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John McManus playwright (born 1979), is an Irish playwright from Ballyconnell in County Cavan, Ireland.

In 2005 he won the RTÉ P.J. O’Connor Radio Drama Award, coming first for his play “No Hate Going To Loss”. His first stage play, "A Lock of Fierce Roars", received a staged reading by Druid Theatre Company. His play "The Quare Land" was first produced by Decadent Theatre Company at the Galway Arts Festival in 2010 and toured Ireland in 2013 it was directed by and starred Leitrim actor Seamus O'Rourke. It was then produced in New York at the Irish Repertory Theatre in 2015 as part of the Origin First Irish Festival where it won the Best Playwright award. John completed the New Playwright's Programme at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 2014.

In 2016 his play "Danger Money" toured Ireland with Seamus O'Rourke starring.

In 2020 he wrote “the Barber of Belcoo” which was commissioned especially for Culture Night 2020 and was played open air in the Cavan Buren.