“F***lands 1982”, E J Peters
Currently this piece by the late E J Peters – based apparently on an actual small ad – is on displayin Tipperary County Museum in Clonmel as part of their…
Category: art
Prometheus Unbound in Callan
I spied this mosaic on the wall of Callan Fire Station: On closer inspection, it turns out to portray the bringer of fire himself, Prometheus: Here is the website of…
Stone lettering from Nelson’s Pillar – exiled from O’Connell Street to Kilkenny
Recently I came across Butler House, the former dower house of Kilkenny Castle. In its topiaried gardens I came across this: Not sure how legible that is. I recall Nelson’s…
Padre Pio statue, Dominican Friary, Limerick
A little difficult to see in this photo, on the other side of the confessional from Padre Pio we see a relief of Christ: A rather difficult to see plaque…
“Gravity18” – Tokyo Cigar
Tokyo Cigar is a hip hop artist / producer… who made this atmospheric short film as a personal diary of his 2018:
Murphy Devitt stained glass, Chapel of St Martin de Porres, Dominican Friary, Limerick
I have blogged before about discovering the stained glass work of Murphy Devitt Studios. Here is a brief background from the MDS page: In the early 1950s at Harry Clarke…
Ashmolean Museum Advent Calendar
At Art and Theology, Victoria Emily Jones has a bumper collection of music, short films, books and art for the season. She features an online advent calendar from the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, the…
Séamus Sweeney 