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Putting Art at the Heart of Dunlavin

Full title: 8th Dunlavin Festival of Arts from Friday 15th June – Sunday 17th June 1990 Programme

Creator / Author: [Dunlavin Festival of Arts Committee and contributors]

Item Type / Page count: Magazine / Various pagings

When Published: 1983 – current

Publisher / Place of Publication: Dunlavin Festival of Arts Committtee / Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow.

About: Since its inauguration in 1983, the Dunlavin Arts Festival publishes a programme each year. Based on this one sample issue (June 1990), the programmes include a timetable of arts-related events, local history articles, local news and a selection of local business advertisements.

ID number(s): None

Contents: [June 1990 sample issue] Introduction / Aideen Coleborn – Dunlavin / Mary Norton — Dunlavin Tidy Towns — Dunlavin I.C.A. Twenty Five Years On / Ellen Gleeson (Founder Member) — “Full Many a Flower……”  / Humphrey Thompson — Dunlavin Flower Club Open Show — Firmount Orchestra – Dorly’s Orchestra / Dorly O’Sullivan – The Milltown Singers / Mary Deering – Carlow Choral Society – Sunday Night Classical Evening – [General Programme] 15th – 17th June – 1990 Festival of Arts Committee – The Bulkeley, Worth, Tynte Connection / John Lynott – I Love Teacher because… / Various Contributors – Dunlavin’s Patron / Fr. Kevin Lyon – Poetry Competition Winners – The Tullow Line / Liam Kenny – Crumlin Hospital  Fund Raising Campaign / Vincent Cronin – Hollywood Film Society – Dunlavin Majorettes / Leona Donohoe – Acknowledgements.

Extra #1: The cover of this particular issue features an illustration of St. Nicholas’ Church by Paul Myers.

A Man’s Castle is his Home

© Irish Arts Review

Full title: Gothic Revival

Creator / Author: James Horan; photography by Ros Kavanagh

Item Type / Page count: Magazine Article / 6p

Journal Information: Irish Arts Review, Vol. 34, No. 2 pp. 142-147, editor, John Mulcahy

When Published: Summer 2017

Publisher / Place of Publication: Irish Arts Review Ltd. / 15 Harcourt Terrace, Dublin D02 TD65

About: A highly-illustrated article covering the restoration of Humewood Castle. The new owner, John C. Malone, is a highly successful businessman with Irish heritage and uses the historic castle as a family residence. The restoration on behalf of the Malone Family was undertaken between 2012 and 2016 and kept faith with the building’s architectural legacy. The article also incorporates a short inset piece by John Mulcahy, recalling one of Humewood’s previous owners, Mimi Hume-Weygand.

ID number(s): 1649-217X

Extra #1: Check Libraries Ireland for this publication.

Extra #2: Check OCLC WorldCat.org for this publication in libraries worldwide.

Extra #3: Read this article online via JSTOR. [Personal registration / conditions apply]. Alternatively, your local public library may provide free online access to this article.

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