Billy Roche
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Billy Roche is an Irish playwright born in 1949 in Wexford. Originally a singer with The Roach Band, he turned to writing in the 1980s.His most famous works include the plays The Wexford Trilogy (A Handful of Stars, Poor Beast In The Rain, Belfry), The Cavalcaders, Amphibians, On Such As We, the screenplay Trojan Eddie and the novel Tumbling Down. He was born in and still lives in Wexford and most of his writings are based there. As an Actor he has appeared in Aristocrats, The Cavalcaders, Man About Dog and Trojan Eddie. Billy Roche's collection of short stories, 'Tales from Rainwater Pond' was published in 2006.
