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Michael Nugent (born in 1961 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish writer. He has written or co-written five books and the comedy musical play I, Keano.

He attended St Aidan's CBS secondary school in Dublin, before graduating in 1983 from the Dublin Institute of Technology, where he was Students Union president. He worked as a graphic designer in the 1980s, and as an internet consultant in the 1990s. He supports the Dublin football club Bohemians, and the English club Leeds United. ^[1]

Contents 1 Writing Career 1.1 Works 1.2 Books 1.3 Theatre 1.4 Television 2 References 3 External Links

• I, Keano, comedy musical play with Arthur Mathews and Paul Woodfull, 2005
• Absurdly Yours – The Michael Nugent Letters, 2004 ISBN 1-84131-671-7
• That’s Ireland – A Miscellany, with Damien Corless, 2003 ISBN 1-84131-633-4
• Ireland on the Internet – The Definitive Guide, 1995 ISBN 0-86121-647-4
• Dear Me – The Diary of John Mackay, 1994 ISBN 0-86121-615-6
• Dear John – The John Mackay Letters, with Sam Smyth, 1993 ISBN 0-86121-550-8 (hardback ISBN 0-86121-530-3)

Absurdly Yours and Dear John are comedy books of prank letters to famous people, with real-life replies. Dear John was a number one bestseller in Ireland. As two examples, Nugent wrote to Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary with a proposal for developing airplanes with no seats, and he wrote to the Football Association of Ireland posing as a scientist who had developed a left-footed football. ^[2]

That’s Ireland – A Miscellany is a collection of unusual facts about Ireland. ^{[3] [4]} It reached the Irish bestseller lists. Dear Me is a satirical diary of a year in Irish politics. Ireland on the Internet was an early introduction to the then-emerging Internet in Ireland. After writing it, Nugent worked in the Internet industry during the late 1990s before returning again to writing.

Nugent, with Arthur Mathews and Paul Woodfull, co-wrote I, Keano, a comedy musical play about footballer Roy Keane leaving the Republic of Ireland national football team before the 2002 FIFA World Cup. ^{[5] [6]}

It is presented as a mock-epic melodrama about an ancient Roman legion preparing for war. In its first two years, over half a million people watched it, generating €10m ($13m) in ticket sales.^{[7] [8]} In January 2007, it began its third year of performances.

Various Irish television shows have interviewed Nugent about his work. These include morning shows such as Ireland AM on TV3; afternoon shows such as The Big Bite with David McWilliams and the Seoige and O'Shea show on RTE; and evening shows such as The Pat Kenny Show on RTE and The Gerry Kelly Show on UTV.

1. ^ How I Got Here Careers Feature, Irish Independent, 25 January 2007
2. ^ You Can Fool Some of the People Review of Absurdly Yours, Liam Mackey, Irish Examiner, 27 November 2004
3. ^ Reference Book of the Ridiculous Review of That’s Ireland, Sunday Business Post, 23 November 2003
4. ^ Two Wits to Woo Review of That’s Ireland, Henry McDonald, The Observer, 1 Feb 2004
5. ^ Review of I, Keano, Anthony Garvey, The Stage, 17 February 2005
6. ^ Review of I, Keano, James Ducker, London Times, 2 March 2006
7. ^ I, Keano Still Has Fans in Raptures Irish Examiner, 31 January 2007
8. ^ The Never Ending Story. Edel Coffey, Sunday Tribune Review, 4 February 2007

• Michael Nugent at IrishPlayography.Com
• Michael Nugent Website