Patrick Kavanagh met Katherine Moloney, a friend of Therese Cronin and Leland Bardwell, in London in 1957. Patrick and Katherine were married in Dublin in April 1966.
In an extract from the radio documentary 'The Fleeting City', Leland Bardwell talks to Kevin O'Connor of Patrick and Katherine meeting in London in Bardwell's flat.

Barland says of Katherine, "She did so much for him and I think it's often overlooked."

'The Fleeting City' was a RTÉ radio programme recalling Patrick Kavanagh's London by some of those who met him there.
The programme was produced by Kevin O'Connor and the series editor was Kieran Sheedy.

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