The Routledge Companion to Irish Art

This companion contains new and innovative writing on Irish art and its history, from c. 1800 to the present day. This book critically engages with Irish art in a period linked to key events in Irish history, beginning with the Acts of Union between Britain and Ireland (1800–01)) and the significant social and cultural changes that resulted. The book also provides a precedent for a focus on the significance of art in relation to other subsequent key historical events such as the early twentieth‑