3 Person Exhibition Fragments, Metaphors, Smithereens representing aspects of Irish History

Barbara Jennings is talking to GERALDINE O’REILLY  from the Graphic Studio Gallery about the 3 Person Exhibition Fragments, Metaphors, Smithereens  explores a number of aspects of Irish History. The Easter Rising of 1916 in the work of Merijean Morrissey. References to the history of the Irish College, Centre Cultural Irlandais in the work of Geraldine…

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Launch of the Talk ‘Who owns the Easter Rising?’

Conor Doyle talks to Dr ROISIN HIGGINS Senior Lecturer in History at Teeside University about her Talk “Who own the Easter Rising?” to be held in the Northside Civic Centre. Dr Roisín Higgins’s work focuses on social and cultural history with particular interest in the politics of historical memory.  Her research on commemoration examines both…

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Exhibition ‘The Foggy Dew’ at Royal Hibernian Academy

Barbara Jennings is talking to MICK O’DEA artist and President of RHA (Royal Hibernian Academy) about his new exhibition ‘The Foggy Dew’, commemorating the events of the Easter Rising 1916 featuring a number of large monumental canvases alongside cardboard sculptures Mick O’Dea has decided to embrace the events of that Easter weekend in four monumental canvases sited in the vicinity of central…

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