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Cover Image:
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90 x 86cm ?The Artist
1 A Forgotten
Masterpiece: The
Fate of the Children
of Lir p78
2 True West p74
3 Intrepid Traveller
p60
4 Sound Judgement
and Pure Taste p92
5 Darling Margaret:
A Look at Orpen's
Favourite Pupil p86
6 IAR Diary p40
FEATURES_
56 EV+A 2007
CONTENTS
Marianne O'Kane Boal gives an overview of Limerick's 30th ev+a, curated by Klaus Ottman
58 THE FANTASTIC IN IRISH ART
R?is?n Kennedy discusses the relationship between the concept of the Fantastic in Irish art and
its shared themes with the Symbolist movement in Europe, ahead of the exhibition at the
National Gallery in April
60 INTREPID TRAVELLER
Charles Harper's new body of work is aptly named 'Journey'
themes of his practice, writes Gerry Walker
62 BETWEEN ABSTRACTION AND LANDSCAPE
as the artist revisits the emblematic
Eamon Colman works within the quintessential Irish genre of landscape, yet his vision is highly
abstract, observes Brian McAvera in his interview with the artist
68 REDISCOVERING SEAMUS MURPHY
Peter Murray heralds the Crawford Gallery's retrospective to mark the centenary of the
charismatic Cork-born sculptor Sea m us Murphy
74 TRUE WEST
Ric O'Reilly's evocative photographs of the western coasts of Ireland, England and the USA
capture unexpected similarities in these geographically diverse locations, writes Si?n Hanrahan
78 A FORGOTTEN MASTERPIECE: THE FATE OF THE
CHILDREN OF LIR
Nicola Gordon Bowe highlights a little-known work by Wilhelmina Geddes, illuminating the
ancient Gaelic tragedy of 'The Children of Lir'
86 DARLING MARGARET: A LOOK AT ORPEN'S
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Hilary Pyle examines the oeuvre of Margaret Clarke, an artist who,
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9 A New Rural
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10 Apprentice to
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11 Carton: From
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102 NATHANIEL HONE RA: AN ENAMEL SELF-PORTRAIT
IN VANDYKE DRESS
Paul Caffrey presents a newly discovered self-portrait by 18th-century artist Nathaniel Hone
104 THOMAS PHILLIP'S PROSPECTS OF IRELAND 1684-5
* Harman Murtagh examines the National Library's collection of 17th-century prospects of coastal
defences drawn by Thomas Phillips
110 A VIEW FROM WITHIN
James Hanley reviews Volume II of the National Self-Portrait Collection in Ireland
112 CARTON: FROM DUCAL MANSION TO COUNTRY HOUSE HOTEL
In its new incarnation as a luxury hotel, Carton in County Kildare fulfils the role it once played in the
18th century, argues James Howley
116 A NEW RURAL ORDER
Emmett Scanlon discusses Dominic Stevens' innovative 'Mimetic' house in County Leitrim
120 PORTFOLIO 2007
Eleanor Flegg announces the new selection of designer-makers to the Craft Council's Portfolio
catalogue
124 RETURN OF THE WILD GEESE
Eleanor Flegg previews the eponymous exhibition at the National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, that
showcases the creative exchange between two cultures
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129 STANDARD SETTERS -
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N From left to right: Marianne O'Kane Boal, Gerry Walker, Brian McAvera, Si?n Hanrahan, Harman Murtagh, Emmett Scanlon
B Marianne O'Kane Boal {ev+a 2007, page 56) is
Curator and Art Adviser of the Switch Room Galleries,
Belfast and Project Manager of Two Minds: Art and
Architecture Initiative.
B R?is?n Kennedy ( The Fantastic in Irish Art, page 58)
lectured in History of Art at UCD and NCAD for a num
ber of years. She writes and lectures on modern Irish art
and its contexts, and is currently Yeats Curator at the
National Gallery of Ireland.
B Gerry Walker (Intrepid Traveller, page 60) has pub
lished extensively on contemporary Irish art and is Course
co-ordinator for complementary studies at the National
College of Art and Design, Dublin.
