Beatrice Behan was an Irish artist, author, and wife of Brendan Behan.
11 Facts About Beatrice Behan
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Beatrice Behan was born Beatrice ffrench Salkeld on 31 December 1925 on Mount St, Dublin.
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Beatrice Behan was the eldest daughter of artist Cecil Ffrench Salkeld and a domestic economy instructor from Berlin, Irma Salkeld.
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Beatrice Behan attended Loreto College, St Stephen's Green, going on to study art at the National College of Art and Design.
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Beatrice Behan first attended NCAD as a day student, then moving to study in the evening while working as a temporary clerk.
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From 1948 to 1950, Beatrice Behan exhibited with the Royal Hibernian Academy.
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Beatrice Behan's work was exhibited at the Oireachtas Exhibition in 1957 and 1958, the Irish Living Art Exhibition in 1959, in New York in 1969 and 1970 and at the Irish pavilion at the World Fair in 1972.
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Beatrice Behan assisted her father with murals in Davy Byrne's pub, Dublin, which she maintained afterwards.
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Later on, Beatrice Behan had a son, Paudge Beatrice Behan, with Cathal Goulding.
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In 1973, Beatrice Behan published her memoir My life with Brendan.
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Beatrice Behan was found dead at her home on Anglesea Rd, Ballsbridge on 9 March 1993.