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Goddard Orpen : The Vision of a 19th Century Lensman

Photographs from the exhibition at Farmleigh 14th March - 25th August 2024

HERITAGE WEEK 
AT MONKSGRANGE 

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The successful event which took place on 24th August 2024

The Edward Richards-Orpen Memorial Trust Annual Lecture at Monksgrange, Rathnure.

 

Under the influence: contextualising Lutyens/Jekyll design principles in the garden at Monksgrange.

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David Averill, FRIAI,  architect and member of the UK Lutyens Trust, will discuss the influence of Lutyens’ worldwide garden design work on Edward Richards-Orpen’s own redesign of the garden at Monksgrange in the 1900s.

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Goddard Orpen’s photography at Farmleigh: The public reaction.

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Curated by Jeremy Hill, this exhibition has caught the eyes of historians of photography and academic commentators. Jeremy Hill, a great-grandson of Orpen, will comment on the viewer  reaction and introduce his recent fully illustrated publication The Vision of a 19th century lensman: Goddard Orpen, 1852-1932. 

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Contextualising the garden at Monksgrange. EROT Memorial Lecture 2024

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ADDRESS

Monksgrange Archives (in the ownership and care of the Edward Richards-Orpen Memorial Trust RCN#20009526, CHY#5872) holds a large collection of personal and estate papers, photographic images and collectables of the Richards and Orpen families of Counties Wexford and Kerry.

Some documents in the archives date back to the 17th century.

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The Edward Richards-Orpen Memorial Trust is

registered with the

Charities Regulatory Authority:

RCN 20009526 CHY 5872.

Monksgrange,

Rathnure,

Enniscorthy

Y21PT85

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Tel. 00353 (0) 53 925 5145

grangearchives@gmail.com 

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