Desmond Timothy Forristal was born in Dublin in 1930, and lived in Glasnevin.
Forristal's essay won the George Dempsey Memorial Prize in 1948, in Belvedere[1] He studied philosophy at University College Dublin and theology at Holy Cross College, Clonliffe, Dublin, where he was ordained a priest in 1955.
[3] Forristal and Fr Joe Dunn founded the independent film production company Radharc in 1959, in anticipation at the founding of RTE, which was involved in the production of programmes on topics relating to religious, historical and social issues.
[4] Forristal also contributed as a screen and drama critic to The Furrow, published in Maynooth.
His archive was donated to National University of Ireland, Maynooth, by his brother Fr.