Pat Ingoldsby

Pat Ingoldsby is an Irish poet. 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 Since the mid-nineties, he has withdrawn from the mass media, and is most widely known for his books of poems, and his selling of them on the streets of Dublin. The poems in his books vary starkly between humorous and sad.

His other works

For adults

• Hisself (Play, Peacock Theatre, Dublin)
• When am I Gettin' Me Clothes (Play, Peacock Theatre, Dublin) (Later adapted for radio play on RTÉ Radio 1)
• Note: another of his plays ran in the Gaiety too, not sure which one though
• The Dark Days of Denny Lacey (radio play, RTÉ Radio 1)
• She Came Up From the Sea (radio play, RTÉ Radio 1)
• Fire Is Far Enough (radio play, RTÉ Radio 1)
• Liffey Ever Is (radio play, RTÉ Radio 1)
• The Peculiar Sensation Of Being Irish (short stories) (1995) ISBN 1-873548-31-1
• Laugh Without Prejudice (short stories) (1996) ISBN 1873548370
• In My Own Voice (Audio CD of Pat reading some poems)

For children

• Zaney Tales (short stories book)
• Rhymin' Simon (Play)
• Yeukface the Yeuk and the Spotty Grousler (Play)
• Tell Me A Story Pat (Audio Tape)