Ann Wilson explores Harry Clarke’s only stained-glass windows in Kerry, which feature fairytale elements unusual in a religious setting
A hundred years ago, in 1924, a consignment of six two-light stained-glass windows was delivered to the Presentation Convent in Dingle (Daingean Uí Chúis), Co Kerry. The windows came from the Dublin studio of the celebrated artist Harry Clarke (1889–1931). They had been ordered by Sister Ita Macken, Mother Superior of the convent, as part of a major refurbishment of the chapel, a building originally completed in 1888. The refurbishment and installation of the windows in the nave of the chapel were supervised by the Dublin-based architect RM Butler.
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