Gerard Mannix Flynn is an Irish writer, playwright, actor and politician. He was born in Dublin in May 1957. At age eight he was in court for stealing a box of chocolates and he was ultimately sent to St Joseph's Industrial School in Letterfrack aged eleven for eighteen months. He was subjected to sexual and physical abuse there. Later he spent time in the Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum. He also spent time in Marlborough House Detention Centre and St Patrick's Institution, Mountjoy.
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- Gerard Mannix Flynn is an Irish writer, playwright, actor and politician. He was born in Dublin in May 1957. At age eight he was in court for stealing a box of chocolates and he was ultimately sent to St Joseph's Industrial School in Letterfrack aged eleven for eighteen months. He was subjected to sexual and physical abuse there. Later he spent time in the Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum. He also spent time in Marlborough House Detention Centre and St Patrick's Institution, Mountjoy. He approached director Peter Sheridan on the street, remarked that he'd known an actor that had known Sheridan in Mountjoy, was invited to an audition immediately and was given a role in the play Mobile Homes. His autobiographical novel Nothing to say was published in 1983. In 2002 his semi-autobiographical play James X about a man suing the government and coming to terms with abuse he suffered in state institutions was produced in the Temple Bar Music Centre. He is a member of Aosdána. He appeared in the films Cal and When the Sky Falls. He was a candidate in the June 2009 local elections in Dublin, and was successfully elected as an independent councillor to Dublin City Council.
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- Gerard Mannix Flynn is an Irish writer, playwright, actor and politician. He was born in Dublin in May 1957. At age eight he was in court for stealing a box of chocolates and he was ultimately sent to St Joseph's Industrial School in Letterfrack aged eleven for eighteen months. He was subjected to sexual and physical abuse there. Later he spent time in the Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum. He also spent time in Marlborough House Detention Centre and St Patrick's Institution, Mountjoy.
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