Mic Moroney examines the quiet contribution made to Irish art scholarship by the Gorry family business in Dublin
At number 20 Molesworth Street in Dublin – in the somewhat ramshackle ISPCC building – resides one of the best-kept secrets of Irish art: the third generation picture restoration and art dealing business of the Gorry gallery, a family institution which specialises in 18th- and 19th-century Irish painting. It is a perfect address. The surrounding streetscapes hum with power, money and arcane knowledge: government ministries, national institutions, ancient Royal Colleges and Academies. The Gorrys are perched between Leinster House and, two doors down, the second oldest Freemasonic Grand Lodge in the world
