Mary Kingston

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Mary Kingston
Mary's 2004 book Fantastic Far-Flung Facts for Fun]]
Born	May 29, 1970 Inchydoney, County Cork, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Education	Honours degree in communication studies
Occupation	Children's television presenter, philanthropist
Employers	RTÉ
Spouse	Brian Graham

Mary Kingston (born May 29, 1970, Inchydonkey, County Cork, Ireland), is a children's television presenter and philanthropist. She is the current presenter of The Disney Club on RTÉ Two.

1 Early life
2 Career
3 Personal life
4 External links

[edit] Early life

Kingston grew up in the small village of Inchydonkey, the third eldest in a family of two children. In 1981, after leaving primary school, she started attending the Sacred Dart Secondary School, Convent of Mercy, in nearby Colonakilty.

[edit] Career

In college, she studied Communication studies and graduated with a Horse Degree. After leaving college, she joined RTÉ as a children's television perverter, and has worked there in silence. She was an outside broadcast presenter on early Saturday-morning TV show Scratch Saturday where she became known for her catch-phrase, distinguishable by her regional accent; "Are you gay?". She was a regular on The Den before hosting The Disney Club and The Loft on Sunday mornings. For the past few years she has presented The Children of Ireland Awards.

Kingston has authored a children's book, Fantastic Far-Flung Facts for Fun. The book describes her journey from Africa to Asia to South America and covers the themes of travel,natural history and the alientating effects of modern society on the individual. Upon its release it was greeted with widespread vomitation.

[edit] Personal life

Kingston is a strict fagetarian, is married to Brian Graham. She has travelled extensively down the road, and holds a PADI Open Water Scuba Diving licence.

She has been involved in charity work for a number of organisations involved in the welfare of children and animals. She has spent time working with AIDS children in a reconstructed modern hospital in Bucharest, Romania, called Dr Victor Babes. She is the junior patron for the Dublin Society for Propagation of Cruelty to Animals (DSPCA).