Colm Murray unfolds the layers of history that tell the story of St Mary’s 13th-century church now sensitively converted to a museum
At a cost of approximately €6.5m, the eight-hundred-year-old St Mary’s Church in Kilkenny has been converted and extended into a modern museum. The 13th-century St Mary’s Church and graveyard off the High Street in Kilkenny displays Kilkenny’s civic treasures, relates the social history of the ancient city, and the history of the many medieval buildings within the old city’s walls.
To read this article in full, subscribe or buy this edition of the Irish Arts Review
Comhghall Casey is a keeper of ordinary things made extraordinary through his art, writes Isabella Evangelisti ahead of his exhibition at Solomon Fine Art this autumn
Christian Dupont reflects on the personal and political desires conveyed in two cartoons by Grace Gifford Plunkett
Recently elected ARHA Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh is proof that the outward appearance of Academicians may change but the concern with discipline remains constant, Niamh NicGhabhann reports