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Des Dillon (other)
Des Dillon may refer to: * Des Dillon (writer) (born 1960), Scottish writer * Des Dillon (rugby union) (born 1980), Irish rugby union footballer * Des Dillon (hurler) (1926–1964), Irish hurler and handballer {{hndis, Dillon, Des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Des Dillon (writer)
Derrick Daniel Dillon (born 8 June 1960) is a Scottish writer. He was Writer-in-Residence at Castlemilk from 1998-2000. He is a poet, short story writer, novelist, dramatist, broadcaster, screenwriter, and scriptwriter for TV, stage and radio. His books have been published in the US, India, Russia, Sweden, in Catalan, French and Spanish. His poetry has been anthologised internationally. Early years He was born in Coatbridge and studied English literature at Strathclyde University before becoming a teacher. Career His novel ''Me and Ma Gal'' (1995), chronicles a day in the lives of two best friends, Derek and Gal, set against the Coatbridge landscape of slagpits and steelworks, and was shortlisted for the ''Saltire Society Scottish First Book of the Year Award'', was included in ''The 100 Greatest Ever Scottish Books'' and won the World Book Day ‘We Are What We Read’ poll for the novel that best describes Scotland today. In ''Six Black Candles'' (2002) (a novel originally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Des Dillon (rugby Union)
Des Dillon (born 25 January 1980) is an Irish rugby union footballer. Dillon emerged as a schoolboy talent at Clongowes Wood College. He was captain of the Clongowes Wood College Senior Cup Team that won the Leinster Schools Cup in 1998. He played backrow and second-row for Leinster Rugby until he retired in 2007. He continued to play at amateur level for Blackrock College RFC in the AIL ( All Ireland League), becoming the club's captain. He played 67 times in total for Leinster Rugby Leinster Rugby ( ga, Rugbaí Laighean) is one of the four professional provincial rugby union teams from the island of Ireland and the most successful Irish team domestically. They compete in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby ..., scoring 4 tries. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Dillon, Des 1980 births Living people Irish rugby union players Leinster Rugby players Ospreys (rugby union) players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |