Judith Hill traces the shape of Killua Castle, Co. Westmeath, from past lives to its present strengthened condition
Romance, long associated with Killua, persists here. The remnants of the demesne — obelisk, ruins, ice house — encircle the castle on their designated prominences, a world within a world, as clearly put as in a child’s drawing. And beyond, undulating fields ripple out to the hills of Meath and the Dublin mountains, making Killua a focus within the wider landscape
On the eve of his show at the Hunt Museum, Limerick, in Winter 2009 Joseph McBrinn considered the unique aesthetic Rudolf Heltzel has brought to jewellery design.
