Togadh i g Cill Bharrog e. Bhain se amach ceim i m Bearla agus tireolaiocht i g Colaiste na hOllscoile, Baile Atha Cliath .

Chaith se treimhse fada ag muineadh sular luigh se isteach go lanaimseartha leis an scribhneoireacht sa bhliain 1993 .

Rinneadh scannain de chuid da urscealta. Bhain se an Booker Prize sa bhliain 1993.

Ta conai air i mBaile Atha Cliath lena bhean cheile Belinda agus ta triur clainne orthu.

Eagraiocht e Fighting Words a bhunaigh Roddy Doyle agus Sean Love i mBaile Atha Cliath sa bhliain 2010 chun an scribhneoireacht chruthaitheach a spreagadh i measc paisti agus daoine oga faoi mhibhuntaiste. ^[2]

Cuireann an cumann ceardlanna ar fail anois do dhaoine o gach cineal culra.

Cuireadh tus sa bhliain 2019 le Fighting Words i g Conamara .

Ta leabhar leis, ‘Deireadh Seachtaine Craiceailte’ (‘Mad Weekend ’) le fail as Gaeilge. ^[1]

• Smile (2017)
• Charlie Savage (2019)
• Love (2020)

• The Commitments (1987, Scannan 1991) ?
• The Snapper (1990, Scannan 1993) ?

• The Van (1991, ar an ngearrliosta 1991 Booker Prize , Scannan 1997) ?
• Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (1993, 1993 Buaiteoir Booker Prize ) ?
• The Guts (2013)

• The Woman Who Walked Into Doors (1996) ?
• Paula Spencer (2006) ?

• A Star Called Henry (1999) ?
• Oh, Play That Thing! (2004) ?

• The Dead Republic (2010) -

• "The Slave" ?
• "Home to Harlem"
• "Teaching" ? New Yorker, 2 Aibrean 2007 .

• "Black Hoodie" ? McSweeney's Quarterly Concern #23, Bealtaine 2007.

• "The Dog" ? New Yorker, 5 Samhain 2007 .

• Cnuasach gearrscealta, The Deportees , Foilsithe 2008.

• Rory and Ita

• Brown Bread (1987)
• War (1989)
• The Woman who Walked into Doors (2003)
• Athscriobh ar The Playboy of the Western World (2007) le Bisi Adigun

• Family (1994) ? BBC sraith

• When Brendan Met Trudy (2000) ?

• The Giggler Treatment
• Rover Saves Christmas
• The Meanwhile Adventures

• Proifil Roddy Doyle ag Irish Writers Online Curtha i gcartlann 2005-02-16 ar an Wayback Machine