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Launch of 'The Patrick Earley Collection' exhibition, 10th July 2025

16.07.2025

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Mary Heffernan launching the exhibition


We were delighted to welcome a large crowd of attendees for the launch of our new summer exhibition The Patrick Earley Collection: Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century Views of Dublin and Wicklow on the afternoon of Thursday the 10th of July.

Guests gathered in the Daniel O'Connell and Knight of Glin rooms in the City Assembly for an introductory speech by Michael Wall, followed by a speech by Mary Heffernan of the OPW to formally launch the exhibition. Attendees on the day included collector Patrick Earley and his family.

The exhibition is open 10am to 5pm Tuesday-Friday, and 12pm-5pm Saturday until the 27th of September in the Daniel O'Connell room. Admission is Free. For more information on the exhibition click here.

L-R: Exhibition curator William Laffan, Mary Heffernan and Patrick Earley

Michael Wall and Jaqueline Hall

PJ Walls and IGS Director Donough Cahill

L-R: Seamus Moran, Mary Heffernan and Ian Lumley

L-R: Johnny McCoy, Letitia Pollard and Scott Hayes

L-R: Alannah Pollard and Marianne Gorman

L-R: Lord and Lady Ardee, Vitoria Browne

Philip O'Kane and his daughter Professor Finola O'Kane

L-R: Ivor McElveen and Glascott Symes
L-R: Robert Towers and Donough Cahill