Rob Cross writes:
My restored and colourised photo taken on June 16 1954, the first Bloomsday, featuring poets Patrick Kavanagh & Anthony Cronin at the church – and Goggin’s pub – in Monkstown [County Dublin] with the carriage in which they’d been traveling about Dublin in the footsteps of Leopold Bloom, the main protagonist in James Joyce’s novel Ulysses.
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this one is my favourite so far. Slight disconnect in tone between the figures and the trees but otherwise perfect. Congratulations.
its worth going to monkstown even just for a look at that gothic revival church – anglican, I think. one of the more interesting churches in dublin.
Top drawer material.
Anthony Cronin was a highly intelligent man who helped politicians with clout to recognize and assist the work of artists. His poetry has been underestimated.
…Cronin’s ‘Dead as Doornails’ paints a picture of literary Dublin at that time better than any photograph…
‘The life of Riley’ is one of my favourite novels; a great description of same.
+1
@bisted: + 1 That book caught Haughey’s attention.
Thats really well done mate. Even the uneven brick colouring of the church. The ground jumps out as being a little monotone but otherwise spot on.
Excellent, well done.
If you’re looking to while away an hour or so, Sé Merry Doyle’s excellent documentary Patrick Kavanagh: No Man’s Fool is worth viewing on the IFI player.
https://ifiplayer.ie/patrick_kavanagh/