Máirín O'Donovan (born 22 February 1936), is an Irish actress, singer, and dancer.
She was born to Frank O'Donovan and Kitty McMahon, two prominent workers in showbusiness.
Her father became well known for portraying the character of Batty Brennan in the long-running soap opera The Riordans, and her uncle was writer and actor Harry O'Donovan.
[1] She married early at age 21, and because of this she gave up performing in order to raise her family.
As her children grew up, O'Donovan gradually spent more and more time performing.