After a couple of years the family left and moved to a house on Strand Road at Merrion, overlooking Dublin bay. Michael eventually rejoined his family, who now had moved back to Fitzwilliam Square. As Michael had developed an interest in ornithology and falconry, he spent time at Castleffrench, where he painted, played music and hawked. John lived at Castleffrench, near Ballinasloe in the West of Ireland. Michael also befriended John ffrench, whose work was exhibited with Beatrice and Michael's. Michael taught Reginald and Celia to play the recorder. A little later, Beatrice's sister Celia dated the artist Reginald Gray, who was also a friend of Michael's. Beatrice later married the Irish writer and playwright, Brendan Behan. After about six months he returned to the National College of Art in Dublin, where one of his classmates was Beatrice ffrench-Salkeld, daughter of the avant-garde artist Cecil ffrench-Salkeld. The family then moved to Belfast, where he attended the Belfast College of Art. When the family returned to Dublin and lived in Fitzwilliam Square, Michael continued his studies at the National College of Art. īetween 19, the family lived in London, where Michael attended the Hammersmith School of Art. However, as Michael suffered from Christmas disease, a form of haemophilia, he had to be educated at home. His formal education began in Dublin, when he was sent to St Andrew's school in Clyde Road. Norman Michael MacNamara Morrow was born on 2 October 1929, in London, to his Irish parents Larry and Léonie Morrow. He directed the group, which became famous for its ground-breaking and vigorous approach to performing Medieval and early Renaissance music, until it was disbanded in the 1980s. Michael Morrow (2 October 1929 – 20 April 1994) was an Irish artist, ornithologist, musician and musicologist who, together with John Beckett, founded the British early music group Musica Reservata in London during the late 1950s.

Mercury Ice by Michael Morrow