Eugene McCabe was born in Glasgow in 1930 but has spent most of his life in Ireland. For decades he farmed with his family near Clones on the Monaghan/Fermanagh border where he still lives.

He has published short fiction including 'Victims', 'Heritage' and 'Cancer', all of which have been televised, and a novel, Death and Nightingales.

His other plays include Breakdown and Swift as well as Gale Day and Pull Down a Horseman which are published by The Gallery Press.