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Maura Laverty


Born
in Rathangan, County Kildare, Ireland
May 15, 1907

Died
July 26, 1966

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Genre
Fiction, Cookbooks, Children's


Maura Laverty (née Kelly) was an Irish author, journalist and broadcaster known for her work on Irish soap opera Tolka Row. She published several novels, short stories and critical pieces throughout her career.

Born in Rathangan, County Kildare in Ireland, Laverty was educated at Brigidine Convent, Carlow, where she studied teacher-training.[1] She later moved to Spain, taking up the position of governess and later secretary to Princess Bibesco and eventually becoming a foreign correspondent based within Madrid. Laverty returned to Ireland for the remainder of her career and worked as a journalist and broadcaster in Dublin for the national radio station, RTÉ.

Upon her return to Ireland she married the journalist James Laverty in 1928. They ha ...more

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Average rating: 4.1 · 144 ratings · 45 reviews · 32 distinct works • Similar authors
Never No More (Delia Scully...
4.07 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1942 — 13 editions
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No More Than Human
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Full & Plenty: Classic Iris...
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Feasting Galore Irish-Style...
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The Queen of Aran's Daughter
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Alone We Embark
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Full and Plenty: Fish and Meat
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Maura Laverty's Cookery Book
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Never No More No More Than Human
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“Did you ever know just how much you meant to me Gran? That to me you stood for understanding and sympathy and wisdom and for all the warm uncritical loving I needed? you were the purple bog and a ripe wheat-field and a crab-tree in May. You were good food, and songs in the firelight and the rosary at night. You were a welcome for my coming in and a prayer for my going out.”
― Maura Laverty, Never No More
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