Dr Hilary LennonIt was English artist Elizabeth Rivers's birthday (05/08/1903) this weekend so this is just a few of her wonderful works, with so many based on Irish life as she lived here for decades. #ElizabethRivers
This is a great piece by poet Peggy O'Brien, detailing a lovely portrait of female friendship, #ElizabethRivers, Harriet O'Donovan Sheehy, #FrankOConnor, #EvieHone, TCD, Cuala Press, and The Letters of Abelard and Heloise. @NewIslandBooks, Writing.ie, https://www.writing.ie/interviews/sidelines-tongues-by-peggy-obrien/ #Art #IrishArt #Books #MastoDaoine #IrishLiterature
Sidelines: Tongues by Peggy O'Brien - Writing.ie
One summer in Dalkey, some ten years ago, my friend of nearly half a century, Harriet O’Donovan Sheehy, gave me two objects, both prized items from her household. At lunch one day, a leisurely lunch, a leisurely day, Harriet suddenly jumped up from the table and pivoted to a glass-fronted bookshelf. From it she lifted […]