Deirdre Purcell (1945 – 13 February 2023) was an Irish author, actress, and journalist.
[1] An Abbey Theatre actress, she played as Christine opposite Donal McCann in Drama at Inish, Miss Frost in the stage adaptation of The Ginger Man, and Pegeen Mike in The Playboy of the Western World.
Purcell published twelve critically acclaimed novels, including "Pearl and The Winter Gathering", all of which have been bestsellers in Ireland.
She was also a presenter of "It Says in the Papers" on Morning Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1.
Purcell lived in Beara Peninsula in West Cork with her husband, and had two sons.