He played Christy Brown as a rough-and-tumble satyr rather than a disease victim.

One of his first patients was Christy Brown, a cerebral palsy patient who later became a notable author himself.

The film is a biography of Christy Brown, the late Irish painter and writer who had cerebral palsy.

Christy Brown grew up in a poor, working-class family, and became a writer and artist.

Christy Brown, the Irish author, painter and poet, was born in Crumlin.

The character is based on Christy Brown, a disabled Irish author.

I didn't know how to answer him because he was speaking to me as Christy Brown.

All the works are now available in the compendium The Collected Poems of Christy Brown.

It tells the true story of Christy Brown, an Irishman born with cerebral palsy, who could control only his left foot.

Christy Brown is taken to a charity event and meets his handler, a nurse named Mary Carr.