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The Widow
This is one of O'Meara's paintings of a lady standing by water. She is mourning the loss of her husband. It is a sad painting. Do you like it? If you would like to see it in real life, it hangs in the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery in Dublin.
Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery
Image is present on following page(s): Young Frank
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Page from the St. Gallen Manuscripts, Cod. Sang. 27, p. 21
Created at the St Gallen monastery in Switzerland
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek (http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/csg/0027/21)
Image is present on following page(s): The Middle Ages, The Middle Ages, The Middle Ages
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Reverie
This is another painting by O'Meara of a girl waiting by water. This is not as mournful as The Widow shown earlier, but it is still melancholic. She seems to be waiting for someone. What do you think? This is probably O'Meara's most famous painting. It sold for £496,500 at an auction in London in May 1999.
Private Collection, courtesy of Pyms Gallery, London
Image is present on following page(s): The Celtic Twilight
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Tomb of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond and his wife, Margaret Fitzgerald
Tomb of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond and his wife, Margaret Fitzgerald (c.1539), St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny. In comparison to English tombs, the armour and costume depicted on this tomb appear quite dated. As most tombs were commissioned before death, this seems to be deliberate; it may have been a way for the couple to display their ancient lineage, or perhaps simply reflect the different fashions that were current in Ireland at the time.
Image is present on following page(s): People in Art, People in Art, People in Art
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Old Place, Callan (1978) by Tony O’Malley (1913-2003)
Old Place, Callan (1978) by Tony O’Malley (1913-2003) seems to take a birds-eye view of field formations, and winter pools reflecting winter sun.
AIB Art Collection
Image is present on following page(s): Landscape and the natural world, Landscape and the natural world, Landscape and the natural world
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Cross of the Scriptures, Clonmacnoise
The Cross of the Scriptures at Clonmacnoise. This is the original cross, and it is now housed in the interpretative centre at Clonmacnoise. A replica stands in the grounds.
Image is present on following page(s): High Crosses
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Tara brooch
Although dating to the 8th century AD this brooch is decorated with spirals that derive from the Celtic tradition.
Courtesy of the National Museum of Ireland
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James Barry Self-Portrait
Self-portrait of artist James Barry in which he portrays two of his friends: James Paine Jr and Dominique Lefèvre.
Courtesy of Cork City Libraries
Image is present on following page(s): James Barry (1741-1806), James Barry, James Barry
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Turoe Stone
Turoe Stone, Co. Galway
Courtesy of Fáilte Ireland
Image is present on following page(s): Celtic Art, Celtic Art, Gallery & Questions, Gallery & Questions, Gallery & Questions, Gallery & Questions, Celtic Art
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Art & Artists Feature
Explore the meaning and purpose of Irish art from a contemporary perspective in this feature article by Dr. Yvonne Scott and Dr. Rachel Moss.
AIB Art Collection
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Late 12th century east window, Tuam Cathedral
Tuam Cathedral, Co. Galway
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Time Flies (1887) by William Gerard Barry (1864-1941)
Time Flies (1887) by William Gerard Barry (1864-1941) captures an idyllic moment in childhood, but is also a reminder that time moves on relentlessly. The old woman seems to remembering her own youth
Courtesy of the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
Image is present on following page(s): Genre, narrative and allegory, Genre, narrative and allegory, Genre, narrative and allegory
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Beneath the 'bow (1991) by Michael Warren (b.1950)
Beneath the 'bow (1991) by Michael Warren (b.1950) explores the abstract principles of gravity and balance.
Image is present on following page(s): Irish Art Today, Irish Art Today, Abstract Art, Abstract Art, Irish Art Today
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Untitled (1979) by Charles Tyrrell (b.1950)
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AIB Art Collection
Image is present on following page(s): Abstraction and Modernism, Abstraction and Modernism, Gallery & Questions, Gallery & Questions, Abstraction and Modernism
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Lear and Cordelia
Lear and Cordelia by Daniel Maclise, painted c. 1843
Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
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John McCormack
Image of Irish Tenor John McCormack (1884-1945)
© Dublin City Public Libraries
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Inside the teepee
View of the inside of the teepee, part of the Eco Restyling Project 2010.
Courtesy of Carrigaline Library
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John Hogan Portrait
John Hogan Portrait by Bernard Mulrenin. Taken from 'The Capuchin Annual' 1946-47
Courtesy of Cork City Libraries
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There are over 600 different flowering plants in the Burren in County Clare.
