Anna Patricia (Nancy) McCarthy, who played an influential role in the cultural life of Cork city. As a young amateur actress she performed with the Cork Drama League, meeting there the writer Frank OíConnor with whom she had a romantic relationship and long standing friendship. Her love of the Irish language led her to spend many holidays in the Cork/Kerry Gaeltacht where she became one of the circle gathered around the fireside of the Tailor and Antsy in Gougane Barra. In later life, she was a committee member of the Cork Orchestral Society. She died in 1988. 15/11/1976 (Ref. 101/17) old black and white