Mary Mulvihill (1 September 1959 – 11 June 2015) was an Irish scientist, radio television presenter, author and educator.

[1] Mulvihill studied at Trinity College Dublin, where she was elected a Scholar in Natural Science in 1979, and graduated in 1981 with a degree in genetics.

[2] Mulvihill worked primarily as a self-employed freelancer, as a writer, broadcaster, and developing the online resource of Ingenious Ireland with its accompanying walking tours.

[3] Mulvihill was the creator and host of a number of popular science series for RTÉ Radio 1 and Lyric FM.

[4] Two of the radio series she developed centred on the collections of the National Botanic Gardens, Washed, Pressed and Dried (2007),[5] and of the Natural History Museum, Chopped, Pickled, and Stuffed (2006).

[1][8] A similar set of audio tours were developed by Mulvihill, in collaboration with Matthew Jebb for the National Botanic Gardens.

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