Medora Heather Bent
Medora Heather was born in Ireland and spent much of her childhood on the family estate at Errislannan, situated on a remote peninsula in Connemara. Her parents bred race horses and reputedly christened her Medora by randomly choosing a name out of a stud-book (it was either that or ‘Cob-web’), but her aunts demanded an Irish name: thus she was known always as Alannah
Alannah Heather, Errislannan: Scenes from a Painter’s Life, Lilliput Press, Dublin, 1993, p.29.
Alannah Heather, Errislannan: Scenes from a Painter’s Life, Lilliput Press, Dublin, 1993, p.29.