Theater His 2004 play
Defender of the Faith was produced at the
Abbey Theatre and won the
George Devine award for Best New Play in the UK & Ireland. His subsequent play
The Empress of India was a commission from the
Druid Theatre Company and directed by
Tony award winner
Garry Hynes. In 2007 Carolan served as Writer-in-Association at
Dublin's
Abbey Theatre Television Carolan created,
executive produced, and
wrote the crime drama
Love/Hate. The series ran from 2010 to 2015 on
RTÉ One and depicted the world of Dublin's gangs and their families. Carolan wrote all 28 episodes of
Love/Hate during its entire run, and won the
IFTA award for Best Television Screenplay for five consecutive years. The series went on to set Irish television records and became the most-watched Irish drama in history. In 2018 Carolan
executive produced and co-wrote
Taken Down for
RTÉ,
Freemantle, and
Arte, a crime series that explored the modern refugee crisis. In 2020 Carolan was
showrunner and executive producer of the television series
The Alienist: Angel of Darkness for
TNT,
Paramount Television, and
Anonymous Content. The series follows up the 2018
limited series The Alienist. ==Filmography==