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in 1957. Crookshank spent much of her early years in
Belfast building a contemporary art collection with an international standing, although her purchases did not always meet with the approval of a conservative Belfast public, with some City Fathers calling her "the whore of Babylon". However it was
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In 1966 Crookshank began a long journey to reassess the place of Irish art in the World by establishing
Ireland's first art history faculty at Trinity College, Dublin. She travelled the length and breadth of Ireland to rediscover lost artists and paintings, firmly establishing the history of Irish
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and Eileen Mary “Kitty” Somerville (née Lodge). Crookshank spent the first five years of life in India where her father was engaged in geographical survey work in the central provinces. Crookshank moved around quite a bit in her early days, including spells in
Carlisle, London and Fethard in
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