page_title: National Gallery of Ireland
section_title: Irish
hierarchical_section_title: National Gallery of Ireland / Highlights / Irish
context_page_description: The National Gallery of Ireland houses the national collection of Irish and European art. It is located in the centre of Dublin with one entrance on Merrion Square, beside Leinster House, and another on Clare Street. It was founded in 1854 and opened its doors ten years later. The Gallery has an extensive, representative collection of Irish paintings and is also notable for its Italian Baroque and Dutch masters painting. The current director is Sean Rainbird.
context_section_description: Kevin Abosch (photographer) (1969) "Portrait of Brian O'Driscoll" 2011
  James Barry (1741–1806)
  The Temptation of Adam 1767–70
  Self-portrait as Timanths c.1780–1803
  The Death of Adonis
  Augustus Nicholas Burke (1838–1891) Connemara Girl (1865).
  Nathaniel Hone the Elder (1718–84) The Conjurer, 1775
  Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1740–1808) Frederick Hervey, Bishop of Derry and Fourth Earl of Bristol (1730–1803), with his Granddaughter Lady Caroline Crichton (1779–1856), in the Gardens of the Villa Borghese, Rome c.1790
  Francis Danby (1793–1861) The Opening of the Sixth Seal, 1828
  Daniel Maclise (1806–1870) The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife, 1854
  Sarah Purser (1848–1943) Le Petit Dejeuner 1881
  Roderic O'Conor (1860–1940) Le Jeune Bretonne c.1895
  Walter Osborne (1859–1903) Dublin Streets: a Vendor of Books, 1889, In a Dublin Park, Light and Shade c.1895
  John Lavery (1856–1941) The Artist's Studio: Lady Hazel Lavery with her Daughter Alice and Step-Daughter Eileen 1909–13
  Paul Henry (1876–1958) Launching the Currach 1910–11
  William John Leech (1881–1968) Convent Garden, Brittany c.1912
  Sean Keating (1889–1977) An Allegory c.1922
  Mainie Jellett (1897–1944) Decoration 1923
  Gerard Dillon (1916–1971) The Little Green Fields c.1945
  Louis le Brocquy (1916–2012) A Family 1951
  William Orpen (1878–1931) "Portrait of John Count McCormack" 1923
caption: Augustus Nicholas Burke Connemara Girl
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