Jessica O’Donnell selects Self-Portrait by Frank O’Meara, a new acquisition to the Hugh Lane Collection
In 2016 the Hugh Lane Gallery acquired a rare self-portrait by the artist Frank O’Meara (1853-1888). This exquisite painting was purchased with the financial support of Mary Stratton Ryan whose own research has done much to bring O’Meara’s oeuvre to a wider audience.
Peter Murray recalls the independent spirit Edith Blake, diarist and artist and one-time occupant of Myrtle Grove, Youghal, County Cork
While working as an intern at the NPA Mike Bors gained access to a remarkable collection created by talented amatuer, Sir Robert Ball, astromoner and scientific adviser to the Commissioners of Irish Lights
Peter Pearson welcomes a new chapter in the management of Johnstown Castle, County Wexford