Kathleen M. Murphy (1879 – 22 March 1963) was an Irish poet and travel writer. During her lifetime, Murphy was regarded the most well-travelled Irish woman.[1]
Biography edit
Kathleen M. Murphy was born in Tulla, County Clare in 1879. She was educated at the Laurel Hill Convent in Limerick. She studied modern languages at University College Dublin.[2] In 1932, Murphy won first prize in the Aonach Tailtean Literary Competition, and the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Papal decoration for her poetry.[1]
Murphy travelled extensively from the late 1930s across Asia, Africa and South America, and wrote for various publications including The Capuchin Annual.[2] In a letter to the editor of the Annual, Father Senan, with autobiographical notes for the 1945/46 edition in which she described herself as "Ireland's super-tramp!"[1]
Bibliography edit
- Studies, March 1918 – June 1919, four poems.
- Poems, Dublin and Cork, Talbot Press, 1932.
- Capuchin Annual, 1950–51 and 1959, two poems.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e Colman, Anne Ulry (1996). Dictionary of nineteenth-century Irish women poets. Galway: Kenny's Bookshop. pp. 166–167. ISBN 0-906312-44-2. OCLC 35268787.
- ^ a b Fanning, Tim (27 March 2022). "The road less travelled – Tim Fanning on travel writer Kathleen Murphy". The Irish Times. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
Further reading edit
- Bixby, Patrick (2022). Unaccompanied Traveler The Writings of Kathleen M. Murphy. ISBN 9780815637332.
- MacGreevy, Thomas (1963). "The Lady of Birr; the late Miss K. M. Murphy". Capuchin Annual: 384. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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