The discovery of a set of embroideries from 1932 highlights a period during which the new Irish State was presenting a religious and ancient identity to the outside world, writes William Shortall
Roger Stalley traces the fractured history of Carlingford Castle in Co Louth, accessible to the public again following a ‘bold and unashamedly contemporary‚’ intervention by Howley Hayes Architects
David Davison looks at the photographs in the last chapter of the National Library of Ireland’s recent digitisation project
A drawing of the Virgin attributed to Maud Gonne leaves Christian Dupont wondering
Homan Potterton (1946-2020) An Appreciation by Peter Somerville-Large
Residency programmes are the life blood of the Ballinglen Arts Foundation, with each participating artist donating an artwork to the museum, writes Marie Bourke
Gabriel Hayes was invariably identified in the press as a woman, wife, mother and grandmother before being acknowledged as an artist, which distracted from serious critical reception of her work, writes Paula Murphy
Once prominent in Irish life, the vicereines and their legacies are largely overlooked, but the faces of these women have now been afforded a place on the walls of Dublin Castle, writes Myles Campbell
Conor Nolan selects a painting from the Waterford Gallery of Art’s collection, Girl by Leslie MacWeeney