A TRANQUIL REFUGE FOR DUBLINS SENSITIVE SOPHISTICATES; Haven: The club was founded by the cultural elite.

From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: February 9, 2008 | Copyright information

THE late19thCenturysawagreat revival in literature and art in Ireland, under the influence of poets W.B. Yeats and George A.E. Russell and playwright Lady Augusta Gregory.

Aswellasfoundingtheworld-famous Abbey Theatre, these writers, along with Ellie Duncan and CountCasimirand Countess Constance Markievicz, founded the United Arts Club in 1907.

Unusuallyforitsday, the club offered full membership to men and women from the start.

According to its own website, the Arts Club was envisaged as combining theunusual advantages of a ...

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