The Irish Sea separates Ireland from Wales, but perhaps it wasn’t always the case. There are some tantalising hints that suggest a series of giant “stepping stones” that might have made it a lot easier to cross from Wales to Wicklow long ago.
Ireland | Wales | Mythology
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Costume design, by Charles Ricketts, for the character of Cuchulain in the 1915 production of On Baile's Strand by William Butler Yeats, at the Little Theatre, London.
A Sense of Identity | Arts | Drama
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Statuette depicting Celtic warrior in heroic pose.
A Sense of Identity | Mythology | Mythology, Celtic
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Depiction of a woman singing.
A Sense of Identity | Manners and customs | Women
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Painted Bronze. 295 x 74 x 13 cm (Axe) 42 x 18 x 11 cm (Girl) The Axe (and The Waving Girl) takes on the subject of the fairy tale, a theme Irish artist Alice Maher returns to again and again. The young female figure is waving to an axe, which is leaning precariously agains
A Sense of Identity | Mythology | Fairy tales
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Tapestry 184 x 280 cm, ‘The Táin. Army Massing’ is one of a series of twenty Aubusson wool tapestries produced from Louis Le Brocquy’s calligraphic brush drawings on the same subject. In 1967 Le Brocquy was commissioned by Liam Miller of Dolmen Press to illustrate Thomas
A Sense of Identity | Mythology | Mythology, Celtic
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Portrait of Augusta Gregory (1852-1932), Dramatist
A Sense of Identity | Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932 | History
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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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Drawing of the actress Elizabeth Young by “Ben Bay” (Benjamin T Bailey), in the title role of the play Deirdre by George Russell (who wrote under the name “AE”).
A Sense of Identity | Russell, George William, 1867-1935 | Authors, Irish
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This illustration is part of a "Sketchbook of West of Ireland Scenes", created by an unknown artist in 1850. It records Irish Church Missions Society work in the west of Ireland, and includes many illustrations of the local landscapes.
A Sense of Place | Irish landscapes | Mountains
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