This essay reflects on the development of a curriculum for the MA Festive Arts programme at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, and explores the points of connection between festival studies and museum studies, and the shared areas of concern between the two.
THE ART OF OWEN WALSH reflects a passionate commitment to painting throughout a life. From the early
scenes of Westport to the strong, almost abstract colour harmonies of his later work, Walsh’s career was
one of intense ...
NicGhabhann, Niamh(University College Dublin, 2015)
I have edited a special issue of The Irish Journal of Arts Management and Cultural Policy based on the 2014 'Mapping an Altered Landscape' conference on cultural policy in Ireland.
On 5 October 1863, the Freeman’s Journal published a statement on the desecration of burial
places in Ireland by Thomas Leverton Donaldson, professor of architecture at University
College London. Donaldson had undertaken ...
NicGhabhann, Niamh(Stair: An Irish Public History Company Ltd., 2015)
This essay considers the building of St. Davnet's Hospital in Monaghan town, which was opened in 1869 as the Cavan and Monaghan District Lunatic Asylum. Based on extensive primary research from the records on site, this ...
