David Ireland

David is a playwright and actor from Belfast.

He won the Stewart Parker Award and the Meyer Whitworth Award in 2012 for Everything Between Us and was shortlisted for the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright 2016 for Cyprus Avenue. Cyprus Avenue also won the Irish Times Award for Best New Play and the James Tait Black Award in 2017. In 2018, Ulster American won a Scotsman Fringe First and the Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland for Best New Play.

His other plays include Not Now, Sadie, Yes So I Said Yes, The End of Hope and Can't Forget About You.

He has written several radio plays and, for television, two episodes of The Young Offenders (RTE/BBC/Netflix).

As an actor he is best known for playing Clare's dad in Derry Girls. He has also appeared in Still Game, Shetland, Taggart and Scots Squad.

He lives in Glasgow with his wife Jennifer and two children Ada and Elijah.