ong ▁dev out ▁Catholic . ▁Her ▁last ▁words , ▁in ▁French , ▁were : ▁“ Oh ▁M ama ! ▁how ▁silly ▁I ▁am ▁to ▁have ▁fallen .” ▁She ▁is ▁buried ▁with ▁her ▁mother ▁in ▁the ▁C im iti ere ▁du ▁Ch ate au , ▁on ▁the ▁hill ▁above ▁the ▁Old ▁Town ▁to ▁the ▁east ▁of ▁Nice . ▁A ▁notice ▁of ▁her ▁death ▁appeared ▁in ▁The ▁B elf ast ▁News letter . ▁ ▁Br idget ▁continued ▁to ▁live ▁in ▁Nice ▁until ▁her ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 8 . ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 4 ▁she ▁don ated ▁a ▁painting ▁of ▁Julia ▁by ▁Henri ▁Chan et ▁to ▁the ▁National ▁Gallery ▁of ▁Ireland . ▁ ▁Works ▁The ▁scenes ▁of ▁K avan agh ' s ▁stories ▁are ▁almost ▁always ▁set ▁in ▁France . ▁Her ▁style ▁is ▁domestic , ▁simple ▁and ▁ple asing , ▁aim ed ▁at ▁younger ▁woman ▁readers ; ▁her ▁main ▁characters ▁tend ▁to ▁be ▁strong ▁independent ▁and ▁resource ful ▁women . ▁She ▁was ▁popular ▁and ▁had ▁a ▁loyal ▁read ership . ▁She ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁pro l ific ▁contrib utor ▁to ▁period ical ▁literature , ▁and ▁also ▁wrote ▁many ▁bi ographical ▁sketch es . ▁Modern ▁sch ol ars ▁see ▁a ▁pron ounced ▁aw aren ess ▁of ▁gender ▁politics ▁in ▁K avan agh ' s ▁writing ▁and ▁view ▁her ▁as ▁a ▁writer ▁whose ▁works ▁cons ci ously ▁exposed ▁the ▁anom al ies ▁of ▁social ▁and ▁sexual ▁difference ▁while ▁still ▁ad her ing ▁to ▁the ▁convent ions ▁of ▁the ▁time . ▁ ▁Her ▁works ▁include