Francis Bacon’s Nanny women artists to remind us of the

to remind us of the beauty and diversity of Irish nature to be found along the Irish riverbank

feast and famine all have a place in the Irish food story

These sayings

Jp McMahon invites us to explore it and celebrate it together

Francis Bacon’s Nanny women artists to remind us of theAt the very centre of the life of one of the twentieth centurys greatest artists was the most unexpected of life long influences. The aptly named Jessie Lightfoot shielded the young Francis Bacon from the brutish violence of his bullying father, as well as from his worst self immolating excesses later in life. The tenderness, wit and warmth of this inimitable Nanny stands in illuminating relief to the sulphurous palette that defined Bacons work.