In this new four-part radio series on RTÉ lyric fm, art critic Cristín Leach explores how ideas of Ireland and Irish identity have been visually represented over three hundred years - listen to the second episode above...
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In the second episode, Cristin onsiders the politics of fine art during the Famine and land wars, and explores how illustrations portrayed the Irish as savage to justify conquest - but how one 19th century artist illustrated the Irish as a future nation, not a subject people.
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Ireland Portrayed runs from 21st June - 12th July on The Lyric Feature on RTÉ lyric fm, Sundays at 6pm.
