“I work from old photographs because a lot of the Dublin I grew up in has disappeared over the last few years.”
I work from old photographs because a lot of the Dublin I grew up in has disappeared over the last few years. Development has changed the face of the city. There are little corners that haven’t changed, but overall it’s an ever-changing landscape.
This picture of Buckingham Street is outside the old stewhouse. All the prams are parked outside and the mammies and children are inside having their food. There was also a pub on the corner which the men were in.
This painting [which is on the cover of Dublin Inquirer #89] was part of the “Art from the Heart” exhibition at the Dublin Adult Learning Centre on Mountjoy Square. We thought of it because all of our paintings came from the heart and also from the heart of the north inner-city.
Ross McClean’s new documentary is playing on Saturday as part of the Irish Film Institute’s Documentary Festival 2026.
She didn’t expect to become "Facebook famous" at 61. “It's gas. I don’t like front-of-house,” she says, “keep the head down.”
But viewers seeking a beat-by-beat summation of jazz musician Bill Evans’ career will be disappointed by Grant Gee’s film, which is not meant to be a biopic.
“I wanted to note these important places and this idea of what comes up when things rupture," says Nina FitzGerald Graham.
