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Doris Keogh
Doris Keogh (16 April 1922 – 10 August 2012) was an Irish flautist and flute teacher. Biography Doris Keogh, née Cleary, was born in Dublin to Victor-Louis Cleary and Mary Elizabeth Hughes. Her father was a professional flute player based in Rathgar, Dublin. Keogh spent four years living with her grandparents in Howth after her mother died. She grew up mostly in Adelaide Road, Dublin. Her father taught her the flute before she took up working with Thomas Brown (musician), Thomas Brown. She went on to study harmony with Dr J. J. O'Reilly and piano with Josephine Reidy at the Municipal School of Music (now the TU Dublin Conservatory) on top of her flute studies with Colonel Frederick Sauerzweig. Keogh later said that her ballet classes in the Abbey School of Ballet helped her playing as it improved and supported her posture. Keogh's first public performance came when she was fourteen and she accompanied her aunt Sylvia Dormer at a recital in Mariner's Church, Dún Laoghaire, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rathgar
Rathgar (), is a suburb of Dublin in Ireland. It was originally a village which from 1862 was part of the township of Rathmines and Rathgar; it was absorbed by the growing city and became a suburb in 1930. It lies about three kilometres south of the city centre. Location Rathgar is situated in the southside of Dublin. It lies beside Dartry, Harold's Cross, Rathmines, and Terenure. Other nearby suburbs are Crumlin, Kimmage, Milltown, Ranelagh, and Rathfarnham. The Grand Canal flows to the north. The majority of the area lies within the jurisdiction of Dublin City Council and straddles the postal boundary of Dublin 6. Rathgar is in the Dáil Éireann constituency of Dublin Bay South. History Rathgar, in the Middle Ages, was a farm belonging to the Convent of St Mary de Hogges, at present-day College Green. At the Dissolution of the Monasteries, Rathgar was granted to the Segrave family: they built Rathgar Castle, ownership of which subsequently passed to John Cusacke, who w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
