Monday 10th March 2025
Having initially established a strong reputation as a striking modernist painter in oils and gouaches, Evie Hone (1894-1955) started to experiment in 1933 in the medium of stained glass – the work that she is best known for. With Harry Clarke, she is recognised as a leading Irish artist in this field with an international reputation. Evie joined An Túr Gloine co-operative in 1934 and stayed there until its dissolution in 1944 after the death of Sarah Purser. Evie then set up her own studio in Marlay House in Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin.
PEADAR CURRAN is a local historian and grew up in Dalkey observing the Dalkey Island dig by TCD’s David Liversage in the 1950s. Moving to Ballinteer in 1970, he became a member of the local history group on his retirement. In 2017, he contributed to their book on the local history, and in 2020, with Nick Ryan, was joint author of Ticknock, a history of a valley in the Dublin mountains. He has published articles in the Dublin Historical Record and the Obelisk,and did the Lord Mayor’s local history course.
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