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Mad woman off The Den who used to chat about spiders and stuff

  • 30-08-2010 2:50am
    #1
    O Ro Wizard O
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭O Ro Wizard O


    Can anyone tell me the name of the woman who was on The Den (in the 90's)from time to time, chatting about all sorts of insects? she was on a few kids programmes i think. she was probably in her 40's at the time, Irish, very loud, country sort of accent and kind of mad but good craic(....i think)? It's wrecking my head trying to think of her name.

    could somebody please enlighten me?


Comments

  • #2
    Sasha Ancient Potassium
    Posts: 0 ✭ Sasha Ancient Potassium


    Eanna ní Lamhna - I think that is who you are thinking of.


  • #3
    Sasha Ancient Potassium
    Posts: 0 ✭ Sasha Ancient Potassium


    Eanna ní Lamhna

    I think thats who you are thinking of.


  • #4
    Danco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 153 ✭✭Danco


    Don Conroy?


  • #5
    Ilovelucy
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    She is on the Derek Mooney show now on Radio 1 at 3 o'clock. A very interesting woman.


  • #6
    WindSock
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    I love this woman, she seems like good fun. I Would like to meet her :)


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  • #7
    Ghost Train
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    WindSock wrote: »
    I love this woman, she seems like good fun. I Would like to meet her :)

    Yes, she comes across very well, very clear at explaining and lots of enthusiasm


  • #8
    mikemac
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    She is on the Late Late Show now and again

    Someone who is passionate about what she does


  • #9
    RayM
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    I remember hearing her (probably on The Den) insisting that spiders can't climb into a bath through the plughole. She was completely wrong about that and I've viewed her with a bit of suspicion ever since.


  • #10
    O Ro Wizard O
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭O Ro Wizard O


    Sasha Ancient Potassium wrote: »
    Eanna ní Lamhna - I think that is who you are thinking of.


    Yes! that's her alright! thank you for putting me out of my misery!!:D


  • #11
    The Don
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    I ran into her parking outside my house 2 weeks ago. I recognised her immediately as the lady from The Den who loved creepy crawlies but couldn't think of her name. She did seem to really love her job.

    I was leaving for the weekend and said she could pull into my space. Seemed like a nice woman for the few words we had.


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  • #12
    [Deleted User]
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    I remember this woman gave us a talk about genetics in dublin zoo back in december 2000 as part of our leaving cert biology class.


  • #13
    Ruu_Old
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    I saw 'Mad woman off the Den...' and said to myself, "has to be Mary Kingston!" :)


  • #14
    Rubik.
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    Ruu wrote: »
    I saw 'Mad woman off the Den...' and said to myself, "has to be Mary Kingston!" :)

    Yeah, same here.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkaW4yJgcxg


  • #15
    [Deleted User]
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    Rubik. wrote: »
    Yeah, same here.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkaW4yJgcxg

    Ha ha wrong thread. Thats the 'Mad woman off the Disney club' thread


  • #16
    greenbicycle
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    WindSock wrote: »
    I love this woman, she seems like good fun. I Would like to meet her :)

    She lectured me in DIT, she is just as mad in real life all the time as she is on TV/radio, mad as a badger i tells ya but very passionate about her work.


  • #17
    BluesBerry
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    She was on the panel a few years ago



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj87-Bd7fLs


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