Exhibitions
Rural Ireland: The Inside Story
February 11—June 3, 2012
McMullen Museum of Art
Boston College
Organized by the McMullen Museum, in collaboration with the Irish Studies faculty and the Burns Library at Boston College, Rural Ireland: The Inside Story was co-curated by Claudia Kinmonth, Vera Kreilkamp and Diana Larsen in consultation with Marjorie Howes and Joseph Nugent. The exhibition was underwritten by Boston College, the Patrons of the McMullen Museum, and Culture Ireland, with additional support from Eileen and Brian Burns.
February 11—June 3, 2012
McMullen Museum of Art
Boston College
Organized by the McMullen Museum, in collaboration with the Irish Studies faculty and the Burns Library at Boston College, Rural Ireland: The Inside Story was co-curated by Claudia Kinmonth, Vera Kreilkamp and Diana Larsen in consultation with Marjorie Howes and Joseph Nugent. The exhibition was underwritten by Boston College, the Patrons of the McMullen Museum, and Culture Ireland, with additional support from Eileen and Brian Burns.
Whipping the Herring: survival and celebration in nineteenth-century Irish art
4th May - 26th August 2006
Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
Whipping the Herring, the title, is taken from Nathaniel Grogan’s Whipping the Herring Out of Town: A Cork Scene. It included over eighty paintings and drawings, depicting scenes of Irish life from the early nineteenth to the early twentieth century – vivid and colourful depictions of fairs and festivals, pilgrimages and pubs, marriages and wakes - the full panoply of everyday life in the countryside and in villages and towns throughout Ireland.
4th May - 26th August 2006
Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
Whipping the Herring, the title, is taken from Nathaniel Grogan’s Whipping the Herring Out of Town: A Cork Scene. It included over eighty paintings and drawings, depicting scenes of Irish life from the early nineteenth to the early twentieth century – vivid and colourful depictions of fairs and festivals, pilgrimages and pubs, marriages and wakes - the full panoply of everyday life in the countryside and in villages and towns throughout Ireland.
A Time and a Place : Two centuries of Irish social life
18th October 2006 - 28th January 2007
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
Curated by Brendan Rooney, this exhibition included 83 paintings of Irish life ranging from interiors to genre scenes of fairs, clubs, pubs, and light entertainment. Encompassing ritual and religion, sport and dance, its catalogue included contributions by Mary E. Daly, Claudia Kinmonth, William Laffan, Donal Maguire and Brendan Rooney.
18th October 2006 - 28th January 2007
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
Curated by Brendan Rooney, this exhibition included 83 paintings of Irish life ranging from interiors to genre scenes of fairs, clubs, pubs, and light entertainment. Encompassing ritual and religion, sport and dance, its catalogue included contributions by Mary E. Daly, Claudia Kinmonth, William Laffan, Donal Maguire and Brendan Rooney.