Manus Massey O'Keeffe, Illuminator
(b. 1834, d. 1868)
Illuminator
From A Dictionary of Irish Artists 1913
Was born in Cork in 1834. Originally a saddler, he was afterwards an attorney's clerk and became noted for his drawings in the manner of the ancient Irish illuminations, a work in which he excelled. He died in distressed circumstances in the Mercy Hospital, Cork, on 3rd May, 1868.