Stained-glass artist Peadar Lamb loses life’s work in blaze

An Irish stained-glass artist who has exhibited both nationally and internationally, and whose commissions include a stained-glass window for a theatre in New York, has lost most of his life’s work following a catastrophic studio fire.

Peadar Lamb, whose insurance on his studio had lapsed, said it was like “starting from ground zero” such was the extent of the damage caused to his workspace in Monard Glen, Co Cork, following a fire on March 19, in which his work materials, tools, and equipment were destroyed, along with original and irreplaceable drawings and sketchbooks, archive materials, and works in progress.

Some of Peadar’s finished pieces spanned almost 30 years.