Rare Private Account Manuscript: [Kavanagh (Patrick)] A Man...

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Rare Private Account

Manuscript: [Kavanagh (Patrick)] A Manuscript Account, 11 pages, dated 20/9/1989, apparently by Mary O'Halpin, elder sister of Patrick Kavanagh's widow Katherine (nee Moloney), describing Katherine's unexpected death, the decision to bury her with her late husband in Inniskeen, as requested in her will, a phone call to Kavanagh's brother Peter in New York, his opposition to the plan (allegedly describing the reopening of the grave as 'a desecration'), followed by events at the graveyard in Inniskeen, where the wrong grave was initially opened. Katherine's family stood firm, with support from various poets including John Montague and Anthony Cronin, and eventually Katherine's body was laid to rest with her husband as she had requested. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)

A very interesting document.  With a cutting of a newspaper interview with Peter Kavanagh.