Alexander Masters, Dido Davies and William Gerhardie
Having just blogged about Cornelius Medvei, and his friendship with the writer Alexander Masters, I came across a connection between Masters and a recurrent subject of this blog – the…
Category: art
My Best of Tipperary Stained Glass (a personal selection of ten images)
Since this post from January I have been blogging intermittently picture of stained glass from Churches in Tipperary. As I wrote in that original post: Recently visiting various churches in…
Harry Clarke: The Master of Stained Glass — A R T L▼R K post
Given how much I have been featuring Harry Clarke work (see also here and here and Harry Clarke Studio alumni here) I thought it might be nice to share this…
The Derrynaflan Monastery and Easter Pilgrimage
Originally posted on Pilgrimage In Medieval Ireland:
Derrynaflan is best known for its medieval metal work, including a two-handled chalice known as the Derrynaflan chalice, on display in the National…
Why people still buy luxury watches – From “Timekeepers”, Simon Garfield
“But there is another reason for the proliferation of the wristwatch beyond our innate desire to preen. Telling the time has, since sometime in the fifteenth century, been the way…
‘British Army Gothic and Innocent Landscapes’ : The Troubles in Photographs (review of”The Maze”, Donovan Wylie, Nthposition, 2004)
(Nthposition seems to be no longer live, so the text is recovered from this blog and photos from Wylie’s book are reproduced here.) “The Maze” by Seamus Sweeney Nth Position…
Stained Glass from New Birmingham/Glengoole, Tipperary
Some shots of stained glass from New Birmingham/Glengoole , Slieveardagh, Tipperary
A butterfly in the woods: guerrilla forest art in Millennium Forest Kilkenny
Walking in the Millennium Forest in Kilkenny I saw in the distance what seemed like an unbelievably considerate butterfly lying still on a tree trunk: As I approached, it was suspiciously still…
Séamus Sweeney 