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The Christ Church Cathedral Christmas Market will run for 4 dates this Christmas over 4 consecutive Saturdays, beginning on the 26th November and will continue on the 3rd, 10th & 17th December. Trading times will be 11am-4pm. The Christmas Market is held indoors in the 12th Century crypt, with a total of 15 stalls creating…
Last week saw the opening of an exhibition by Niall O’Loughlin who is considered by many to be one of the world’s top caricaturists. The exhibition is in the Balla Ban Gallery in the Westbury Mall, off Grafton Street. The exhibition closes today (26th November).
This annual Art Fair took place earlier this month in the RDS. The art fair (Ireland’s largest) hosted 130 exhibitors from Ireland, South Africa, Belgium, Mongolia, Canada and the UK and featured a range of paintings, sculpture, prints and photography.
Last month I met with artist Jerry Cahir at his home and studio in Roscrea, Co. Tipperary. We had a chat about art, spirituality, life. Jerry came to art late in life. He had been a bank manager with AIB until he was forced to retire through ill health. A while after, he took a…
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The two winners of the Walkers International Law Firm Dublin Secondary Schools Art Competition have been announced at a prize giving ceremony in Walkers Dublin offices, based in Sir John Rogerson’s Quay. Pictured left to right were Managing Partner Walkers Law Firm, Vicki Hazelden, Sarah Louise Donohoe (14) from Dominican College in Sion Hill, Blackrock…
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