The North Mayo Heritage Center is delighted to host an exhibition of photographs remembering Mayo through the eyes of Helen Hooker and Ernie O’Malley. RSVP; [email protected]

This is event is free and open to the public because of the support of the 1916-21 Club and the Dublin City Council TO SIGN UP PLEASE: email: [email protected] or call: 087.255.1893

The Annual General Meeting of the Friends of the National Collections will take place in the Throne Room of the State Apartments, Dublin Castle on 28 April at 6pm. Following the meeting, Cormac O'Malley will deliver his lecture entitled "Ernie O'Malley and Visual Arts" at 7pm The lecture will explain Ernie O'Malley's life, travels and travails, but will focus on a) his background in the visual arts including his readings and interests while on the run and in jail, 1918-1924, b) his interest in the arts during his travels in Europe and North America, 1925-1935; c) his collecting of art while in North America, France and in Ireland where he settled down and married in 1935, and d) his role in the arts scene in Ireland from 1940-1957.