Kennys Bookshop in Galway: a bestseller for 75 years

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Tom Kenny and Maureen Kenny, on whom the honorary degree of Master of Arts was conferred at UCG. Part of her citation read: “She and all she stands for remained a constant when virtually everything around her had disappeared, been redeveloped or surrendered to more perishable, transient tastes. Her metier represents one that is entwined with Galway’s history”. Photograph: Joe O’Shaughnessy

A reception in 2001 was held in Kenny’s Bookshop, Galway, to celebrate the lifetime achievements of David Marcus in launching the literary careers of hundreds of writers. David and his wife Ita Daly, centre, are pictured with, front from left: Claire Keegan, Tom Duddy, Michael Mullen and Margaretta D’Arcy. Second row: Mike McCormack, Des Kenny of Kenny’s Bookshop, Geraldine Mills, Moya Cannon, John Arden and Seamus Hosey. Back: Tom Kilroy, Cáilín Ó h-Aodha, Jamie O’Neill, Joan McBreen and Ger Reidy. Photograph: Joe O’Shaughnessy.

Thu May 28 2015 - 17:31

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