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Seanad: Business of Seanad (30 Jan 2018)

Paul Coghlan: I have received notice from Senator John O’Mahony that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the funding allocation for road maintenance on national and regional roads in 2018.I have also received notice from Senator Paul Gavan of the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Roads Maintenance Funding (30 Jan 2018)

Paul Coghlan: The Senator may ask a brief supplementary question.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Roads Maintenance Funding (30 Jan 2018)

Paul Coghlan: It is in order.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Military Neutrality (30 Jan 2018)

Paul Coghlan: I welcome the Tánaiste, Deputy Coveney.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Paul Coghlan: I welcome the wonderful cooperation between the trustees of Muckross House and the National Parks and Wildlife Service on many matters.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Paul Coghlan: I thought the Senator understood where it is.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Paul Coghlan: It is in Killarney.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Paul Coghlan: Muckross House is located by the side of the lake.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Paul Coghlan: The house is beside Middle Lake or Muckross Lake.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Paul Coghlan: Senator Norris, I will gladly take him there again.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Paul Coghlan: I know he has.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Paul Coghlan: I simply want to mark the occasion whereby the two entities cooperated to allow a famous Jack B. Yeats painting of the then lady of the house to be purchased at Sotheby's of London some time back. Neither party could have purchased it on their own but together they managed to do so. The painting is very interesting because it was Jack B. Yeats-----

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Paul Coghlan: No.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Paul Coghlan: It was Jack B. It was his first big commission in 1872.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Paul Coghlan: Sorry, John B.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Paul Coghlan: I stand corrected.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Paul Coghlan: The painting was completed in 1873 because the work was postponed due to the death of his son Robert "Bobbie" Butler Yeats. The painting depicts the lady of the house sitting in the gunroom of Muckross House with her Maltese terrier. The chair on which she sat and the wallpaper depicted in the painting are still in the house. Apparently, when the painting was finished the woman's husband...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Paul Coghlan: It was alleged to have been the footman and she never returned.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Paul Coghlan: The portrait survived because it ended up with a friend of the painter, Mr. Edward Dowden at Trinity College. Following Mr. Dowden's death the painting was returned to the Yeats family.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Paul Coghlan: The painting was auctioned and was successfully bought. Now it will hang where originally intended.