Two remarkable Tipperary people to be featured on RTE's Nationwide
The show will celebrate the lives of Maggie McGrath from Killusty and Mullinahone's Charles J. Kickham
RTE's Nationwide programme will this celebrate this evening (Wednesday, April 24) celebrate the lives of two remarkable Tipperary people born in the shadow of Slievenamon in the 19th century who made valuable contributions to literature. The show will be broadcast on RTE 1 at 7pm.
The programme will explore the life Maggie Maher from Killusty, who emigrated to the US and was a maid to the great American poet Emily Dickinson. On her deathbed, Dickinson asked Maggie to burn all her writings but thankfully for the world of literature she didn't obey this dying wish and instead was pivotal in bringing the reclusive writer's poetry to international prominence.
The extraordinary life of Mullinahone's most famous son, the poet, novelist and nationalist revolutionary Charles J Kickham, will also be featured. Nationwide visits the local national school to learn all about Kickham, whose poem Sliabh na mBan is now Tipperary's county anthem.