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Patrick Kavanagh was born in County Monaghan in 1905. He was destined to become one of Ireland's greatest literature figures. Patrick was self educated and grew up on his family farm in County Monaghan. Patrick always felt imprisoned by his farmland and the poem Stoney Gray Soil of Monaghan was one of his most famous poems in which he describes the Stoney Gray Soil of Monaghan sucking all the creative life out of him.

Patrick Kavanagh moved to Dublin where he spent the rest of his life. He was a character in every sense of the word. He was often seen frequenting Public Houses around Dublin.

Kavanagh spent a lot of time around Baggot Street Bridge on the banks of the canal. In memory of Patrick, a statue has been placed on one of the benches beside the canal in memory of his talents. Many presume that this area in Dublin, a little piece of greenery gave him solitude.

Patrick Kavanagh died of lung cancer in 1967. For some time before his death he had survived with only one lung.