American leaves fortune for library

AN AMERICAN left a fortune in her will to set up a public library in Ireland in memory of a Kerry teacher almost 40 years ago, State files reveal.

American leaves fortune for library

Eva C Greaney, a schoolteacher who lived in Holyoke, Massachusetts, left a substantial amount of cash for the State to carry out her last wish, documents released into the National Archives show.

The retired teacher, who died on April 20, 1971, said her wealth should first be for the benefit of her surviving sister, Alice E Greaney, who also lived in Holyoke.

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