May McGee in Floraville Gardens, Skerries, Co Dublin, with a statue erected in her honour earlier this year. Photograph: Alan BetsonA celebration in words, music and poetry of the life of Mary “May” McGee, who successfully took a 1973 Supreme Court case against the State’s ban on contraception, took place at Dardistown Crematorium in Dublin on Saturday. The committal took place to the sound of Frank Sinatra singing the 1960s hit I Did it My Way. Ms McGee is survived by her children Martin, Gerard, Sylvia, Sharon, Darren and Andrea, extended family and a large circle of friends. Ms McGee’s husband Shay, her co-litigant in the Supreme Court case, predeceased her in January 2024.
