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In 1955 Brendan Behan married Beatrice ffrench-Salkeld, daughter of artist Cecil Salkeld. The ceremony took place at 7.30 a.m. at Donnybrook church with a small attendance. Beatrice recalls...
Photograph of Beatrice Salkeld and Brendan Behan on their wedding day outside hotel on Morehampton Road, Dublin. Maura Scannell was the only person at the wedding with a camera.
Invitation from Beatrice Salkeld, John ffrench and Michael Morrow to Maura Scannell to attend the la... Christmas card from Beatrice Salkeld to Maura Scannell, [1951 Dec.]. [Woodcut engraving of Mary holding the baby Jesus by Beatrice Salkeld for Maura Scannell] [graphic].
Married life. Through her family, she was introduced to Brendan Behan while she was still in school. They met again years later, and after a brief relationship, the couple married in February 1955. The couple's only daughter, Blanaid, was born shortly before his death in 1963. [2] . Later on, Behan had a son, Paudge Behan, with Cathal Goulding.
Beatrice Behan (née Ffrench-Salkeld) (1928-1993), Painter. Sitter in 4 portraits. It was after studying Art and working as an assistant at the National Museum in Dublin that Beatrice, the daughter of painter Cecil ffrench-Salkeld, would meet Brendan Behan, marrying him in 1955.
Maura Scannell was the only person at the wedding with a camera. In collection: Correspondence from Beatrice Behan and others to Maura Scannell, with associated photographs and documents, 1951-2004.
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In 1955 he married Beatrice ffrench-Salkeld, the daughter of painter Cecil ffrench-Salkeld. Beatrice would illustrate Behan's book Hold Your Hour and Have Another (1963), and after his early death in 1964, published the memoir My Life with Brendan (1974).
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