Percy French and his immortal songs remembered on his 103rd anniversary

Ger Furlong Music on Instagram: "The Pride of Petravore / Eileen Óg. Song written by Percy French and Houston Collisson. #fyp #acoustic #guitar #singing #theprideofpetravore @The Mary Wallopers"

✨ French mysticism - Percy French (1854-1920) could distill the quiet soul of the Irish landscape into the lightest touch of watercolour. Two works by the man responsible for the song, The Mountains of Mourne will go on sale next Thursday as part of the Irish & International Art Auction in Durrow. Lot 8 is “Grounds of Moydrum Castle, County Westmeath" and Lot 24 is entitled “In the West.” From the soft woodland light of Moydrum to the serene openness of Ireland’s western sky, French’s trademark

✨ Come be inspired - A random selection of paintings on view now at our galleries in the centre of historic Durrow in the run up to our Irish & International Art Auction on Thursday. Open each day from 10am to 5pm. Carpe diem Included are works by Louis Le Brocquy, Ian Humphreys, Kenneth Webb, Thorvald Hellesen, James S. Brohan, Barbara Warren, Paddy Campbell, Erskine Nicol and Markey Robinson. Also represented are Mildred Anne Butler, Aloysius O’Kelly, Cecil Maguire, Donald Teskey, Sean Scully,

Celebrating Percy French