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Sheela-na-Gig paintings, by Barrie Cooke, 1960
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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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These teacher-written activities cover each of the five volumes, spanning from the early middle ages to the end of the last century.
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Men of the West by Seán Keating, 1917
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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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Eucharistic Congress Skywriting over Dublin, 1932
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The Táin, by Thomas Kinsella and Louis le Brocquy, 1969
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Busáras, 1948
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The Royal Irish Academy has developed teaching material that is of use in the classroom. Designed to be both stimulating to students and integral to the relevant school curriculum, the goal is to motivate and inspire primary, second level and third level students on the...
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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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Línte Liombó (Lines from limbo) by Seán Ó Ríordáin, 1971
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William Orpen’s The Signing of Peace, Versailles, 1919
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Cork County Hall by Patrick McSweeney, 1965
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