Chairman Clare McGrath, Office of Public Works, officially launched an exhibition entitled ‘1916 Portraits and Lives’ in Kilmainham Gaol.
The exhibition of portraits by David Rooney, illustrates 42 lives selected by James Quinn and Lawrence W. White from the Dictionary of Irish Biography and are included in the Royal Irish Academy’s publication 1916 Portraits and Lives.
This explores the lives and careers of 42 men and women and their involvement with the Easter Rising of 1916.
The exhibition is on display until 31 October 2016 at Kilmainham Gaol.