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BornMaeve Ingoldsby
1942
Dublin, Ireland
Died(2021-09-29)29 September 2021
Occupationplaywright, author
LanguageEnglish, Irish
NationalityIrish
Period1978 onwards
Genrecomedy, drama
RelativesPat 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]

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  1. ^ a b Bourke, Angela (ed.). Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing: Irish women's writing and traditions. Vol. 2. p. 1283. ISBN 0-393-03046-6. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  2. ^ "Colin Mawby" (PDF). The Contemporary Music Centre Ireland. 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2011.


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