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John Hughes Monument to William Gladstone
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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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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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This week’s feature for Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks is The Troubles by J.G Farrell.
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William Orpen’s The Signing of Peace, Versailles, 1919
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The Táin, by Thomas Kinsella and Louis le Brocquy, 1969
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Art and Architecture of Ireland reviewed in the Irish Independent.
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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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Seacht mBua an Éirí Amach, by Pádraic Ó Conaire, 1918
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Línte Liombó (Lines from limbo) by Seán Ó Ríordáin, 1971
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Elizabeth Bowen, The Demon Lover and Other Stories, 1945
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Cork County Hall by Patrick McSweeney, 1965
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Myles na gCopaleen, An Béal Bocht, 1941
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Cré na Cille by Máirtín Ó Cadhain, 1949
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The Death of Cúchulainn, by Oliver Sheppard, 1935
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'Da' by Hugh Leonard, 1978
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Patrick Kavanagh, The Great Hunger, 1942
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Pauline Cummins’ mural from 1984 is a response to cultural stereotyping.
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How do you put together a five volume work, with ten editors and over 270 external contributors? A project that contains over 3 million words, 3,000 pages and 3,500 images?
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Island People by Gerard Dillon, 1950
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Tinkers Encampment: Blood of Abel, by Jack B Yeats, 1940
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'Christmas Eve' by Maeve Brennan, 1974
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