Matriarchs
Monday 16 April marks the 60 anniversary of the death of Ireland's famous prima donna, Margaret Burke Sheridan.
Born in Castlebar, Co Mayo, 'discovered' by Marconi, trained by Martino, Pucinni and Toscanini, who dubbed her 'Empress of Ireland', she performed with operatic legends, such as Gigli, Pertile, Lauri Volpi, Badini, Zanelli, Autori, at La Scala, San Carlos, Rome, Turin, Cremona and many of Italy's other great opera houses, and also at Covent Garden.
Anne will give a talk on the fascinating life of this famous Irishwoman in
The Little Museum, St Stephen's Green, Wednesday 16 May at .5.30 pm
Celebrating India's National Day at India House with the Indian Ambassador Her Excellency Mrs Vijay Thakur Singh
Also pictured are Tony Ryan, Anna Raszkowska, Anne Chambers and Vic Bhandari enjoying India Day at India House.
At the recent opening of the T.K. Whitaker Collection at his alma mater, St Jospeh's CBS, Drogheda, Anne Chambers meets with Principal, David Madden.