Rosaleen McDonagh is originally from Sligo and is the fourth eldest of twenty children.  She worked in Pavee Point for ten years and is a member of the Board of Directors.

Rosaleen now works as a playwright and has written The Baby Doll Project, Stuck, She’s Not Mine, and Rings.  In March 2012, Beat Him Like a Badger was part of the Tiny Plays for Ireland series.  In 2014 she worked with Graeae Theatre, which focuses on accessible aesthetics. Her latest play is ‘Mainstream’.  She is currently working on a stage adaptation of Colum McCann’s, Booker Prize winning novel Zoli. Rosaleen is the first Traveller to be elected to Aosdána.