Art at The Park Hotel, Kenmare: The Tate Gallery of Ireland's hospitality world

Bryan Meehan has transformed the artwork at The Park Hotel, removing the traditional gold frames to make space for pieces from his very own collection – including several by Dorothy Cross. Ellie O’Byrne meets the artist and hotelier in Kenmare

Artist Dorothy Cross pictured beside some of her works  at the Park Hotel in Kenmare, Co Kerry. Pic: Domnick Walsh

The artist Dorothy Cross smiles and gives a little sigh when the question of the desiccated, 2,000-year-old remains of a certain Egyptian gentleman crops up in conversation.

Sitting in the serene surroundings of the Garden Rooms of the Park Hotel in Kenmare, Cross recounts the latest updates to her Kinship project, which revolves around her attempts to return a mummy stored at UCC to his birthplace.