We do not know much of Norah's life or career except for small fragments of information that we can gain from the work itself. The labels on the back of enamel panel give us some more insight. Her full name was Norah Mary O'Kelly, she was a student in class 6019 in the Dublin School of Art and her profession is listed as 'craftworker’. Presumably the panel was made during her time there as a student. It also lists her under the supervision of Percy Oswald Reeves, an enameller and metalworker from England who moved to Ireland in 1902 to work at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art. He had studied under the famous British enameller Alexander Fisher. The School was very well known for its enamel and stained glass departments, which were both hugely popular art forms in Ireland. The School’s notoriety facilitated the florishing of the Irish Arts and Crafts movement in the early part of the 20th century.