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Title page of New Passages by Eugene Watters

Title page of New Passages by Eugene Watters he also writes under his irish name Eoghan Ó Tuairisc. This collection of poems was published in 1973.

Carlow County Library with permission of Rita E. Kelly

The Dodo, an extinct bird

This Dodo is amongst a very small number that survive in museum collections. Dodos were unique to the island of Mauritius and had become extinct by the late 17th century. This example was acquired by the Royal Irish Academy following an excavation in 1865 in a marshy area of Mauritius which led to the recovery of a small number of Dodo skeletons.

College Green, 1903-1906

College Green, Dublin: A Streetscene 1903-1906. All the trams are electric and the overheads are in view.

By kind permission of Seamus Kearns, Old Dublin Society

GBS bust (Carlow Co. Library)

This bust of George Bernard Shaw was sculpted by Sava Botzaris (1894-1965) who was a native of the former Yugoslavia. G.B. Shaw's ties with Carlow are particularly noteworthy. His mother Lucinda Elizabeth Gurly was daughter of Thomas Gurly of Carlow. Shaw inherited property in Carlow on his mother's side. He donated the building known as the "Assembly Rooms" in Dublin Street to the Technical Instruction Committee later the Vocational Education Committee.It served as the Carlow Vocational School until the mid 1970's when it became the County Library. Shaw also donated rents from his other properties and all these became part of the Civic Improvement Fund for the town of Carlow.

Carlow County Library

Cuchulainn (Louth County Museum)

Sketch depicts Cuchulainn in full flight.

The Geneva Window (1930) by Harry Clarke (1889–1931)

Stained glass window, for the International Labor Building, League of Nations, Geneva, commissioned 1926, completed 1930 (never installed) Designed by Harry Clarke (Irish, 1889–1931) Made by Clarke Studios, Dublin Stained glass, lead cames 71 1/2 x 40 inches (181.6 x 101.6 centimeters) The Geneva Window by Harry Clarke (1889-1931), was commissioned by the Free State government in 1926, as a gift to the International Labour Organisation in Geneva, but due to the prudish reaction, the artwork was never delivered.

The Wolfsonian–Florida International University (www.wolfsonian.org), Miami Beach, Florida

The Liffey Swim (1923) by Jack Yeats (1871-1957)

The Liffey Swim (1923) by Jack Yeats (1871-1957) records a popular annual event that still takes place today. Yeats captures the sense of excitement as the local people gather together to witness the event. Courtesy of the National Gallery of Ireland

© Estate of Jack B Yeats. All rights reserved, DACS 2009

Madonna Irlanda (1977) by Micheal Farrell (1940-2000)

Oil on canvas 36" x 64.5" Private Collection Madonna Irlanda or The Very First Real Irish Political Picture (1977) by Micheal Farrell (1940-2000) is based on a famous painting by François Boucher (1703-1770) of a courtesan, Marie-Louise O’Murphy (1737-1818), who was favoured by King Louis XV of France. Farrell’s image was controversial for personifying Ireland in such a way, rather than the traditional Madonna-like, pure and maternal persona.

Book cover of "The Irish Impressionists Irish Artists in France and Belguim 1850-1914"

Front cover of the book entitled "The Irish Impressionists Irish Artists in France and Belgium 1850-1914", by Julian Campbell. This book includes Frank O'Meara and his work. It was published in conjunction with an exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland in 1984 and which also toured to the Ulster Museum between 1st February and 10th March 1985. The painting depicted on this cover is "Convent Garden Brittany" by William John Leech, who lived in both Britain and France.

Carlow County Library

Dublin's Molly Malone Statue (Dublin City Library)

Dublin's Molly Malone Statue

By kind permission of Martin McCree