Irene Broe

[1] Her father, Leo, was a sculptor, with the family sculpting business run from a premises in Harold's Cross, Dublin.

[1] Broe developed more of a modern style of art compared to her father and brother's more traditional approach.

[5] Among her notable pieces are heads of Irish Free Education pioneer Donagh O'Malley (1968),[6] Arland Ussher (1978),[7] Roger Casement, W.B.

Broe was asked to sculpt a bust of Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, commissioned by the National Union of Plantation Workers.

This piece was present in the Malaysian Pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair can now be found in the house of parliament in Kuala Lumpur.

Also in 1964 Broe undertook a project to complete a portrait of Ralph Deraniyagala who was the speaker of the house of representatives in Sri Lanka.

[1] After returning to Ireland in 1966 Broe continued her work completing a portrait of author Patricia Lynch which appeared in the 1971 Dun Laoghaire Arts Week exhibition.

[12] Her statue of St Valentine at the shrine at Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church, Dublin is possibly her best known work.