B
- Brian McAvera {Between Abstraction and Landscape,
page 62, Spring Catalogues round up, page 142 and Book
Reviews, page 136) is a playwright, art critic and curator.
He has been a contributing editor to the American maga
zine Sculpture for the past twenty years.
B Peter Murray (Rediscovering Sea m us Murphy, page
68) has published widely on Irish art. He is Curator of the
Crawford Gallery of Art and is a contributor to the forth
coming Seamus Murphy (1907-1975) Sculptor, Stone
carver, Letterer.
B Si?n Hanrahan (True West, page 74) is a writer and
artist, and research co-ordinator for the School of Art,
Design and Printing at the Dublin Institute of Technology.
B Nicola Gordon Bowe (A Forgotten Masterpiece: The
Fate of the Children ofLir, page 78) lectures in the Faculty
of Visual Culture at NCAD, Dublin, and is an Honorary
Research Fellow at the University of Wales. She is
currently completing her book on the Life and Work of
Wilhelmina Geddes.
B Hilary Pyle (Margaret Clarke: Orpen's Favourite Pupil,
page 86) is a writer and critic. Her most recent title is
Cesca's Diary 1913-1916: Where Art and Nationalism
Meet (2005).
B Anne Hodge (Sound Judgement and Pure Taste, page
92) is Curator of Prints and Drawings at the National
Gallery
of Ireland.
B Mic Moroney (From Apprentice to Master: Three
Generations of the Gorry Family, page 98) is a writer, jour
nalist and critic who has written extensively about the
visual arts, music and theatre. His work has appeared in
the Irish Times, The Guardian and The Independent.
Paul Caff rey {Nathaniel Hone RA: An enamel self
portrait in Van Dyke dress, page 102) lectures in the his
tory of art and design at the National College of Art and
Design,
Dublin. He has been the curator of three exhibi
tions of Irish miniature painting and is the author of
Treasures to Hold: Irish and English Miniatures 1650
1850 from the National Gallery of Ireland Collection.
Harman Murtagh {Thomas Phillips' Prospects of
Ireland, 1684-5, page 104) is senior lecturer in corpo
rate law at Athlone Institute of Technology, where he is
also honorary curator of the art collection. He is vice
president of the Military History Society of Ireland and of
the Group for the Study of Irish Historic Settlement. He
is author of 77?e Battle of the Boyne 1690: a Guide to the
Battlefield (2006).
James Hanley (A View from Within, page 110) is an
artist, portrait painter and Secretary of the RHA, 'who
sadly looks nothing like his self-portrait anymore'.
James Howley {Carton: From Ducal Mansion to
Country House Hotel, page 112) is a director of Howley
Hayes Architects, a practice recognised for its work in
both contemporary design and conservation. He is a
board member of the Buildings of Ireland Charitable Trust
and acts as an adviser to the Irish Heritage Trust. His book
The Follies and Garden Buildings of Ireland (published in
1993) was reprinted in a new edition in 2003.
Emmett Scanlon {A New Rural Order, page 116) is
architectural adviser to the Arts Council. He is co-Director
of CAST architecture based in Dublin and studio tutor and
college lecturer in University College Dublin.
Eleanor Flegg {Portfolio 2007, page 120, Return of
the Wild Geese, page 124, Design Portfolio, page 126 and
Standard Setters, page 129) is a history graduate of Trinity
College Dublin, and a freelance writer and editor with a
particular interest in design.
Nick Reilly {Perspectives on Drogheda, page 144) is act
ing Director of the Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda,
Co Louth.
Con Power ( The AR I Spring Diary, page 30) is an artist,
journalist and property writer with the Irish Independent
and a regular contributor to the Irish Arts Review.
