On the occasion of the Irish Georgian Society’s 50th anniversary, John Muclahy looks at the persuasive triumvirate who helped develop a new appreciation for Ireland’s Georgian heritage, as documented in a recently published book

The story of the Irish Georgian Society over the past fifty years is essentially the story of three quite remarkable – and very different – personalities. And by far the most remarkable of these was Hermione Marie-Gabrielle ‘Mariga’ von Urach who married Desmond Guinness in 1954 and with him founded the Irish Georgian Society four years later
Róisín Kennedy discusses Carey Clarke’s Portrait of My Daughter, Michelle, the winner of the Ireland-US Council Portrait Prize at the 178th RHA Annual Exhibition
Riann Coulter finds a personal compendium collated with daring and vigour, in Basil Blackshaw’s work