Lecture on pioneering Clonmel photographer
William Despard Hemphill
A lecture on the pioneering 19th century Clonmel photographer William Despard Hemphill, will be delivered at The Source in Thurles next Tuesday, February 21 at 7pm.
The lecture will be given by Dr Karol Mullaney Dignam, author of WD Hemphill: Irish Victorian Photographer, who will discuss his life and contribution to Irish photography.
WD Hemphill was born in 1816 at Springhill, Killenaule and was son of Samuel Hemphill, a medical doctor. After qualifying as a doctor, he and his wife settled in Brighton Place, Clonmel and later in nearby Oak Ville, where the Oakville Shopping Centre is now located.
He was a pioneer of photography and was among the first to photograph in detail antiquities such as the Rock of Cashel and Holycross Abbey, as well as castles at Mitchelstown, Lismore, Cahir, Kilmanahan and Shanbally.
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