Identity area
Reference code
IE LMOD 670
Title
1940s Portrait of Maureen O'Hara
Date(s)
- Twentieth Century (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Photographic paper, paper, ink. 60.5 x 40.5 cm
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
26/08/2011
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A black and white photograph of Maureen O'Hara signed by her with 'To the "Litle Museum" of Dublin, + all my fellow Dubliners, Best Wishes, Maureen O'Hara'
The great Maureen O’Hara, star of The Quiet Man and Miracle on 34th Street, was born in Ranelagh in 1920. Now aged 91, she lives in Glengarriff in Cork. O’Hara trained as an actor at the Abbey Theatre and the Ena Mary Burke School of Drama and Elocution in Dublin. Her father owned shares in Shamrock Rovers F.C. and she remains a fan.
