Seán Ó Brógáin

https://www.facebook.com/events/247781898756671/ I have been asked to put on a small exhibition (15 or so paintings) as part of the Falcarragh "An Féile Na Sean bheairice". The work will be on shown from 27th June - 20th July. This will include a selection of artwork produced over the last number of years. Work delivered today...as with these things its hard not to be nervous of what the exhibit will look like and how the artwork will be received?

I did a wee bit of work at the beginning of the year for Circle Creative. This was a large format portrait of John De Courcy, the Norman Knight who built the original castle on Fergus' Rock (Carraig Fergus). I was sent a link today of the image today, so i have put it up here. But it is up on the wall now. The original figure was painted on canvas, but was then reproduced as full size metal cut out to be attached to a wall in the town of Carrickfergus. I had a friend who closely matched De Courcy's description, tall, lean, fair-haired, so i used him as the model (Yuri)...this was a relatively straight forward job and Circle Creative were a joy to work with. As an adjunct to this i also met the archaeologists doing work in the castle Rory O'Boyle from Queens University Archaeological Dept. who gave us some great insights into small artillery traintrack in the castle grounds, they where recording, but thats another story ;¬) Below are a few links: http://ww

Well i spent an enjoyable afternoon at Prehen House, Derry yesterday, chatting and taking some photos. Oireash Historical services where doing a historical display based on the siege (18 April to 28 July 1689), known as Léigear Dhoire in Gaelic. So with nice weather, pleasant company, some tea and a chance to chat with Colin Peck (who has a very wry and droll sense of humour, which i found great fun) and his guests. Prehen House, is a Grade A listed Georgian building c. 1740 (it is well worth a visit) situated on the high ground overlooking the river Foyle on the waterside (east shore), from it you can understand why they chose here to build. Here's the Prehen House link: http://www.prehenhouse.com/ While there, I also got to see the present archaeological dig of the Prehen fort taking place at the back of the house. This is thought to be a bawn which has at least one flanker tower (gun loop extant and curved wall) c. 1600-50. The tower seems to have been converted into s