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Episode 5: The Face of Ireland: Lady Hazel Lavery: 1880 to 1935


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The story of the woman on Irish Banknotes from 1928 to the 1970s and her impact on Irish Political History.


Episode Icon: Sir John Lavery, 'Portrait of Lady Lavery as Kathleen Ni Houlihan', 1927, Wikimedia Commons Public Domain.


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Recommended further reading...


  • Studio & State, The Laverys and the Anglo-Irish Treaty, (Dublin, 2021).

  • A catalogue to an exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland the Hugh Lane Gallery. It examines the roles that Sir John and Lady Hazel Lavery played during the Anglo-Irish Treaty Negotiations of 1921.


    • Lavery, Sir John, The Life of a Painter, (Boston, 1940).

    • The autobiography of Sir John Lavery, filled with personal anecdotes and memories of his wife, Lady Hazel Lavery.


      • McCarthy, John, Kevin O’Higgins: Builder of the Irish State, (Newbridge, Ireland, 2006).

      • A biography of Kevin O'Higgins.


        • McCoole, Sinéad, Hazel, The Life of Lady Lavery, 1880-1935, (Dublin, 1996, Reissued in 2015).

        • The main work on Lady Hazel Lavery.


          • McCoole, Sinéad, Passion and Politics: Sir John Lavery: The Salon Revisited, (Dublin, 2010).

          • An exhibition catalogue from the Hugh Lane Gallery, examining the role that Sir John and Hazel Lavery played in both British and Irish Politics through their art.


            Break Music: Chopin Nocturne in E-flat major Op 9 No 2 by Abydos_Music (pixabay.com), Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license.


            Ending and closing theme, 'Classical Orchestral Dvorak Serenade Waltz Strings Music, provided by mrqwertz on https://www.pond5.com (Purchased with license on the 01/06/2024)


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