“This is a vision of Francis Bacon before he put on the mask of the artist.” – Adam Clayton In a new documentary, Francis Bacon: The Outsider, U2’s Adam Clayton retraces a trip that Francis Bacon took to Ireland in 1929. As explained in the documentary, the accepted narrative is that Bacon left Ireland at 16 years old, never to return. This film challenges that perception. Watch it on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player this Thursday at 10.15pm. More info here: https://bit.ly/3VSJLpm | Francis Bacon (artist)