A Wilde night in Paris
Mark Leslie attended an event where Oscar Wilde’s grandson presented a drawing by Oscar’s mother to Patricia O’Brien – the Irish Ambassador in Paris. Her embassy helped restore Oscar Wilde’s …
Ormond Castle: A real life Game of Thrones
John McMahon, Commissioner of the OPW, opened the new exhibition in Ormond Castle in Carrick-on-Suir. Ormond Castle is the greatest surviving great Tudor mansion in Ireland. Interpretation on-site includes tour …
Remarkable Irish lace-making traditions hang by a thread
Minister Heather Humphries opened ‘Linked by A Thread’ in the Canal Stores building in Clones, Co. Monaghan. The event was attended by some of the extraordinary women who have maintained …
Marconi family receive a royal welcome in the Kingdom
Mark Leslie chauffeured the radio inventor’s family on a whistle-stop tour around Ireland in March. The Marconis were rapturously welcomed in Ballybunion, site of the first transatlantic voice broadcast in …
Eileen Gray is the new black
Mark was a guest at the reopening of Eileen Grey’s classic modernist Villa 1027 at Cap Moderne in Monaco. After decades of neglect, the legendary Irish architect and furniture designer’s …