Michael Healy’s diary pages from the Easter 1916 vividly convey the chaos and confusion on Dublin’s streets in the aftermath of the Rising and give witness to the destruction of the RHA’s headquarters, Academy House, writes David Carron
Of Harry Clarke’s four windows for Dowanhill’s chapel, The Coronation of the Blessed Virgin is arguably the finest in terms of composition and ambition and, fittingly, the window remains in Scotland – the only one to do so, writes David Caron
As the National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL) prepares to expand its premises, David Caron explores the stained glass collections in the archive
David Caron reveals Murphy Devitt Studios’ The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse windows in Newbridge College Chapel, Co Kildare
David Caron examines AE Child’s masterwork, his stained-glass window for the Dublin Unitarian Church on St Stephen’s Green
David Caron meets stained-glass artist Phyllis Burke, who tells him, ‘a sculptor’s medium is stone, wood or metal, a musician’s is sound, a glassblower’s is glass – but a stained-glass artist’s medium is light, and glass is their tool’
David Caron reviews Neil Shawcross’ work in stained glass, the majority of which was created for churches in Northern Ireland