© estate of Jack B. Yeats. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: National Museums NI
This page gives you a handy place to start exploring Irish art and artists on Art UK.
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Northern Ireland Civil Service
What is Irish art?
Irish art is a term that can mean many things – for example, artists who are Irish by birth or residency, artworks made at different times on the island of Ireland, and even artworks with Irish themes.
This page collects together many of our stories related to Irish art and artists, including works that may be in collections across the whole of the UK.
You can also explore all artworks located in Northern Ireland, or see venues in Northern Ireland.
Stories
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Eighteen incredible Irish artistsAndrew Shore
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Seven questions with Claire CurneenAndrew Renton
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Derek Hill and the Tory Island school of paintersJane Beattie
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Northern Irish art: paintings and politicsEdwin Coomasaru
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A Bloomsbury interior in Belfast: Duncan Grant and his circle in the Ulster MuseumEva Isherwood-Wallace
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C. S. Lewis: the 'Narnia' writer inspired by IrelandRoger Courtney
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Anne Crookshank: collecting contemporary art for BelfastWilliam Laffan
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A selection of notable works at the National Trust in Northern IrelandFrances Bailey & Demelza Parker-Williams
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Cataloguing oil paintings in Northern IrelandAlison Mitchelson
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Poetry and painting: Seamus Heaney, Colin Middleton and T. P. FlanaganEva Isherwood-Wallace
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Edward McGuire’s portrait of Seamus HeaneyStefani Bednarova
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Joseph W. Carey's paintings at Ulster HallAlison Mitchelson
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Meeting Bob and Bob at the Royal Ulster AcademyAlison Mitchelson
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Learning resources
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Lesson plan'Titanic Sign' and sculptures that remember-
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VideoSculpture near you: 'Titanic Sign'-
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AudioAudio description of 'Woman in a Bomb Blast' by F. E. McWilliam-
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VideoSculpture in focus: 'Woman in a Bomb Blast' by F. E. McWilliam-
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