Mallow-born painter Paul Kane to be honoured in his birthplace

A man who left Mallow at a very young age and ended up becoming a famous painter in Canada is to be honoured in the Cork town.

A man who left Mallow at a very young age and ended up becoming a famous painter in Canada is to be honoured in his Cork birthplace.

Paul Kane was born in Mallow on September 3 in 1810. He was the fifth child of the eight children of Michael Kane and Frances Loach.