Robert 0'Byrne {Under the Hammer, page 46) is an
author and journalist with a special interest in fine art
and design. He is currently writing two books, a history
of Dublin's Gaiety Theatre and a biography of the late
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Self portrait as a parasite, 2006, oil on canvas, 162 x 196cm
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blind harper Turlough O'Carolan, in a portrait now in the National Gallery of Ireland. He also
studied architecture with Sir Edward Lovett Pearce, and went on to design country houses,
including Bessborough, Woodstock and Castle Morres, in Co. Kilkenny. This portrait was kept
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DAMIEN MATTHEWS FINE ART
Sir John Lavery (1856-1941)
Tifie Beach, Evening
Oil on Canvas, 25" x30"
Signed
Lower Left
Exb: Duveen Galleries, New York, 1925, No.26
This important and exquisite painting, made in 1920 on Lavery's final winter sojourn in Morocco, most
probably depicts the artist's wife Hazel
dusk. They
are seen as
graceful figures
and his stepdaughter
in white, positioned
Alice
on the
strolling on the broadly sweeping Tangier
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far left of the composition contemplating
beach
one
at
of
the artist's favourite artistic
of paint to evoke the waves'
settings. From a
high viewpoint and
movement, Lavery explores delicate
using strong
modulations
fluid impasto and rhythmic undulations
of sea
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Lavery was attracted to Tangier not only because of the exotic way of life enjoyed in this bustling metropolis
but also because he was fascinated by the vibrant effects of clear North African sunlight
on water and the
pleasurable opportunities he had here to record his rarified perceptions. Such seascapes were within easy walking
distance of his house 'Dar-el-Midfah1, purchased in 1903. These endless painterly variations on a North African coastal
theme, which he made with almost obsessive pleasure, have been compared to works by Monet and Whistler.
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Fenton Gallery March 23rd - April 14th
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17th- 31st March 2007
John Behan, Solo Exhibition
Oth-24th I May 2007
Frances Ryan, Solo Exhibition
March 2nd-17th 2007
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John Kerr, Richard Livingstone, Eamon McAteer,
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T.P. Flanagan, Morning by a River Bank,
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gordon gallery
March 23rd-April 7th 2007
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Merge Visible
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Faints and Sinners
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At the Well of the King of Sundays
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John Cronin Devil's Interval 20 April - 19 May
Exhibitions:
Paul Doran Metamorphosis
Recent Graduates 23 March
16 February
- 14 April
- 17 March
John Cronin Paul Doran Fergus Feehily Patrick Hall Mark Joyce Alice Maher
Paul Mosse Bridget Riley at Booth SI Art 2007 RDS Ballsbridge 17 - 20 May
Bridget Riley New Paintings and Gouaches 25 May
- 30 June
Gerard Byrne will be Ireland's solo representative at the 52nd Venice Biennale
10 June - 21 November 2007
Green On Red Gallery
26-28 Lombard St. East Dublin 2
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Youth Event: Exhibition and Workshops
16 March -4 April
Nearly There - work in progress
Gabrielle Byrne and Johanna Connor
14 April-12 May
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June 18th-July 1st
JOURNEY
Helen Gaynor
Crossings,
NEWTOWNBARRY HOUSE GALLERY
Bunclody, County Wexford
Tel / Fax 053 93 76383 or Tel 053 93 77340
Email: gallery@newtownbarryhouse.com
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33"x33", Oil On Board
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The Hallward Ian Humphreys
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12th to 28th April 2007
65 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Telephone 01 6621482
www.hallwardgallery.com
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ANGE SHANAHAN
The Drying Fields beside Blocks C & D
Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 60 cms
X marks the tree, in the felling time
Acrylic on canvas, 91 x 91 cms
"The two most striking features of the site are the complex of barracks
buildings and the parkland landscape". (EIS)
The imminent development of this hitherto largely untouched landscape, spurred me to
produce the drawings, paintings and lithographs for my forthcoming May exhibition at
Joyce House, Ballincollig, Cork. My sketchbook journey began in mid-summer, when the
trees still had their full canopy of leaves, sheep grazed the pasture and the buildings lay
uninhabited, in semi dereliction. It finished in early winter when the first ravages of man
made change and transformation had begun.
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Email: saies@odonovans.ie ? Tel: +353 21 4291695
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ENNIS ART GALLERY
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JOHN HUGHES
May 18 - June 8
(In association with Newbridge Silverware).
