The Death of Maureen Kenny Has Occured

national | arts and media | opinion/analysis Saturday March 29, 2008 13:58 by Obit

Bookshop is gone awhile

Maureen Kenny Has died, a true lover of education and books, many will
have a memory of the Labyrinthe bookshop, the smell of the books and the
friendly family who ran it.

You could find yourself tripping into Mr Kenny's office and getting a lecture
on dropping out of college, work; and where the bestest poetry books were
kept.

Many of us miss the old shop with the low ceilings and the carpetted stairs
and Maureen always had a smile- did not matter if you were the Laureate
or a small writer, everyone was united by love of knowledge and books.

In the Bookstore

The Bookshop is now a gallery run by Tom, who like both parents is welcoming
and friendly. The books are got through warehouse and web concern, with a few small
(and big bookshops) taking up the slack where Kenny's left off.

Like Charlie Byrnes.

Maureen will be missed and remembered as a lover of knowledge by those of
us who used haunt the bookshop and find little cubbyholes to take the books into.

RIP.