A History of Ireland in Objects
Fintan O’Toole (Journalist, Literary Editor, and Irish Times) explores how artworks and objects reveal the paradoxes and complexities of collective identity and provoke important questions of our past. O’Toole draws on his Irish Times series 'A history of Ireland in 100 Objects', in which to show how neglected or lovingly restored objects manifest the evolving representation and perceptions of Irish history and culture. 

This talk too place on 16 December 2014 at IMMA and was programmed in conjunction with IMMA exhibition Trove. 

Image credits:(l-r) Fossil shark tooth Carcharodon megalodon, USA Natural History Collection © National Museum of Ireland and John Comerford Robert Emmet (1778-1803), c.1803. Watercolour on ivory in a silver-gilt pendant. 6.5 x 5.7 cm. Presented, 1969 National Gallery of Ireland Collection ©National Gallery of Ireland

Lunchtime Lecture | Fintan O Toole

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Lunchtime Lecture | Fintan O Toole

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