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Posted on August 4, 2019August 4, 2019

“Whispered Courage”, sculpture by Sarah Lennon at Minella Hotel, Clonmel, Tipperary

As part of the Starter’s Orders project, the Hotel Minella in Clonmel is hosting “Whispered Courage”, a strikingly coloural equine statue by Sarah Lennon, a self-taught artist from Dublin whose…

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Posted on July 14, 2019

The Hippo Gargoyle of Laon

Among Laon Cathedral’s sculpture, I thought one gargoyle deserved a post of its own. Here is the façade of the cathedral And here is a gargoyle of a hippo, of…

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Posted on April 25, 2019

Stained Glass from Our Lady Queen of Peace, Kilmanagh, Kilkenny

Our Lady Queen of Peace is one of the × of Ballycallan Parish, and is the most “modern” in architecture. Indeed, from the outside it is rather unprepossessing. Inside however,…

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Posted on April 11, 2019

“Walkies”, Sean Walsh

Sean Walsh is a contemporary artists living in Cahir, Co. Tipperary. “Walkies” is painted on crushed stone. I highly recommend attending one of his exhibitions and he is a plessurw…

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Posted on March 25, 2019January 12, 2019

Annunciation, Arcabas

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Posted on February 21, 2019February 21, 2019

The lost worlds of Debois and Julieta Guipeal at the Tipperary County Museum

This is Portrait of a Man, by Julieta Guipeal: Apologies for the photo quality – this was taken with my phone’s camera in a well-lit (and thereby reflective) space. It…

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Posted on February 21, 2019

“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…

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Posted on January 1, 2019January 1, 2019

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…

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