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#Otd 1806: Death of #Cork's James Barry RA. Burke encouraged him to move to London & financed Continental visit!👨🎨 Grand history paintings in classical style eg 6x in @theRSAorg, & 'King Lear weeping over the body of Cordelia'! https://t.co/9Nob93TSze https://t.co/wXzcOlwYiq
#Otd 1905: Death of #Cork's Lucy Everest Boole FRIC. 1st♀️Prof Chemistry in Ireland or Britain; London School of Medicine for Women @RoyalFreeNHS! 1st♀️Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chemistry! Research croton oil. 1st♀️to research pharmacy in England! https://t.co/XfFCiaugYR
#Otd 1949: Death #Castletownshend #Cork's Edith Somerville. "E. Œ. Somerville". Novelist/painter.👩🎓@alexcollege, art in Paris/London.✍️with cousin Violet Martin. 14 stories/📚; The Real Charlotte & Irish R. M. (hilarious📺) & solo! https://t.co/uO7Mm8LdBS https://t.co/etTySswb7u
#Otd 1854: Death of #Cork's Thomas Crofton Croker MRIA. Collector Irish poetry/folklore. Co-founded Percy Society & Camden Society. Fairy Legends & Traditions of the South of Ireland translated (German) by Brothers Grimm! Didn't like old annals! 🪦London https://t.co/8BHFMGQgqW
#Otd 1806: Death #Cork's James Barry RA. Burke encouraged him to move to London & financed Continental visit! Grand history paintings in classical style eg 6 part The Progress of Human Culture in @theRSAorg, & 'King Lear weeping over the body of Cordelia'! https://t.co/aCGMZJT6Fm
@Fiona_Forde_Irl @echolivecork Just around the corner from our place! It reminds us of this cute little detail from the painting Cork's Northside by Patrick Hennessy. It probably dates to the 1940s.
#Otd 1949: Death of #Castletownshend, Co #Cork's Edith Somerville. Novelist & illustrator. Wrote with her cousin, Violet Martin. Published 14 stories & novels. Most popular were The Real Charlotte & The Experiences of an Irish R. M. https://t.co/uO7Mm8LdBS https://t.co/etTySswb7u
A small selection of pics from the work I recently completed in Cork's newest rooftop bar Queen Of Rebels. 2 days under a tight schedule, not bad! #corkcity
#Otd 1991: Death of #Cork's Seán Ó Faoláin. Saoi of @Aosdana writer novels, short stories, biographies, travel books, translations, literary criticism (90x!). @Cork_PBC @UCC @NUIMerrionSq @Harvard. '40-46 editor The Bell. '56-59, director @artscouncil_ie. https://t.co/BDkSPbmEOl
New single 'Shades of You' from Cork's @CaoilianJSure out today and I love it! https://t.co/YMPLK4O0pG