![]() ![]() Work Writer YearīAFTA award-winning series for BBC Television He was initially angered by the revelation, but eventually reconciled with the truth of his lineage. He did not know the truth about his parentage until he was informed by his cousin in 2002. Byrne was conceived from incestuous abuse between his mother and her father, Patrick McShane. His mother, Alice McShane, was married to Patrick Byrne when he was born. ![]() He was educated at the town's St Mirin's Academy and attended Glasgow School of Art from 1958 to 1963. John Patrick Byrne was born into a family of Irish Catholic descent in Paisley, Renfrewshire and he grew up in the Ferguslie Park housing scheme. ![]() Byrne is also a painter, printmaker and theatre designer. He wrote The Slab Boys Trilogy, plays which explore working-class life in Scotland, and the TV dramas Tutti Frutti and Your Cheatin' Heart. John Patrick Byrne (born 6 January 1940) is a Scottish playwright and artist. 2013 mural in the King's Theatre, Edinburgh ![]()
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