Irish History in Art

National Gallery of Ireland Merrion Square West, Dublin, Dublin

Join us for a free guided tour looking into aspects of Irish history through a selection of artworks in the Gallery’s permanent collection. Meet your tour guide in the Courtyard, near the Merrion Square entrance. If you can’t join us this time, you can explore our online self-guided tour which explores Irish history in art....

Irish Sign Language Tour: Irish History in Art

National Gallery of Ireland Merrion Square West, Dublin, Dublin

Join us at the National Gallery of Ireland for a free guided Irish Sign Language tour exploring some Irish History in the Gallery’s permanent collection. This selection of artworks explores pivotal points in Ireland’s and Dublin’s history. Artists documented important moments in history with portraits of key figures and accurate depictions or artistic interpretations of...

David Caron – Michael Healy: An Túr Gloine’s Stained Glass Pioneer

National Gallery of Ireland Merrion Square West, Dublin, Dublin

Michael Healy was raised in a Dublin tenement and through a combination of innate talent, hard work and lucky breaks he pulled himself out of grinding poverty. Ahead of Harry Clarke, Wilhelmina Geddes and Evie Hone, he established the bar for artistic and technical excellence in the exacting craft of stained glass and worked at...