Biography Posts

Sybil Connolly was born in Swansea, Wales on January 24, 1921. On her father's death, John, in 1936, the family relocated to his native Waterford. During those years, Sybil showed a flair for fashion and design and was apprenticed to a London dressm…

John Field (1782 - 1837), is considered by many to be Ireland’s most influential classical composer. Field is credited with the creation of the nocturne, a musical form usually written for the piano and evocative of the night.  Field w…