Patricia Mc Cann is a writer and an award-winning playwright. She was born in her grandmother’s flat in Fatima Mansions.  She has lived, and worked in Dublin 8 all her life. Patricia is the mother of five daughters and has recently retired from St James’s Hospital where she worked for over twenty years.

Patricia’s writing has been compared to that of the famous socialist and filmmaker Ken Loach. Her plays have been described in many reviews as everything theatre should be; real, believable, provoking, healing and life changing. They have been staged across Ireland in theatres, schools, colleges, community centres and churches.

Patricia utilises the unique power of theatre to influence profound social change particularly around issues that affect communities and society in general, such as domestic abuse, alcoholism, suicide awareness, HIV and our elderly population.

Her work has made theatre accessible to all; she has accomplished this through the raw truth of her social conscience. Patricia has clearly become a voice for communities, creating a forum, where we can finally open our hearts and minds in order to speak out about issues that affect us. She has an uncanny knack of being able to bring audiences on a journey of healing through laughter, tears and a sense of connection with each other.

Patricia is currently an artist in residence in Common Ground where she is working on her first short film documentary in collaboration with the Women Flower Sellers of Grafton Street. 

The film is funded by the Arts Council’s Artist in the Community Project Realisation Award, managed by Create, the national development agency for collaborative arts.

Patricia received an Agility Award from the Arts Council in 2024.