In his daily history slot on WLR's Big Breakfast Blaa, Eamonn McEneaney tells Ollie and Mary all about Sampson Twogood Roch (1757–1847) an Irish painter of miniatures. The son of William and Mary Roch of Youghal,he was born deaf. It is unknown with whom he studied; he may have been self-taught. By 1779 he had established himself in Dublin, and in the years following is known to have worked in England. Beginning in 1786 he lived in Cork; while there he married a distant cousin. In 1792 the couple moved to Bath, where his practice flourished. Roch returned to the family home in County Waterford in 1822; there he died in 1847. Besides painting miniatures, he also sketched scenes of Irish rural life.
If you enjoy Eamonn’s slots with us on The Big Breakfast Blaa, listen here to what he had to say about Charles Kean, born in Waterford to Edmund Kean (who was also an actor) and Mary Chambers. Charles went onto to be a huge star of the stage internationally
And below is his chat with us about the incredible painter of miniatures Sampson Twogood Roch.
