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Art Ó Mornacháin agus Leabhar na hAiséirghe

Illustration from Leabhar na hAiséirghe Image Name: Illustration from Leabhar na hAiséirghe Description: Illustration from Leabhar na hAiséirghe
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Sandra Heise with Illustration from Leabhar na hAiséirghe Image Name: Sandra Heise with Illustration from Leabhar na hAiséirghe Description: Sandra Heise with Illustration from Leabhar na hAiséirghe
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Seo clár faoi Leabhar na hAiséirghe leis an ealaíontóir ildánach Art Ó Mornacháin, a coimisiúnaíodh sna 1920í le comóradh a dhéanamh orthu siúd a maraíodh le linn Éirí Amach na Cásca agus Cogadh na Saoirse.  Sa chlár seo, cloisfimid agallaimh le garmhac le hArt, Peter Figgis, le Sandra Heise, feighlí Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann, Bearaic Uí Choileáin, Raghnall Ó Floinn, Stiúrthóir an mhúsaem, agus an t-ealaíontóir, Billy McGlynn.  Láithriú agus léiriú le Cearbhall Ó Síocháin.

Today, we’ll hear a programme about the Book of Resurrection and the remarkable artist behind it, Art O’Murnaghan.  The book was commissioned in the 1920s to commemorate those who were killed in the Rising and War of Independence.  The show today will feature interviews with Art’s grandson Peter Figgis, Sandra Heise, curator, National Museum, Collins Barracks, Raghnall Ó Floinn, Director of the National Museum and artist Billy McGlynn.  Presented and produced by Cearbhall Ó Síocháin.