Maurice Craig might have Milltown Park i mind when he coined this phrase, but curiosuly he never recorded it. Peter Somervile-Large is charmed by a return visit to its secluded setting in County Offaly.
Peter Somerville-Large recalls the largesse of Sir Alfred Chester Beatty as highlights from his bequest to the National Gallery of Ireland go on view at the Chester Beatty Library this autumn.
Peter Somerville Large explores the exotic art of the Pacific, originating with Captain Cook’s voyages in the region, held today in the National Museum of Ireland
A lack of exhibition space and restricted budgets dog many museums, not least Ireland’s National Museum whose African artefacts Peter Somerville-Large recalls last viewing as a schoolboy
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