2 Francis St., Ennis Co. Clare.
Tel:(065)6892760 I Ennail:dmcthy@eircom.net
www.ennisartgallery.com
Open Tues
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'He and She', 4.5 x 6 ins, acrylic, by John Kingerlee
The Bin Ban Gallery
The Bin Ban Gallery is one of Ireland's leading art galleries
with a
programme of National and International contemporary art.
Feel free to drop by our Gallery or visit us on line
Exhibition by Mary Pixi Cahalan
- March 2007
Beech Lodge, Bal lye naughty, The Kerries, Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland
Tel: +353 (0)66 7122520 e-mail: info@binbanart.com
www.binbanart.com
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15-30 March
"5 Mothers": Renata Brickley, Bernie Prendergast,
Aileen Dunleavy, Doroth?e Roberts and Sara Kyne.
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Senan O'Brien: solo show
"Still Time"
Merchants rd, & Augustine st., Galway.
To view or buy on line visit our website:
www.boldartgallery.com
Email: info@boldartgallery.com
Art, Sculpting, Framing, Gift vouchers.
jenny McCarthy
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30 March
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10 April
Elena Mikhailova: solo show
"Colour of Music"
17 -
May 2 June
Jack Donovan and Brian MacMahon
"2 Man show"
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"The strength of McCarthy's paintings is supported by
the fact that she succumbs to the first impression"
Jennifer Goff BA MA
Art and Design Historian
To receive your free catalogue visit:
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national irish
Public Research L
of 20th Century
Irish Art & Design
: 01 636 4347
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The Narrow Space Craft Gallery
14 Mitchel Street, Clonmel,
Co Tipperary, Ireland
T: 052 27838 W: www.thenarrowspace.com
E: thenarrowspace(5)_eircom.net
2 March
- 27 March 2007
SPRING 2007
Featuring works by variety
including Dympna Bonfield,
of artists
Wendy Dison, Polly Donnellan,
Karen Ebbs Catherine Green and
Elma O'Connor-Khareghani.
30 March
-
22 April 2007
FLOW
New Works by Mary Dillon
27 April - 22 May 2007
A FRESH LOOK AT
LIGHT AND AIR
New Works by Gill Bickerstaff
to Saturday 10.30am ~ 5.30pm
Gallery
Contemporary International Fine Art
'Proud Owner - Broduil', Dec?an O'Connor, Oil on Canvas, 100 x lOOcms
FERMOYLE
LODGE, COSTELLO, CO. GALWAY
Tel:+353 (0)91 786 111 Fax:+353 (0)91 786 154
www.stronachgallery.conn info@sfronachgallery.com
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Dra?ocht
David Blackmore, Reception Area, The Children's
Metropolitan Court, 2005, lambda photographic print,
50 x 38 cm, from the Detox Series.
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David Blackmore
DETOX
March 9-April 21 2007
Amharc Fhine Gall IV
Dianne Whyte
March 9-April 21 2007
Gillian Lawler
April 26 - June 1 2007
Ross Cochrane
The Internal Other
April 26 - June 1 2007
Artist in Residence: Paul McKinley
HILLSIDE ART GALLERY
Donoughmore, Ballyragget, Co. Kilkenny.
