Maureen Charlton was an Irish playwright, poet and broadcaster.
14 Facts About Maureen Charlton
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Maureen Charlton was born Mary Farrell on 14 September 1930 in Dublin.
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Maureen Charlton was one of three daughters of Edward and Bridget Farrell.
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Maureen Charlton grew up in Mount Merrion, attending Loreto College, St Stephen's Green.
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Maureen Charlton was an art dealer and property developer, and owner of Apollo Gallery on Dawson Street, Dublin.
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Maureen Charlton went on to write a number of plays including Go where glory waits thee about the life of Thomas Moore, which was later adapted into a film and aired on RTE, Servants and masters which was performed first in 1971 at the Tailors' Hall, Dublin, Denis O'Shaughnessy goes to Maynooth based on a story by William Carleton, and The people against Mary Sheridan for television.
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Maureen Charlton continued to write short stories and poetry, but none were as successful as her earlier work.
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The poems about the life of Nora Barnacle, were originally part of a libretto by Maureen Charlton which was performed in the Dublin Theatre Festival of 1980 in the Eblana Theatre.
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Maureen Charlton worked with her sister and brother-in-law as an assistant editor of The Hibernia Magazine from 1964 to 1966.
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Maureen Charlton founded and edited six issues of Martello from 1982 to 1990.
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Maureen Charlton was a regular contributor to the Sunday Miscellany on RTE Radio, briefly worked as the Evening Press theatre critic, and sat on the board of various cultural institutions.
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Maureen Charlton was a member of the Irish Byron Society, hosting its annual midsummer garden party at her home in Blackrock, Newtown House.
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Maureen Charlton was an active member of Royal Dublin Society, the Cercle Stendhal de Grenoble, the Friends of Lord Edward Fitzgerald Society, and the Irish Georgian Society.
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Maureen Charlton died on 10 August 2007 in Blackrock Clinic, County Dublin.