Born | Maeve Ingoldsby 1942 Dublin, Ireland |
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Died | 29 September 2021 |
Occupation | playwright, author |
Language | English, Irish |
Nationality | Irish |
Period | 1978 onwards |
Genre | comedy, drama |
Relatives | Pat Ingoldsby (cousin) |
Maeve Ingoldsby (1947 - 2021)[1] was a former writer of the Raidió Teilifís Éireann radio show Only Slaggin' and former writer on RTÉ soap operas Glenroe and Fair City. She is a well-known playwright and satirist. She has also written numerous children's plays including Earwigs, which was awarded "Best Young Peoples' Production" at the Dublin Theatre Festival in 1995.[1] Two of her plays were the base for children's operas of Colin Mawby, commissioned and first performed by the National Chamber Choir of Ireland.[2]