I AM writing a biography of playwright Lennox Robinson and would appreciate any assistance your readers can offer by way of reminiscences, letters, photos or other memorabilia.

LENNOX ROBINSON, Abbey Theatre dramatist and director, and a distinguished Corkman, was asked once what were the essential elements in a play.

I HATE writing this letter. Years ago, when I was a student at the Cork School of Art, one of my teachers, a much-travelled man, said that in his opinion ‘Cork was one of the dullest cities in Europe’.

DISTINGUISHED Cork man, playwright and director, the late Dr Lennox Robinson, travelling home one night spotted a butterfly at the window of the tram.

Tommy Barker profiles a property mixing a historical past with a location in the heart of a cosmopolitan town.