John Keegan

Uncomplicated and gifted actor, who was already an established stage performer at the time of his death in 1998. In his comparatively short career he found work in all mediums, emerging first with the Lyric Players in two 1979 productions, as Peter Grant in John Boyd's 'Facing North' and playing multiple roles in Armand Gatti's political drama 'The Second Life of Tatenberg Camp'. In 1980, again at the Lyric, he played Martin Boyle in Tommy McArdle's adaptation of Eugene McCabe's television play 'Heritage' and a year later made his film debut as Liam Doyle, in Pat Murphy's Belfast set 'Maeve', in a cast which also featured a young Brid Brennan. Now regarded a Lyric regular, he was better placed for more substantial parts and in 1982 took leading roles in Martin Lynch's 'The Interrogation of Ambrose Fogarty' and John Boyd's Wildean snapshot, 'Speranza's Boy'. 1982 also saw his first television appearance in the much lauded mini series 'Harrys Game', playing a peripheral character credit