Noelle Campbell-Sharp

Noelle Campbell-Sharp (born 1943 in County Wexford) is an Irish artistic promoter, gallerist and philanthropist, formerly a journalist, editor and publisher of multiple Irish magazine titles. She has operated an art gallery in Dublin, been a member of the Arts Council of Ireland, and has led the Cill Rialaig project in County Kerry, which has hosted more than 5,000 artists since its establishment in 1991. by the Roche family, growing up in County Wexford.

Roche acquired a love of history and military matters from her father, and went on to collect memorabilia related to Napoleon. She left school at the age of 15, after taking her Intermediate Certificate.

Journalism After her marriage to British fashion photographer Neil Campbell-Sharp, she began to write text to go with his work, and later to manage his career, and so became involved with fashion journalism. She also purchased a number of other titles, publishing 11 at one point, including Social and Personal, which she later sold to Michael Smurfit's Smurfit Publishing, and Success. She secured a nomination for election to the board of directors of Bank of Ireland in 1992 but failed to be elected. She also managed a rock band, Against the Storm, in 1994–1995. which has hosted over 5,000 artists on residencies as of mid-2019. This was followed by the Origins Gallery,

Recognition Campbell-Sharp received an honorary doctorate from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, in June 2007, conferred by Garret FitzGerald.

Arts Council Campbell-Sharp was appointed as a member of Ireland's 13-member Arts Council in 2003 by Minister John O'Donoghue.

Personal life Campbell-Sharp has one daughter with Neil Campbell-Sharp. Married to avant garde photographer Bernhardt von Spreckelsen, holistic therapist Tara has three children, born within a three-year span.

Campbell-Sharp was an active collector of Napoleon-related memorabilia, and member of the Napoleon Society of Ireland, for decades, but in 2019 announced plans to auction off her collection.