Dublin Tramways
by
John Kelleher
by
John Kelleher
(c) 2016 Mount Merrion Historical Society
8.00pm, Thursday 6th November, 2025
Fitzwilliam Rooms
Mount Merrion Community Centre
Fitzwilliam Rooms
Mount Merrion Community Centre
Presented by:
Patricia O'Reilly
Patricia O'Reilly
Sir William Orpen (1878-1931)
Referencing the title of my book - Orpen at War, my talk covers his time as the most important war artist of the First World War (1914-1918), and is interspersed with cameos of his family life, the many women he had affairs with and his various friendships.
He went to war with a Rolls Royce, a driver, batman and secretary as well as a Fortum and Mason hamper and a crate of Dewars whisky. His time at the front (longer than any other artist) had a long-term detrimental effect on his life.
His harrowing images were shown in his WAR exhibition; he was commissioned to paint the Peace Conference where his too raw depictions caused furore among the Whitehall pundits.
He went to war with a Rolls Royce, a driver, batman and secretary as well as a Fortum and Mason hamper and a crate of Dewars whisky. His time at the front (longer than any other artist) had a long-term detrimental effect on his life.
His harrowing images were shown in his WAR exhibition; he was commissioned to paint the Peace Conference where his too raw depictions caused furore among the Whitehall pundits.
Patricia O’Reilly comes the route of print journalism, radio plays, documentaries and talks; fiction and non-fiction books; convening g writing workshops and teaching writing in UCD. Of recent years she has focussed on writing biographical fiction with an artistic slant. She has given talks in UCD, TCD, the RDS, Princess Grace Library Monaco and historical societies.
Bringing in a Wounded Tommy by William Orpen