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An Gorta Mór: Selections from Ireland's Great Hunger Museum

An Gorta Mór: Selections from Ireland's Great Hunger Museum

About the Exhibition: This exhibition presents highlights from the collection of Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum, which explores the impact of the Irish Famine of 1845-1852 through artwork produced by eminent Irish and Irish-American artists of the past 170 years. The works on view in the exhibition will include paintings by late 19th- and early 20th‐century artists like James Brenan, Daniel Macdonald, James Arthur O'Connor and Jack B. Yeats, as well as sculptures, paintings, and works on paper by contemporary artists including John Behan, Rowan Gillespie, Brian Maguire, and Hughie O'Donoghue. The exhibition is presented by Quinnipiac University and the Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum of Fairfield Exhibition.

Image: James Arthur O’Connor, Scene in Connemara, 1828, oil on canvas. Courtesy of Quinnipiac University and the Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum of Fairfield Exhibition.

Fairfield University Art Museum - Walsh Gallery
Every week through Aug 16, 2025.
Tuesday: 11:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Wednesday: 11:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Thursday: 11:00 AM - 08:00 PM
Friday: 11:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Saturday: 11:00 AM - 04:00 PM

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Fairfield University Art Museum
2032544046
museum@fairfield.edu
Fairfield University Art Museum - Walsh Gallery
200 Barlow Road
Fairfield, Connecticut 06824
203-254-4046
museum@fairfield.edu