Pat Ingoldsby
Pat Ingoldsby was born in Dublin in 1942.
Widely broadcast on TV, Radio, since the mid-1990s
he has self-published and sold his work on the streets of Dublin, where
he is a well-known figure.
His poetry includes
You've Just Finished Reading This Title;
Rhyme Doesn't With Reason;
Up The Leg Of Your Jacket;
Welcome To My Head (Please Remove Your Boots) (1986);
Salty Water (1988);
Scandal Sisters (1990);
How Was It For You Doctor? (1994);
Poems So Fresh And So New ...Yahoo! (1995);
If You Don't Tell Anybody I Won't (1996);
See Liz She Spins (1997);
Half A Hug (1998);
Beautiful Cracked Eyes (1999);
The Blue E-Tee Wet! (2000);
Do Lámh I Mo Bhrístí (2001);
The Frenchwoman And The Sky (2003);
Once Upon A ’hide (2004);
I’m Out Here (2005); and
Can I get in the bath? (2007)
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).
He lives in Dublin.
