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The Plough and the Stars by Seán O’Casey, 1926
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Girl Carrying Grasses, by Patrick Scott 1958
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The last entry of the 1920s modern artworks is Tomás Ó Criomhthain An tOileánac
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Cork County Hall by Patrick McSweeney, 1965
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This week’s Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks is from the year 1947. Taken from the Sculpture volume of the Art and Architecture of Ireland the artwork chosen is Hilary Heron’s bust of James Connolly.
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The Trial of Roger Casement by Sir John Lavery 1930
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This week’s feature for Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks is The Troubles by J.G Farrell.
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Jim Larkin Statue, O’Connell Street Dublin by Oisín Kelly, 1978
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Busáras, 1948
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Men of the West by Seán Keating, 1917
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Línte Liombó (Lines from limbo) by Seán Ó Ríordáin, 1971
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Eucharistic Congress Skywriting over Dublin, 1932
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This week’s Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks is Bligeard Sraide published in 1983 by Michael Davitt, which established Davitt as one of the most innovative poets in the Irish language.
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Cré na Cille by Máirtín Ó Cadhain, 1949
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In this week’s article Yvonne Scott discusses Paul Henry’s calm portrait which ‘captures the challenge Irish artists faced in combining modernism and nationalism.’
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'Da' by Hugh Leonard, 1978
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William Orpen’s The Signing of Peace, Versailles, 1919
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This week’s Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks is Stewart Parker’s Pentecost , first performed in 1987.
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Island People by Gerard Dillon, 1950
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Seacht mBua an Éirí Amach, by Pádraic Ó Conaire, 1918
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'Christmas Eve' by Maeve Brennan, 1974
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Elizabeth Bowen, The Demon Lover and Other Stories, 1945
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This week's Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks features Tony O'Malley's Self Portrait , 1989.
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Louis le Brocquy, 1951
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