Kay Keohane-O'Riordan was an Irish social campaigner and communist.
14 Facts About Kay Keohane-O'Riordan
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Kay Keohane-O'Riordan was born Catherine Keohane on Convent Road, Clonakilty, County Cork on 22 September 1910.
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Kay Keohane-O'Riordan's parents were Julianna and Laurence Keohane, a stonemason.
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Kay Keohane-O'Riordan was the fourth child of 3 sons and 4 daughters.
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Kay Keohane-O'Riordan attended the local primary school and the Mercy Convent, Clonakilty.
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Kay Keohane-O'Riordan married Michael O'Riordan in November 1946, at Rathmines catholic church, Dublin.
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Kay Keohane-O'Riordan negotiated being both a devout Catholic and a communist, having to seek out a priest, in Whitefriars Street Carmelite church, who was a sympathetic confessor.
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Kay Keohane-O'Riordan opposed all forms of antisemitism, and was involved in the activities of the Irish Jewish Museum and the local Jewish community in Portobello, which was close to her home.
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Kay Keohane-O'Riordan was involved in the anti-apartheid movement, and was involved in a number of campaigns for civil rights and the improvement of social conditions.
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Kay Keohane-O'Riordan was active in children's literacy programmes, and in the assistance of refugees from Chile fleeing the Pinochet regime.
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Kay Keohane-O'Riordan was a longtime member of Conradh na Gaeilge, and raised her children as Irish speakers.
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Kay Keohane-O'Riordan was a gifted singer and played the Irish harp, performing on Radio Eireann and at the Abbey Theatre.
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Kay Keohane-O'Riordan was a member of the Music Association of Ireland and Cairde na Cruite.
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Kay Keohane-O'Riordan corresponded with Sean O'Casey over many years, and was the subject of two portraits by Gaetano de Gennaro in 1943.