Deirdre Purcell

Deirdre Purcell (born Dublin 1945) is an Irish author. Purcell is a former Abbey Theatre actress, who has played as Christine opposite Donal McCann in Drama at Inish, Miss Frost in the stage adaptation of The Ginger Man, and Pegeen Mike in The Playboy of the Western World. Purcell is also a former TV and press journalist. She has been awarded The Benson & Hedges and Cross awards for journalism. She lived in Beara Peninsula West Cork. Since October 2009, she has presented All About the Music on RTÉ Lyric FM. She is a former presenter of "It Says in the Papers" on Morning Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1.