English Name: Burnet rose, Scotch rose Botanical Name (Latin): Rosa pimpinellifolia (R. spinosissima) Irish Name: Briúlán Order: DICOTYLEDONES Family: ROSACEAE Brief Description: Very spiny, deciduous shrub, usually c. 0.5m tall; flowers solitary, white, cream or pink; hip black with persistent crown of sepals.
Carsten Krieger
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Dublin Silver Cream Jug, 1738
Dublin Silver Cream Jug, 1738
© Douglas Bennett
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Michael Kelly
Contemporary drawing of Michael Kelly, opera singer and theatre manager (1762-1826)
© Dublin City Public Libraries
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Cork gets its name from the marsh on which the city is built.
A plan of Cork in 1545
Copyright Cork City Library
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In 2007, we created the weight of 428,000 double decker buses in waste
The image shows a bin on a street packed full of household and commerical waste.
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The Holy Well (1916) by William Orpen (1878-1931)
The Holy Well (1916) by William Orpen (1878-1931) includes classical nude figures, for allegorical purposes, perhaps to suggest the innocence before Adam and Eve’s fall from grace, rather than as a realistic, literal description of a pilgrimage to a holy well. Courtesy of the National Gallery of Ireland
Photo (c) National Gallery of Ireland
Image is present on following page(s): Artists' Education and Training, The Nude, Artists' Education and Training, The Nude, William Orpen, William Orpen, The Nude, Artists' Education and Training
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It’s best not to create waste in the first place
The waste keeps piling up.
Copyright Environmental Protection Agency
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Ireland’s biodiversity is rich and varied
The Dingle Dolphin named Fungi, has become a firm favourite with locals and tourists. The young bottle-nosed dolphin has been around our shores since 1984.
Copyright Mike Brown
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Lady Lavery as Kathleen Ní Houlihan (1928) by John Lavery (1856-1941)
Lady Lavery as Kathleen Ní Houlihan (1928) by John Lavery (1856-1941) is an engraving of the painting which appeared on Irish banknotes for fifty years, until 1977. Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Collection. Photographer: Roy Hewson
© Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Photo © The National Gallery of Ireland
Image is present on following page(s): Shaw-Sparrow: John Lavery and His Work, People in Art, People in Art, Gallery & Questions, Gallery & Questions, People in Art
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The Death of Cuchulainn (1911-12) by Oliver Sheppard (1865-1941)
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Courtesy of An Post
Image is present on following page(s): Mythology, Louth, Mythology, Mythology, Painting Scenes from Myths, Mythology
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The Luncheon (2002) by Caroline McCarthy (b.1971)
The Luncheon (2002) by Caroline McCarthy (b.1971) is a photograph of a Dutch-style ‘still life’. Her version is modelled from water and toilet tissue, with plastic glasses and tinfoil plates, all resting on a ‘tablecloth’ made from black bin-liners. The work reflects concerns about wastefullness of consumer society.
AIB Art Collection
Image is present on following page(s): Irish Art Today, Irish Art Today, Irish Art Today, Irish Art Today, Irish Art Today
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Postcard view of Dublin Street, Carlow.
Postcard view of Dublin Street, Carlow. c. 1900
Carlow County Library
Image is present on following page(s): Frank O'Meara (1853-1888), Frank O'Meara (1853-1888), Frank O'Meara (1853-1888)
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Ennis Friary, Creagh tomb
Ennis Friary, Creagh tomb. Detail of a scene showing the betrayal of Christ. This is very similar to a number of carvings found on alabaster altar pieces made in England during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and is probably a copy of one, that perhaps once decorated the altar at Ennis.
Image is present on following page(s): Themes in Irish Art, Themes in Irish Art, Religion, Religion, Themes in Irish Art
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Detail of ‘Arrest’ scene, Muiredach’s cross, Monasterboice, Co. Louth.
Detail of ‘Arrest’ scene, Muiredach’s cross, Monasterboice, Co. Louth. The brooches worn by all three figures are typical of contemporary Irish jewellery.
Courtesy of Professor Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton University
Image is present on following page(s): Themes in Irish Art, Themes in Irish Art, Religion, Religion, Themes in Irish Art
Detail of ‘Arrest’ scene, Muiredach’s cross, Monasterboice, Co. Louth.