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Podcast: The Arts House
Episode: WORK OF THE WEEK 35 GRACE HENRY CLADDAGH MARKET GALWAY
Description: This week Conor Tallon and Curator Michael Waldron are looking at Grace Henry's Claddagh Market, Galway... Around this time of the year on the 8th of December we see the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping calendar in Ireland. Known as the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, in years past the day saw rural shoppers visiting large towns and cities.Although not essentially a Christmas scene, Claddagh Market, Galway (1916-18) by Grace Henry captures the hustle and bustle of open-air shopping in the West of Ireland. The rounded forms of women in patterned...