Dublin lost one of its real characters this week with the passing of Peggy Keogh.
Born Margaret Keogh (nee Dowdall), of Cabra Road, she will be most remembered for selling Doctor Marten boots to a generation of Dubliners from her stall at the back of the Ilac Centre. For most of the 1970s and 1980s, Peggy Keogh’s stall was the only place in Dublin where you could get yer Docs.
Her great-grand mother started off selling second – hand clothes and furniture in the 1910s in the area where the Ilac Centre now stands.
Tributes have been pouring in on Boards.ie and Biker.ie
Peggy’s son, the actor Garret Keogh, was on Joe Duffy yesterday speaking about his mother’s life.
Her grand children have set up a facebook page in memory of her and are asking people to leave any recollections.
Peggy Keogh (1923 - 2010)
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Peggy was great at sourcong shoes for ya. Many’s a pair of creepers I bought there.She was a very nice woman ( she even served Mods!!!). RIP
Jaysus, actually remember my dad dragging me around there as a really young kid when I was up from the bog. Was fascinating by the smell of all the boots, and can remember something of a lot of yellow doc marten branding.