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IE 2135 NDAI N2/3/2
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Photograph of Judith McGilligan
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- [1959] (Creation)
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(1941-2002)
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Cliodna O’Riordan and her sister Sally were among the first pupils of the Irish National Ballet School, which was set up in 1954 by Blanaid and Eoin O’Brolchain and Cecil ffrench Salkeld. The school was located at 19 Ely Place, Dublin, and its first director was Valentina Dutko. Dutko was replaced in 1956 by Patricia Ryan, during whose directorship the school evolved into the National Ballet Company.
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Black and white photograph (206 x 253 mm) of Judith McGilligan posed in costume in attitude avant, taken by the Irish Times in November 1959. The photograph appeared in the Sunday Review on 22 November (for which see N2/2/5). The photograph is signed and dedicated to O’Riordan by Judith McGilligan.
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N2/24