went on to write and direct J.J. Biker, a movie about a haemophiliac with AIDs who wants to ride a Harley starring Brendan Gleeson, and Private Lives, an innovative drama series on psychotherapy.
In 1995 Anne joined the inaugural Irish-language broadcasting channel TG4 as Commissioning Editor for Drama and Documentary. She commissioned Gabriel Byrne to write the station’s opening night drama, Draíocht, in which he also starred.
She also established the hit Irish language drama series Ros Na Run.
Since 2000 Anne has worked as a freelance writer/director. She recently co-wrote the screenplay for TV3’s Jack Taylor, a crime thriller set in Galway which was based on the novels of Ken Bruen.
Anne is currently the Artistic Director of the national Irish language theatre, An Taibhdhearc, based in Galway City in the West of Ireland.
Under The Avalanche is her first novel.
Anne once lived in a cottage in County Wicklow on a mountain near the site of the only avalanche ever to have happened in Ireland. This avalanche and Anne’s own deep connections to County Wicklow provide the inspiration for her first novel, Under The Avalanche.
Anne’s groundbreaking news reports for RTE about the Kerry Babies Case of the 1980’s sent shock waves across the country. It shone an uncomfortable light on the choices offered to women in Ireland. It also provided further inspiration for this family saga about three generations of women . . . and the men in their lives.
Anne’s characters are haunted by the shadow cast by the 1867 avalanche and the unfolding Kerry Babies Case, creating a story of secrets and shame in an Ireland of not-so-long ago.
Anne McCabe joined RTE, the Irish national broadcaster, as the youngest producer/director to date, where she worked in drama, documentary, current affairs and feature programming.
In 1993 she won a Jacob’s Award and a Celtic Award for her documentary about Dublin’s Aids orphans.
Anne was Series Producer of the weekly health programme Check Up which ran for five years. She also directed numerous episodes of the nation’s favourite soaps Glenroe and Fair City.
She went on to write and direct J.J. Biker, a movie about a haemophiliac with AIDs who wants to ride a Harley starring Brendan Gleeson, and Private Lives, an innovative drama series on psychotherapy.
In 1995 Anne joined the inaugural Irish-language broadcasting channel TG4 as Commissioning Editor for Drama and Documentary. She commissioned Gabriel Byrne to write the station’s opening night drama, Draíocht, in which he also starred.
She also established the hit Irish language drama series Ros Na Run.
Since 2000 Anne has worked as a freelance writer/director. She recently co-wrote the screenplay for TV3’s Jack Taylor, a crime thriller set in Galway which was based on the novels of Ken Bruen.
Anne is currently the Artistic Director of the national Irish language theatre, An Taibhdhearc, based in Galway City in the West of Ireland.
Under The Avalanche is her first novel.
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