Kieran Beville

  New Voyage for Limerick Artist - Eric Duhan  By Kieran Beville In a quiet studio somewhere between the Atlantic winds of Brittany and the remembered streets of Wolfe Tone Street, Limerick-born artist and author Eric J. Duhan paints both with brush and with pen. His latest creation, The Irish Girl II – The Journey to Brittany, the second volume in his acclaimed historical saga, has just set sail into the world — carrying with it the spirit of home, exile, and endurance that has long shaped his life and art. The novel, now available on Amazon, continues the journey of Lucy O’Brien of Askeaton, the heroine of Duhan’s first book The Irish Girl. As political turmoil shakes Henry VIII’s Ireland, Lucy and her family flee from the familiar fields of Limerick and Adare to the storm-swept shores of Brittany. What follows is a story of faith, courage, and discovery — one that resonates with the experience of leaving and belonging, of carrying one’s homeland in the heart even when...

  A New Chapter for the Hunt Museum Open Submission Exhibition Marks Bold Commitment to Contemporary Art By Kieran Beville Robert Balagh – ‘Self-Portrait after Heart Failure’ (Oil on Canvas, €10,000) On a winter evening in early December Christmas lights glittered on the quays, a quiet but significant shift took place inside the limestone walls of one of Limerick’s most beloved cultural institutions. The Hunt Museum opened the doors to its first Hunt Open Submission Exhibition, a bold new initiative designed to bridge the museum’s historic collection with the creative energies of the present. Running from 5 December to 28 February, the exhibition has already been hailed as a major cultural moment for the region, signalling a renewed commitment to living artists and a more dynamic relationship between the museum and contemporary practice. For decades, the Hunt Museum has been synonymous with its eclectic permanent collection: medieval artefacts, Renaissance devotional object...

  Artistic Lineages and Lively Spirits A New Exhibition Opens at Limerick’s People’s Museum Clare Hartigan By Kieran Beville On a dark and dreary December evening in Limerick, the stately Georgian facade of The People’s Museum glowed with a quiet sense of anticipation. The occasion was the long-awaited opening of a multi-generational art exhibition that brings together the works of Michael Collins, Clare Hartigan, Barbara Hartigan, Oisín CLeary, Teresa Collins, and Martin Finnin—an ensemble of artists whose connections, contrasts, and creative energies made the launch as intimate as it was momentous. Running from 2 December to 7 December, with its official launch on the 4th, the exhibition represents not just a showcase of individual works but a living conversation across generations, families, and artistic disciplines. It is the type of event one might expect in a major contemporary art centre, yet it feels all the more resonant and rooted because it unfolded within the el...