Lecture on Cathedral Mosaics

Professor Anne Byrne from Galway University will deliver a lecture next week on undoubtedly the most famous work of art in Mullingar, one that is of national and international repute.

The title of the lecture is ‘There is something about those virgins: Boris Anrep (1883-1969), the Mullingar Mosaics, Bloomsbury and friends’.

The preeminent architectural feature of the town is undoubtedly the Cathedral of Christ the King, completed in 1936. Equally significant are the beautiful mosaics created by the famous Russian poet and artist Boris Anrep at the invitation of Bishop Kyne. The accompanying image shows the St Patrick mosaic, Boris Anrep and Cardinal Dalton, a former bishop of Meath.

Professor Byrne has completed extensive research on Anrep in Mullingar and London in recent months and this promises to be an interesting lecture.

Hosted by the Westmeath Archaeological and Historical Society, the lecture takes place in the Greville Arms Hotel on Wednesday 26 February at 8pm. All welcome.