![]() ![]() ![]() But they’re not necessarily the entire story. What we know about Christy is the media story about him, and then the movie. Now, after archiving by the NLI, part of the spoils are on display in the Little Museum of Dublin, for fans and newcomers to his work to savour. Thanks to the actions of the Little Museum of Dublin, a private donation from Direct Medical, and the Department of Arts and Heritage, the archive was bought for just over €44k. Last year, Brown’s archive went up for auction in Bonham’s of London. Though he was educated late, he made up for this with his voracious intelligence. Instead, he grew up in the family home in Kimmage, where his abilities and intelligence were explored and allowed grow by his family, particularly his mother Bridget and social worker Katriona. The assumption was that because of his physical condition, he had intellectual difficulties, but his family resisted attempts to send him away for treatment. When he was born in the Rotunda in 1932, Brown emerged with cerebral palsy, then a somewhat misunderstood condition. ![]() He went on to become both, creating his many paintings, a classic memoir, four novels and four collections of poetry, using only his left foot. “Will I be a painter or a writer?” he mused. AT 16, CHRISTY Brown wrote a letter to his much-loved social worker, Katriona Maguire, about his plans for the future. ![]()
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