Pádraig Kennelly

Q: When did Pádraig Kennelly die?

Pádraig Kennelly died on May 21, 2011.

Q: How old was Pádraig Kennelly when they died?

Pádraig Kennelly was 82 years old at the time of death.

Q: When was Pádraig Kennelly born?

Pádraig Kennelly was born on February 10, 1929.

Q: What was Pádraig Kennelly's occupation?

Pádraig Kennelly was a photographer.

Pádraig Kennelly (10 February 1929 – 21 May 2011) was an Irish journalist, editor, photographer, cameraman and publisher, who co-founded and edited the Kerry's Eye newspaper.

Kennelly originally began his career as a pharmacist. His interest in photography led him to pursue a career in photojournalism with his wife, Joan Kennelly. Together, Pádraig and Joan Kennelly took more than 500,000 photographs of daily life in County Kerry between 1953 and 1973. The photographs were subsequently digitised and published as a book. The collection was permanently collected into the Kennelly Archive, which was launched in 2009.

In 1974, Pádraig and Joan co-founded the Kerry's Eye in the basement of their home on Ashe Street in Tralee, County Kerry. He remained the paper's editor until his retirement in 2010. Kennelly was the longest serving editor of a regional Irish newspaper at the time of his retirement. He continued to write a weekly column until his death in 2011. The newspaper then had a circulation of approximately 25,000.

In early May 2011, Kennelly, though in poor health, travelled to the Irish Cultural Institute in Paris for the opening of an exhibition of the Kennellys' photographs documenting the 1969 visit of Charles de Gaulle to Ireland. Many of the photographs on display were taken by his late wife, Joan, including a photograph which was published on the front page of Paris Match.

He died at his home in Tralee, County Kerry, on 21 May 2011, at the age of 82. He was survived by his four sons: Pádraig J. Kennelly, Jerry, Brendan and Kerry. He was predeceased by his wife, photographer Joan Kennelly. His funeral mass was held at St John's Catholic Church and he was buried at Rath cemetery, outside Tralee.

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1.Which publication featured a photograph taken by Joan Kennelly on its front page?

2.On what date did Pádraig Kennelly pass away?

3.How old was Pádraig Kennelly when he died?

4.Which of these individuals was not one of Pádraig Kennelly's four sons?

5.Where was Pádraig Kennelly buried?

6.What venue hosted the funeral mass for Pádraig Kennelly?

7.On what date was Pádraig Kennelly born?

8.What was the original profession of Pádraig Kennelly before he became a photojournalist?

9.Between 1953 and 1973, how many photographs of daily life in County Kerry did Pádraig and Joan Kennelly take?

10.In what year was the Kennelly Archive launched?

11.Where was the Kerry's Eye newspaper originally founded by Pádraig and Joan Kennelly?

12.Pádraig Kennelly served as the editor of the Kerry's Eye until what year?

13.What milestone did Pádraig Kennelly reach at the time of his retirement in 2010?

14.What was the approximate circulation of the Kerry's Eye newspaper following Pádraig Kennelly's time as editor?

15.Which French political figure did the Kennellys document during a 1969 visit to Ireland?

16.Where was the 2011 exhibition of the Kennellys' photographs held?

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