Another Chip off the Old Block – a tour for the stone mad! To celebrate International Sculpture Day this year our guide will share some more stories about Farmleigh sculpture and sculptors. Learn about the tools of the trade and the rocky journey from quarry to statue, with insight into the life and skills of […]
One of the remarkable achievements of Lafcadio Hearn is that his writings about Japan became loved and appreciated both by those far away in Europe and America who knew little about the country, and by Japanese readers who knew rather a lot. For all foreign correspondents, wherever they find themselves, striking a balance between emphases […]
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) is one of the most interesting, complex and entertaining writers ever to have been connected with Ireland. Born to a Greek mother and an Irish officer-surgeon in the British Army, he was brought up in Dublin from the ages of two to thirteen. From 1869 he established himself in journalism in the […]
THIS EVENT AND WAITING LIST ARE NOW FULLY BOOKED. Join us at Farmleigh House where we celebrate the four Irish Nobel Laureates in Literature. On this tour we shine a light on the life of William Butler Yeats, the first Irish person to win the prestigious Nobel prize in literature. He is undoubtedly one of […]
