Art Ó Murnaghan’s major achievement was the merging of the antiquarian and political worlds, writes Sandra Heise ahead of a new book on his life’s work.
To mark the occasion of Sir Denis Mahon’s birthday and to honour his contribution to art history, Fionnuala Croke recounts some defining moments from his remarkable career.
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
Peter Harbison examines the evidence for a reappraisal of a manuscript in St Gall
Bernard Meehan explores a thousand-year-old Irish psalter on which new multispectral imaging has revealed details lost for centuries
The realm of faith illustrated in the Book of Kells can be elusive to modern audiences; however, a new study by Bernard Meehan provides valuable insights into this peerless manuscript