Honan Chapel windows are brought to light again in new book on Cork’s Harry Clarke

The Cork-born art historian, Patricia Curtin-Kelly, has long been fascinated by the work of Harry Clarke — the famous stained glass artist and illustrator responsible for the magnificent windows in the Honan Chapel, University College Cork.

So when she was asked to give a talk on the three Harry Clarke windows in her local church, St Joseph’s, in Terenure, Dublin, she jumped at the chance.

“I thought 20 people would turn up to the event, but there were 200,” she says. “There was a lot of interest. People wanted to know more. They were asking if I had anything written down about it.”