Pat Ingoldsby (born 1942[1]) is an Irish poet and TV presenter. He has
hosted children's TV shows, written plays for the stage and for radio,
published books of short stories, and been a newspaper columnist.
Since the mid-1990s, he has withdrawn from the mass media, and is most
widely known for his collections of poetry, and his selling of them on
the streets of Dublin (usually on Westmoreland Street or College
Green).In the 1980s, Pat hosted RTÉ children's TV shows named Pat's
Hat, Pat's Chat, and Pat's Pals. His plays include Bats or Booze or
Both (Dublin, Project Arts Centre, 1977); Hisself (Dublin, Peacock
Theatre, 1978); Rhymin' Simon (Peacock Theatre, 1978); When Am I
Getting' Me Clothes (Peacock Theatre, 1978); Yeukface the Yeuk and the
Spotty Grousler (Peacock, 1982); and The Full Shilling (Dublin, Gaeity
Theatre, 1986).In the early 1990s, he had a column in the Evening
Press (a now-defunct national Irish newspaper). These columns were
later collected in The Peculiar Sensation of Being Irish.
hosted children's TV shows, written plays for the stage and for radio,
published books of short stories, and been a newspaper columnist.
Since the mid-1990s, he has withdrawn from the mass media, and is most
widely known for his collections of poetry, and his selling of them on
the streets of Dublin (usually on Westmoreland Street or College
Green).In the 1980s, Pat hosted RTÉ children's TV shows named Pat's
Hat, Pat's Chat, and Pat's Pals. His plays include Bats or Booze or
Both (Dublin, Project Arts Centre, 1977); Hisself (Dublin, Peacock
Theatre, 1978); Rhymin' Simon (Peacock Theatre, 1978); When Am I
Getting' Me Clothes (Peacock Theatre, 1978); Yeukface the Yeuk and the
Spotty Grousler (Peacock, 1982); and The Full Shilling (Dublin, Gaeity
Theatre, 1986).In the early 1990s, he had a column in the Evening
Press (a now-defunct national Irish newspaper). These columns were
later collected in The Peculiar Sensation of Being Irish.
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