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The Spindle-tree
The Spindle-tree
The Spindle-tree is a selection of work by Carlow Writers’ Group. Contents the Right Type of Friends by Margaret O’Rourke, Jack in the Box by Robert Duffy, The Handyman by Dermot McKenna, Childhood by Deirdre Brennan, Egypt’s Child-King by Marie McGrath, Song by Larry O’Reilly, The Face that Speaks by Lily Dempsey, Peter’s Funeral Phil Littleton, Lenten Mass by Olivia Doyle, Pot-pourri of childhood by Betty Ryan O’Gorman, Embryotic Blossoms by Maria O’Rourke, In my dreams by Valerie O’Rourke, Edel by Maire Nic Aoidh, Finscealaiocht by Deirdre Brennan, Paris by Padraig o Snodaigh, Mo Rockstar by Clodagh Ni Bhranain, Siulaim tri sheomra by Rita Kelly, Tiuilip by Phil Lyttleton, Sliocht as saothar fada by Antaine o Broin, The birth by Marian Dalton, Meat by Martin Fennell.
Carlow County Library
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Illustration from Tales of Fashionable Life
Illustration from Tales of Fashionable Life
Illustration from 1832 edition of Tales of Fashionable Life by Maria Edgeworth.Underneath is a quotation from Ennui. This edition was published in 1832 in London by Baldwin and Cradock, Paternoster Row.
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Portrait of Sir Walter Scott
Portrait of Sir Walter Scott
Portrait of Sir Walter Scott. This was presented to Maria Edgeworth after his visit to Edgeworthstown in August 1824.
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The Luncheon (2002) by Caroline McCarthy (b.1971)
The Luncheon (2002) by Caroline McCarthy (b.1971)
The Luncheon (2002) by Caroline McCarthy (b.1971) is a photograph of a Dutch-style ‘still life’. Her version is modelled from water and toilet tissue, with plastic glasses and tinfoil plates, all resting on a ‘tablecloth’ made from black bin-liners. The work reflects concerns about wastefullness of consumer society.
AIB Art Collection
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Beneath the 'bow (1991) by Michael Warren (b.1950)
Beneath the 'bow (1991) by Michael Warren (b.1950)
Beneath the 'bow (1991) by Michael Warren (b.1950) explores the abstract principles of gravity and balance.
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The Holy Well (1916) by William Orpen (1878-1931)
The Holy Well (1916) by William Orpen (1878-1931)
The Holy Well (1916) by William Orpen (1878-1931) includes classical nude figures, for allegorical purposes, perhaps to suggest the innocence before Adam and Eve’s fall from grace, rather than as a realistic, literal description of a pilgrimage to a holy well. Courtesy of the National Gallery of Ireland
Photo (c) National Gallery of Ireland
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Ennis Friary, Creagh tomb
Ennis Friary, Creagh tomb
Ennis Friary, Creagh tomb. Detail of a scene showing the betrayal of Christ. This is very similar to a number of carvings found on alabaster altar pieces made in England during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and is probably a copy of one, that perhaps once decorated the altar at Ennis.
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Postcard view of Dublin Street, Carlow.
Postcard view of Dublin Street, Carlow.
Postcard view of Dublin Street, Carlow. c. 1900
Carlow County Library
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Strongbow (1978/2000) by James Coleman (b.1941)
Strongbow (1978/2000) by James Coleman (b.1941)
Strongbow (1978/2000) by James Coleman (b.1941) incorporates video, sound, and a sculptural effigy of the 12th century knight, Strongbow, in an installation work that explores the origins and consequences of colonialism in Ireland. Video installation. Resin cast mould, Sony Art Couture monitor, audio equipment and speakers, polystyrene packing, scaffold tower, packing boxes, lighting. Photograph McCrea. Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art (Purchase 1991), Military Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, Ireland http://www.imma.ie/en/index.htm
Image courtesy of James Coleman ©
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Detail of ‘Arrest’ scene, Muiredach’s cross, Monasterboice, Co. Louth.
Detail of ‘Arrest’ scene, Muiredach’s cross, Monasterboice, Co. Louth.
Detail of ‘Arrest’ scene, Muiredach’s cross, Monasterboice, Co. Louth. The brooches worn by all three figures are typical of contemporary Irish jewellery.
Courtesy of Professor Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton University



