Clarke was a leading exponent of the Celtic Revival and of the Irish Arts and Crafts movement at the beginning of the 20th century. Attracted by the artistic language of the Symbolists, he created in that style innumerable beautiful images derived from literature, medieval legend

A Sense of Identity | De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956 | Mad Prince

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This work is part of a series of murals painted for a room in Plunkett House, 84 Merrion Square Dublin

A Sense of Identity | Spirits | Mythology

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The large canvas depicts Ireland's Celtic heritage with sardonic eye and is anti-romantic comment on the fanciful idealisation of western peasant culture. He bases his scene on the old practice when, on 'pattern days', people would gather to pray at a holy site associated with a

A Sense of Identity | Celtic Revival | The West

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