Margaret MacCurtain (1929–2020): an appreciation

Mary O'Dowd

doi:10.1017/ihs.2022.49

Margaret MacCurtain (1929–2020): an appreciation

Mary O'Dowd

School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics

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‘Wisdom it was I loved and searched for her from my youth. I resolved to have her as my companion. I fell in love with her beauty ….’

At the funeral mass for Margaret MacCurtain, her grandnephew, Michael, read the first reading from the Book of Wisdom, a moving and appropriate text with which to begin a celebration of Margaret's life. The words carried an added significance as Michael's reading emphasised that wisdom was represented in the biblical verse as female.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	217-223
Number of pages	7
Journal	Irish Historical Studies
Volume	46
Issue number	170
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/ihs.2022.49
Publication status	Published - Nov 2022

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