The Critical Writing in Irish Craft Award 2009 is a Crafts Council of Ireland and Irish Arts Review initiative to advance, expand and support excellence in critical writing about Irish craft and to provide a platform for new critical voices in Irish craft. The winner of the inaugural Award is Muireann Charleton, who discusses the work of Pádraig Ó Mathúna
Among the treasures on display in the National Museum of Ireland, Decorative Arts & History, Collins Barracks, is a masterpiece by the Munster artist, Pádraig Ó Mathúna. A silver chalice made in the 1950s, the Trí Dé Dana transcends centuries of art and history, casting its cold eye on contemporary admirers
On the eve of his show at the Hunt Museum, Limerick, in Winter 2009 Joseph McBrinn considered the unique aesthetic Rudolf Heltzel has brought to jewellery design.
