Former Glenroe star Isobel Mahon has said the end of the soap was a “huge loss” – but she admitted she felt “liberated” when it was axed.
The RTE show was sensationally axed in 2001 after 17 years on air.
Isobel, who played Michelle Haughey on the hit soap, said when she first started out acting, she thought it felt “important to be seen”.
She said: “I think when I began it, it was important for me to be seen.
“Call that dysfunctional but I think I wanted to be recognised or something back then.
“It was a huge loss. In one way I left liberated and in another way I felt lost.
“I got pregnant literally the week after Glenroe finished which just shows that life does have a sort of shape to it,” she told the Sunday Independent’s People & Culture magazine.
After Glenroe, Isobel embarked on a new career as a writer.
“I would always say to people;’Don’t think because I haven’t done it now, I can’t do it.’
“I started writing plays when I was 39.”
She began with a night course in UCD.
“Writing was something I’d always wanted to do, and I’d always meant to.
She released her first novel, Learning To Fly, this week – but had to self-publish her book as she’s been turned down by several publishers.
“I kind of felt like they were daft, because I felt it was a good book. I said, my lovely book, I owe it. It’s almost like your child.”
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