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A Visit To See The O\u2019Keeffe Chalice<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ruth O’Keefe
October 7, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For many years I have wanted to see the O\u2019Keeffe Chalice & this past September I finally got an opportunity to visit The Victoria & Albert Museum in London where it is kept. I asked several staff where it might be but no one seemed to know of what I was looking for but I knew it to be there. I headed to the Chalice Rooms but the   chalice rooms were huge with lots of cabinets full to the brim. I realized my chances of finding it walking around were slim & would take hours. So I googled it, found which room it was in & its location.  There it was! A beautiful sight & heirloom to behold. Absolutely beautiful. I couldn\u2019t believe I was there to see it. But I felt saddened it was kept in there. Doesn\u2019t it belong to it\u2019s people? On further inspection I realized it wasn\u2019t described as The O\u2019Keeffe Chalice but an Irish chalice & that\u2019s probably why the staff didn\u2019t know of what I spoke.  Yet I knew it\u2019s story. I thought of it\u2019s adventure, it\u2019s travels & the sacrifices given to preserve it.  I was grateful to be the only person in the chalice room & I sat there for about 15 minutes thinking of this story that only some of us will ever know. That O’Keeffes will only feel. I took many photographs & felt happy & sad at the same time that I was in its presence. Do go see it if you\u2019re ever in London. I believe it knows & welcomes when a fellow kin O\u2019Keeffe has come to visit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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