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'''Standish Robert Gage Prendergast Vereker, 7th Viscount Gort''' [[Military Cross|MC]] (1888-1975) was an [[Irish peer]], [[connoisseur]] and [[collector]] of fine art, antiques, and [[objects d'art]].
'''Siobhan Maher''' (born [[11 January]] [[1964]]) was the lead singer of [[Liverpool]]-based band [[River City People]] during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The band released two albums, ''Say Something Good'' and ''This Is The World''.


Gort served in the British Army during the [[First World War]], with the [[rank]] of [[colonel]]. He served under his brother [[John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort]], in the [[Second World War]] and was awarded the [[Military Cross]]. He bought [[Bunratty Castle]], [[County Clare]], [[Ireland]] in 1953. Encouraged by [[John Hunt (antiquarian)|John Hunt]] he then set about refurbishing the castle with a large personal antique collection <ref> www.bunrattycollection.com/introduction.php - 9k</ref>. He put a roof on the castle and generally saved it from [[ruin]]. It had not been lived in since the building of [[Bunratty]] House (now an attraction within the folk park). The castle later was run by [[Shannon Development]].
When the band split, Siobhan teamed up with [[Debbi Peterson]], drummer and vocalist with [[the Bangles]] to form a duo called [[Kindred Spirit]], who released a self-titled album in 1995. Although Debbi and Siobhan never officially split, Kindred Spirit is in effect over now. Debbi returned to the Bangles, and Siobhan released a solo album in 2002 called "Immigrant Flower".


The castle is today a [[tourist attraction]], with an Irish [[Victorian era|Victorian]]-themed folk park which was created around it. It is the most complete and authentically restored and furnished castle in Ireland. The [[antiques]] with which Gort filled the castle remain, and [[visitors]] to the castle may view them in situ.<ref>www.jetsettersmagazine.com/archive/jetezine/food/ireland/bunratty/mead.html </ref>. Lord [[Gort]] generously donated the castle to the Irish people, along with its contents, and the castle and folk park are now run by [[Shannon Development]]. Gort is commemorated at the castle by a plaque near the [[portcullis]], and by portraits of him and Lady Gort in the castle.
Living in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]] having married [[Ray Kennedy]], producer of [[Steve Earle]], the country/folk/Americana influence on her music is noticeable. She now styles herself '''[[Siobhan Maher Kennedy]]'''.


==References==
Siobhan also made forays into television presenting, on the 1987 series of the [[BBC1]] fashion magazine programme ''[[The Clothes Show]]'' and, with [[Andy Crane]], Colin Heywood and [[Sue Devaney]], providing links in between programmes in ''But First This!'', [[Children's BBC]]'s morning strand of summer holiday children's shows during the summer of 1988. She sang background vocals on [[Willy DeVille]]'s 1996 ''[[Loup Garou]]'' album.
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==Sources==
==River City People discography==
* http://www.bunrattycollection.com/introduction.php</ref>http://www.bunrattycollection.com/introduction.php
* http://www.jetsettersmagazine.com/archive/jetezine/food/ireland/bunratty/mead.html
* http://www.jetsettersmagazine.com/archive/jetezine/food/ireland/bunratty/mead.html
* http://www.shannondev.ie/News/NewsReleases2007/Title,5733,en.html
* http://www.castles.ancientireland.org/bunratty/index.htm
* Munster historical review, p76. issue 3 01/05/2002.
* http://www.bunrattycollection.com/introduction.php - 9k</ref>
* http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp61703
http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?*LinkID=mp61703&rNo=0&role=sit
* http://www.thepeerage.com/p24101.htm
* Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
* http://www.travelireland.org/clare/index.html
* http://www.huntmuseum.com/framesets_hunts/hunts_frameset.html


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* Say Something Good (1989)
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* This Is The World (1991)
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* "[[California Dreaming]]" (cover of [[The Mamas & the Papas]], now available with the reissue of the ''Say Something Good'' album)
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Revision as of 22:13, 10 October 2008

Standish Robert Gage Prendergast Vereker, 7th Viscount Gort MC (1888-1975) was an Irish peer, connoisseur and collector of fine art, antiques, and objects d'art.

Gort served in the British Army during the First World War, with the rank of colonel. He served under his brother John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, in the Second World War and was awarded the Military Cross. He bought Bunratty Castle, County Clare, Ireland in 1953. Encouraged by John Hunt he then set about refurbishing the castle with a large personal antique collection [1]. He put a roof on the castle and generally saved it from ruin. It had not been lived in since the building of Bunratty House (now an attraction within the folk park). The castle later was run by Shannon Development.

The castle is today a tourist attraction, with an Irish Victorian-themed folk park which was created around it. It is the most complete and authentically restored and furnished castle in Ireland. The antiques with which Gort filled the castle remain, and visitors to the castle may view them in situ.[2]. Lord Gort generously donated the castle to the Irish people, along with its contents, and the castle and folk park are now run by Shannon Development. Gort is commemorated at the castle by a plaque near the portcullis, and by portraits of him and Lady Gort in the castle.

References

  1. ^ www.bunrattycollection.com/introduction.php - 9k
  2. ^ www.jetsettersmagazine.com/archive/jetezine/food/ireland/bunratty/mead.html

Sources

http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?*LinkID=mp61703&rNo=0&role=sit

Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Viscount Gort
1946-1975 		Succeeded by
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