Eileen Gray
“A house is not a machine to live in. It is the shell of man, his extension, his release, his spiritual emanation.”
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The Brownswood woman who broke down barriers and created the most enduring of legacies
Eileen Gray portrait from 1926 Born Kathleen Eileen Moray Smith on August 9, 1878, the Brownswood native would not only defy convention, not only overcome those obstacles, she would become a world leader in her field, an iconic figure who continues to be celebrated decades after her death. Eileen's father, James McLaren Smith (1832-1900), was a painter, her mother, Eveleen (1841-1918) an Anglo-Irish aristocrat whose lineage could be traced back to King James V. Clearly these were not your average Enniscorthy family. While the young Eileen undoubtedly had a better start to life than most,...
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