Off-handedly, Jim said: "I heard Sinéad Cusack is his mother." It was true, Sinéad Cusack was his mother. Ironically, when it did appear, political commentators were convinced Boyd Barrett had leaked it to boost his campaign. When the actor and director Vincent Dowling died in 2013 Boyd Barrett confirmed that he was his father. In a way the play completed the circle for the men in the orbit of Sinéad Cusack.

Source: Irish Independent October 11, 2020 01:30 UTC