Tel: 087-0539504, 056-8833623, email: info@hillsideartgallery.com
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"Forward Past" - Oil on Canvas - Brian Halligan
Visit www.st-art.ie to view our Online Gallery
Spring Exhibition
at Filmbase, Templebar, D2. From Monday 16th April 2007
New paintings for show available for sale online from 2nd April 2007
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ev+ a - the exhibition of visual+art - now in its 31 st year
Ireland's pre-eminent annual exhibition of contemporary art
open ev*a 2007
A SENSE OF PLACE
31 MARCH TO 24 JUNE 2007
VENUES: ART AND ALTERNATIVE SPACES IN LIMERICK IRELAND
2007 ADJUDICATOR/CURATOR: KLAUS OTTMANN
PATRICK CORCORAN (Ireland) SHELLEY CORCORAN (Ireland) DAVID DUNNE (Ireland) MELISSA EARLEY (Ireland) BARRY FOLEY (Ireland)
ERIC GLAVIN (Ireland) TONY GUNNING (Ireland) RONNIE HUGHES (Ireland) AMY HAUFT (United States) ASHLEY HOLMES (United Kingdom)
ETHNA JOYCE (Ireland) JESPER JUST (Denmark) ORLA KEEGHAN (Ireland) JOANNE LEFRAK (United States) MIRIAM LOHAN (Ireland) SEAN
LYNCH (Ireland) VANESSA MARSH (Ireland) ENRIQUE MARTINEZ CELAYA (United States) MARGOT. McLEAN (United Stetes) CONOR McGARRIGLE
(Ireland) MARIE-LOUISE O'DWYER (Ireland) EAMON O'KANE (Ireland) ALIX PEARLSTEIN (United States) CHRISTOPHER REID (Ireland) ANDREI
ROITER (Russia/United States/Holland) AURA ROSENBERG (United States) ANTHONY McCALL (United States) MATTHEW SCHENNING (United
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The e v+ a Mission
M "e v* a, a collaboration among artists, curators, sponsors.
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5 audiences of and in Limerick the testimony that the best of
E contemporary art offers for the assessment, understanding
E and celebration of life and the contemporary culture that
surrounds us."
The plus sign (+) placed with the word 'visual+'in the exhibition's
title and with the letter 'v+' in the logo, does not represent the
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Ali art springs from how we perceive through all our - at psychology's
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OPEN 6 v+a 2007
c/o Belltabte Arts Centre
69 O'Connetl Street
Limerick, Ireland
Telephone: +353(0)87 9477 042
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Email: info@eva.ie
Web: www.evaJe
BBSS University?/ Limerick

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Imago
An exhibition of paintings by
Darina Roche-Kiang, Chris Atkins,
Gerard McGourty & Raymond Hosty.
The exhibition will be opened by
poet and author Theo Dorgan on
Sunday 22nd April at 3pm, and will
run until 21st May.
Cherrylane Fine Arts, Killincarrig,
Greystones, Co Wicklow
Tel: 353 1287 5565
www.cherrylanefinearts.com
CHERRYLANE
FINE ARTS
To receive a
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Bob Lynn
Leonard Sexton
Dave West
Thomas Brezing
Elizabeth Comerford
Roddy Moynihan
AlexMcKenna
MurielleCelis
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Justin Mulrooney
Michael Nolan
John Whyte
Paul Kelly
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Artistic Ways
- an exhibition of paintings and drawings by
Cormac Dennis
17 May until 7 June 2007
(opening 7.30 pm on 17May 2007)
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30 APRIL 2007
Louis le Brocquy A FAMILY AND THEIR CAT, signed and dated [1951] lower left, oil on canvas board, 30 x 40cm
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Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964),"DonegaT, Oil on canvas, 16" x 20", signed
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DOROTHY CROSS
March / April
SEAN SCULLY
May

Crafts Council of Ireland
(I National Craft Gallery
Tradition Transformed: Contemporary Korean Ceramics
Traditional techniques, new influences and innovative methods combine for this
stunning exhibition of sculptural works.
12th March- 15th April
Wild Geese, The Irish in America
Celebrating the pioneers of Irish American contemporary craft.
31st March- 10th June
Avantcraft
Ireland's top craft companies collaborate with
Atlantic seaboard
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France, Portugal & Spain.
leading designers from the
21st April -20th May
TOURING SHOWS_
Seomra
Ambassadors of modern Irish design travel to the world's most stylish city.
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9th March 6th April
La Galerie SEMA- Viaduc des Arts - 23, Avenue Daumesnil
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75012 Paris
St Patrick's Festival London
St Patrick's Day is celebrated in style at the Mayor of London's celebrations.
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18th March 2007, 12pm 6pm
Leicester Square, London
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T: +353 (0)1 6770829
E: dmkg@indigo.ie
W: www.deciankillen.com
18ct gold pendant set with chalcedony and lapis
lazuli on 18ct rope neck ring.
Inhouse Goldsmith at 1MB Design
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Contact: Work by Oliver and other goldsmiths on
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T: +353 (0)21 4251800
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