on the headstone over the plot to a secular wording, so that it would be inclusive of people of all religious beliefs and none. In 2015 Nugent wrote a tribute to his wife in the Irish Times in which he also wrote about coping with bereavement as an atheist. Writing Nugent has written, co-written or contributed to seven books and the comedy musical play I, Keano. Works I, Keano, updated revival of comedy musical play with Arthur Mathews and Paul Woodfull, 2015 Contributor to Who Owns Marriage?, 2015 Irish Evangelical Alliance, edited by Nick Park Contributor to Towards Mutual Ground - Pluralism, Religious Education and Diversity in Irish Schools, 2013 MichaelNugent.com, a blog about atheism, reason, skepticism and happiness, started in 2008 I, Keano, comedy musical play with Arthur Mathews and Paul Woodfull, 2005 Absurdly Yours – The Michael Nugent Letters, 2004 That's Ireland – A Miscellany, with Damien Corless, 2003 Ireland on the Internet – The Definitive Guide, 1995 Dear Me – The Diary of John Mackay, 1994 Dear John – The John Mackay Letters, with Sam Smyth, 1993 (hardback ) Theatre Nugent, with Arthur Mathews and Paul Woodfull, co-wrote I, Keano, a comedy musical play about footballer Roy Keane leaving the Republic of Ireland national football team before the 2002 FIFA World Cup. It was presented as a mock-epic melodrama about an ancient Roman legion preparing for war. In its first two years, over half a million people watched it, generating €10m ($13m) in ticket sales. It was updated and revived in 2015 after Roy Keane became assistant coach of the Ireland football team. Books Dear John was a number one best-seller in Ireland, co-written by Nugent and Sam Smyth. By writing prank letters, Nugent and Smyth convinced then Taoiseach Albert Reynolds to help the fictitious 'John' seek a grant from the Industrial Development Authority to produce dog bowls modelled on dinner plates; prompted Charles Haughey to meet 'John' to help fund a 'Bring Back Charlie' campaign, and provoked Pope John Paul II to pray for 'John's' children because his kids put condoms on the family chess-set bishops. The Irish Times included Ireland on the Internet among its top ten computer books of 1995. That's Ireland – A Miscellany, co-written with Damien Corless, was a hardback best-seller that included such trivia as that three in every ten TDs since 1922 have been called some variation of Paddy, Mick,