FORTHCOMING LECTURES & ACTIVITIES – Spring 2025 onwards
Monday 10th March 2025
Evie Hone – Stained Glass Artist – Peadar Curran
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. Her window “My Four Green Fields” was exhibited in the Irish Pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York and now adorns the Taoiseach’s Office. 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.
Our speaker Peadar Curran 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. 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.
See further details of future, current and previous lectures for 2025, ’24,’23,’22,’20 and 2019 HERE
Please note there is an attendance charge of €5 for non-members of Blackrock Society
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Further talks and lectures for the Autumn/Winter of 2024 and Spring of 2025 will be on the Second Monday of each month and this site will be updated as talks are arranged. If you are interested in giving a talk, please contact Douglas by email at info at blackrocksociety.ie
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