Daniel Mooney

Dan Mooney is a novelist, screenwriter, occasional broadcaster and remains involved in theatre in Limerick with both the College Players and the Torch Players. His first novel, Me Myself and Them, was the winner of the Luke Bitmead Bursary Award and has been published in Ireland, the UK and the US. His second novel, The Great Unexpected (August 2018), has also been optioned for the US market. His short film, The Apparel, written under the mentorship of Gerry Stembridge, was screened at several festivals and on RTÉ television.

The former radio broadcaster and air traffic controller spent six years in Expressive Arts from 1996 until 2002, where he discovered his love of theatre, both performing on stage and collaborating with the wider theatre community. He has kept that love of all things theatrical with Torch and College, where he has performed in Death of a Salesman, Bookworms, The Constant Wife, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Noises Off, to name a few.