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Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: Derek Mahon

Derek Mahon, The Hunt by Night

Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: Clifford Rainey

This week’s Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks is ‘Belfast After Pollaioulo’ by Clifford Rainey.

Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: In Her Own Image, Eavan Boland

In Her Own Image, by Eavan Boland, 1980

Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: Faith Healer, Brian Friel

Faith Healer, by Brian Friel, 1979

Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: Jim Larkin Statue on O’Connell Street

Jim Larkin Statue, O’Connell Street Dublin by Oisín Kelly, 1978

Seventy-five ‘missing persons’ added to the Dictionary of Irish Biography online.

A range of lives feature in the December 2015 ‘missing persons’ update – comprising persons omitted from the 2009 first edition – added to the…

Dublin Rising 1916-2016

Academy partners with Google to launch virtual tour.

Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: Aspen 5+6, Brian O’Doherty

Aspen 5+6, Brian O’Doherty, 1967

Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: Eoghan Ó Tuairisc

Dé Luain By Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, 1966

Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: John McGahern

The Barracks, by John McGahern, 1963

Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: Ár Ré Dhearóil, by Máirtín Ó Direáin

Ár Ré Dhearóil, by Máirtín Ó Direáin

Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: Tom Murphy

A Whistle in the Dark, Tom Murphy, 1961