May O'Flaherty
May O'Flaherty | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mary Angela Flaherty 14 May 1904 Youghal, County Cork, Ireland |
| Died | 27 March 1991 (aged 86) |
| Occupation | Book store proprietor |
May O'Flaherty (born Mary Angela Flaherty, 14 May 1904 – 27 March 1991)writer-in-residence schemes, and general environment, she patronised and befriended prominent Irish writers such as Patrick Kavanagh, Brendan Behan, and Seamus Heaney.[1][2][3]
Background
May was born on 14 May 1904 in
furrier's on Grafton Street for a time.[4]
Parsons Bookshop
O'Flaherty purchased Parsons general store on
Brian O'Nolan among the most notable early on. Less-established writers thrived in the environment with Hugh Leonard, Michael Hartnett, Peter Costello and Adrian Kenny.[1]
The area, and the cultural movement associated with it, not least with Parsons, became known as "
When Kavanagh died in 1967, O'Flaherty created a shrine to his work in the shop.[1]
Later writers supported by the store included
In April 1989, O'Flaherty sold the
IR£156,000, drawing media attention. In 2004, the Monaghan Association erected a plaque commemorating Kavanagh on the wall of the former Parsons premises.[8][1]
Later life and death
In retirement, O'Flaherty lived in the suburban town of
Dun Laoghaire, before moving to a nursing home in Dalkey, where she died on 27 March 1991. She was interred in Glasnevin Cemetery.[1]
References
- ^ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationallicence)
- EBSCOhost 31375293.
- EBSCOhost 90150909.
- ^ a b Doyle, John S. (9 December 2006). "Literary landmark of old Dublin". Independent.ie.
- ^ Gilsenan, Alan (1 March 2022). "Opinion: Ever heard of Baggotonia? Why I've made a film about this forgotten part of Dublin's past". TheJournal.ie.
- RTE.ie. 11 September 2023.
- EBSCOhost 153486343.
- ^ "Patrick Kavanagh brown plaque". OpenPlaques.org.
