ADRIENNE SYMES – Follies, Ruins and Monuments of Ireland Crawford Gallery — from the essay by

— from the essay by Valerie Mulvin

The historical stage is set with great detail

and a catholic cast of poets

Now the frustrations of his long apprenticeship were over

ADRIENNE SYMES – Follies, Ruins and Monuments of Ireland Crawford Gallery — from the essay byessays by Peter Murray, Glascott Symes, Jennie Taylor; intro by Primrose Wilson ISBN 978 1910140 352 72 pages (hardback) 23x23cm 49 illus For many years, in addition to sketching and painting landscapes, Adrienne Symes has been recording the monuments and follies of Ireland, those enigmatic obelisks, towers and temples that dot the countryside, embodying yearnings for the glories of ancient Greece and Rome, or the hermetic retreats of monastic