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Entitled Arrival, the work portrays Irish emigrants debarking from a ship. If this sounds like a typical Famine commemoration, it’s not. As the Irish Minister of State at the Department of Finance Martin Cullen pointed out, it commemorates a “confident Irish people still coming into America, or wherever they may be going into the world.” It is an expression of Ireland’s newfound confidence. The idea grew out of a visit Irish government officials made to the United Nations, where they observed sculptures donated by various countries. When they asked where the sculpture from Ireland wa...
Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern was in New York last December to present of a sculpture to the United Nations. Entitled Arrival, the bronze piece was created by John Behan, Ireland’s foremost sculptor, and was installed on the north lawn of the UN headquarters. Situated only yards from the East River, and standing 23 feet high, it depicts a nineteenth-century emigrant ship with its passengers disembarking. It is a companion piece to Behan’s famine ship sculpture, which site on the west coast of Ireland, in Murrisk, County Mayo. The brainchild of Martin Cullen, T.D. and Barry McGrath, ...
Event Description With the state budget behind us, lawmakers are set to act on their remaining priorities for the legislative session. These regional forums offer a chance to hear from legislators on their top policy priorities. We’ll touch on topics such as the ongoing response to COVID-19, curbing high prescription drug costs, retirement security, long term care reform, ways to make housing more affordable for an older population, and other pressing topics. Speakers New York State Senator, District 8 A lifelong resident of Long Island, John E. Brooks has devoted his life ...
Shamrock table made by Cork Cabinet maker John Fletcher in 1852 Show stoppers in Sheppard’s two-day sale this week start with Graham Knuttel’s homage to the master, a magnificent papier-mâché and leather creation entitled James Joyce Seated on a Chair, once in the collection of the late Gillian Bowler, founding chairwoman of Imma, 156x60x60cm (€14,000-€18,000). A second is a unique bronze by John Behan, Horse and Rider, executed in 1968. Accompanying the lot is a... Subscribe from just €1 for the first month! Exclusive offers: