Sampler (One Thousand Welcomes). 1992. Hand embroidery on linen. 13.75 x 14.25 in. (34.9 x 36.2 cm)

Céad Míle Fáilte

“I had the felicity . . . of seeing her Britannic Majesty on her first visit to this country, in the year 1849 . . . She passed down the broadest street in Dublin, or perhaps in Europe, amid a gaping crowd, but as far as I could at all see or hear, without a single cheer or other sign of sympathetic interest.”

. . . . JOHN O’LEARY