Joseph Tomelty

Joseph Tomelty

Born March 5, 1911

† Died June 7, 1995

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Born in Portaferry, Joseph Tomelty grew up in a musical household, his father James “Rollicking” Tomelty’s fiddling shaping the young writer’s sensibility and later inspiring titles such as The Singing Bird and The Drunken Sailor. After co-founding Belfast’s Group Theatre in 1940 and serving as its manager for over a decade, he pursued a versatile career across film, television, radio and the stag…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

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