{"id":668113,"date":"2026-10-28T19:46:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T19:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/668113\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T19:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T19:46:14","slug":"carlow-barber-ann-maries-art-exhibition-is-a-big-hit-in-lord-bagenal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/668113\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlow barber Ann-Marie\u2019s art exhibition is a big hit in Lord Bagenal &#8211; News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">CARLOW town barber Ann-Marie Lawler brought her art to the Lord Bagenal Hotel in Leighlinbridge on 18 October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Ann-Marie, who paints under the surname Roche, exhibited 15 large paintings and a handful of smaller pieces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">All the art featured was very personal to Ann-Marie, with each painting representing a different time in her life. The showcase was aptly titled\u00a0 Chapters.\n        <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3872860_2_articleinline_Annmarie_20Roche_20Art_20Exhibition_October_2018_2c_202026_03_20-_20Copy.jpg\" alt=\"Ann-Marie (right) with Teresa Brophy and Catherine McEvoy during the opening of her art exhibition in the Lord Bagenal Hotel\" title=\"Ann-Marie (right) with Teresa Brophy and Catherine McEvoy during the opening of her art exhibition in the Lord Bagenal Hotel\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Ann-Marie (right) with Teresa Brophy and Catherine McEvoy during the opening of her art exhibition in the Lord Bagenal Hotel<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3872861_2_articleinline_Annmarie_20Roche_20Art_20Exhibition_October_2018_2c_202026_04_20-_20Copy.jpg\" alt=\"Ann-Marie, right, with Marian Carroll \" title=\"Ann-Marie, right, with Marian Carroll \" class=\"card-img\"\/>Ann-Marie, right, with Marian Carroll <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3872862_2_articleinline_Annmarie_20Roche_20Art_20Exhibition_October_2018_2c_202026_02_20-_20Copy.jpg\" alt=\"Margaret Freeman, Margaret Kirwan and Marianne Madden were pictured at the opening of Annmarie Roche\u2019s art exhibition\" title=\"Margaret Freeman, Margaret Kirwan and Marianne Madden were pictured at the opening of Annmarie Roche\u2019s art exhibition\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Margaret Freeman, Margaret Kirwan and Marianne Madden were pictured at the opening of Annmarie Roche\u2019s art exhibition<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Hundreds of art lovers from near and far attended throughout the day and she was blown away by their kindness. She was very proud that many of her paintings sold, even before she had arrived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIt\u2019s amazing, it\u2019s your gift on their wall,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Along with her paintings, Ann-Marie sold tote bags and cushion covers featuring her artwork. These were snapped up and Ann-Marie recalls running out before the day had ended.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cEveryone can have a chapter under their arm,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This was her second exhibition and her first, held at the ArtBank Gallery, Bunclody, last year was also a huge success.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Ann-Marie would like to thank the Lord Bagenal Hotel, particularly James Kehoe and Karen Haughey for their hospitality. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CARLOW town barber Ann-Marie Lawler brought her art to the Lord Bagenal Hotel in Leighlinbridge on 18 October.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-668113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}