RIP: Kilkenny arts community in mourning as Butler Gallery pays tribute to former Chair

The Butler Gallery community is mourning the death of longstanding board member and former Chair Beatrice Kelly, who has died following a long illness, which she bore with great bravery.

“Beatrice was a longstanding board member and former Chair of Butler Gallery whom we greatly valued for her sage advice and support, her kindness and her innate intelligence,” Butler Gallery said in tribute.

“Beatrice made such a positive contribution to the cultural life in Kilkenny and afar through her work with the gallery and her many years at the Heritage Council where she contributed greatly.”

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