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15/10/2026

Very pretty sunset at the Oldhead this evening 😀😍

📢 We’re delighted to introduce one of our fascinating presentations which will take place at Lusitania: The Next Chapter...
15/10/2026

📢 We’re delighted to introduce one of our fascinating presentations which will take place at Lusitania: The Next Chapter:

🎨 A Portrait of Hugh Lane: A Life Cut Short | Áine Andrews

The portrait of Hugh Lane by John Singer Sargent shows an elegant, somewhat languid figure in a striped waistcoat, clutching gloves to his chest, with a romantic, far-away, even melancholic expression. The sitter is perhaps best known as Lady Gregory’s nephew, but Sir Hugh Lane was a very successful art dealer in London and occupied a unique place in the Edwardian art world. He was a philanthropist, as well as a patron of modern art who, bought important of Old Master paintings and sold them to collectors in London, South Africa and New York. By 1914, Hugh Lane was director of the National Gallery of Ireland and had amassed a wonderful collection of Impressionist paintings. His aim was to donate it to the city of Dublin by creating a purpose-built gallery of modern art but unfortunately, an unsigned codicil to his will, led to an ongoing legal dispute between London and Dublin. Hugh Lane was born in Cork in 1875, but never returned, until with tragic irony, he died on the ill-fated Lusitania in 1915 within sight of the Cork coastline.

Áine Andrews presents the very popular art appreciation series Famous Paintings and their Hidden Histories at the Triskel Arts Centre Cork. Each lecture examines one painting in detail while exploring its meaning, historical context, the artist and links to society of the time, as well as the often fascinating journey of the painting to its present location. Now a practising artist, Áine studied at Crawford College of Art and Design and worked for many years as an art teacher at Coláiste/Gaelcholáiste Choilm Ballincollig Cork during which time she regularly organised art history study trips for students at home and abroad. She is the author of several school text-books. The most recent, New Appreciating Art -Visual Studies for Leaving Certificate (2022), was co-authored with Aidan O Sullivan, and published by Gill Education to cover the new art history syllabus introduced in 2021 for Senior Cycle art.

Event: 7.30pm
Tickets: €20 link in bio

📢 We’re delighted to introduce one of our fascinating presentations which will take place at Lusitania: The Next Chapte...
15/10/2026

📢 We’re delighted to introduce one of our fascinating presentations which will take place at Lusitania: The Next Chapter:

🎨 A Portrait of Hugh Lane: A Life Cut Short | Áine Andrews

The portrait of Hugh Lane by John Singer Sargent shows an elegant, somewhat languid figure in a striped waistcoat, clutching gloves to his chest, with a romantic, far-away, even melancholic expression. The sitter is perhaps best known as Lady Gregory’s nephew, but Sir Hugh Lane was a very successful art dealer in London and occupied a unique place in the Edwardian art world. He was a philanthropist, as well as a patron of modern art who, bought important of Old Master paintings and sold them to collectors in London, South Africa and New York. By 1914, Hugh Lane was director of the National Gallery of Ireland and had amassed a wonderful collection of Impressionist paintings. His aim was to donate it to the city of Dublin by creating a purpose-built gallery of modern art but unfortunately, an unsigned codicil to his will, led to an ongoing legal dispute between London and Dublin. Hugh Lane was born in Cork in 1875, but never returned, until with tragic irony, he died on the ill-fated Lusitania in 1915 within sight of the Cork coastline.

Áine Andrews presents the very popular art appreciation series Famous Paintings and their Hidden Histories at the Triskel Arts Centre Cork. Each lecture examines one painting in detail while exploring its meaning, historical context, the artist and links to society of the time, as well as the often fascinating journey of the painting to its present location. Now a practising artist, Áine studied at Crawford College of Art and Design and worked for many years as an art teacher at Coláiste/Gaelcholáiste Choilm Ballincollig Cork during which time she regularly organised art history study trips for students at home and abroad. She is the author of several school text-books. The most recent, New Appreciating Art -Visual Studies for Leaving Certificate (2022), was co-authored with Aidan O Sullivan, and published by Gill Education to cover the new art history syllabus introduced in 2021 for Senior Cycle art.

Event: 7.30pm
Tickets: €20 link in bio

🌊 LUSITANIA: THE NEXT CHAPTERJoin us at St.Catherine's Cultural Centre Kinsale on Thursday 5 November for a special even...
15/10/2026

🌊 LUSITANIA: THE NEXT CHAPTER

Join us at St.Catherine's Cultural Centre Kinsale on Thursday 5 November for a special evening of art, history and the future of the Lusitania Museum.

🎨 Áine Andrews will present A Portrait of Hugh Lane: A Life Cut Short, exploring the remarkable life of the Cork-born art dealer and philanthropist who lost his life aboard Lusitania.

🚢 Mike Brady of Oceanliner Designs will join us to bring Lusitania to life through passionate storytelling, 3D animation and his new Ship Explorer project.

🎬 We’ll also premiere our new Lusitania Museum fundraising campaign video, produced by Made to Measure Films Ireland Ltd and featuring members of our volunteer committee and relatives of those connected to Lusitania.

We will also share an update on Phase 3 — our plans for a dedicated Lusitania Museum at the Old Head, with planning permission secured and the next stage now underway.

After nearly 20 years of hard work, the next chapter is here.

We’d love you to be part of it. ❤️

📍St. Catherine's Cultural Centre Kinsale P17 VX81
📅 Thursday 5 November
🕖 Doors 7pm | Event 7.30pm
🎟️ Tickets €20

Tickets available now on our website - link in bio / event page.

13/10/2026

A little morning magic at the Old Head of Kinsale🌅 (Best viewed in landscape)

There’s nowhere quite like it 🌊

We remain open daily, 10 - 5, until the end of the month when we will close for the season until 2027. 💙

🌊 LUSITANIA: THE NEXT CHAPTERJoin us at St Catherine’s Cultural Centre, Kinsale on Thursday 5 November for a special eve...
09/10/2026

🌊 LUSITANIA: THE NEXT CHAPTER

Join us at St Catherine’s Cultural Centre, Kinsale on Thursday 5 November for a special evening of art, history and the future of the Lusitania Museum.

🎨 Áine Andrews will present A Portrait of Hugh Lane: A Life Cut Short, exploring the remarkable life of the Cork-born art dealer and philanthropist who lost his life aboard Lusitania.

🚢 Mike Brady of Oceanliner Designs will join us to bring Lusitania to life through passionate storytelling, 3D animation and his new Ship Explorer project.

🎬 We’ll also premiere our new Lusitania Museum fundraising campaign video, produced by Made to Measure Films Ireland Ltd and featuring members of our volunteer committee and relatives of those connected to Lusitania.

We will also share an update on Phase 3 — our plans for a dedicated Lusitania Museum at the Old Head, with planning permission secured and the next stage now underway.

After nearly 20 years of hard work, the next chapter is here.

We’d love you to be part of it. ❤️

📍St.Catherine's Cultural Centre Kinsale P17 VX81
📅 Thursday 5 November
🕖 Doors 7pm | Event 7.30pm
🎟️ Tickets €20

Tickets available now — https://tickets.oldheadofkinsale.com/events/lusitaniamuseumoldheadsignaltower/2452263

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We’ve been working on something exciting here at the Old Head — and these behind the scenes snaps might give you a tiny ...
29/09/2026

We’ve been working on something exciting here at the Old Head — and these behind the scenes snaps might give you a tiny clue… 🎬

📅 5 November — save the date.

More details will be revealed later this week, so keep an eye on our social channels… 👀

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