Galway Archives – Page 5 of 25 – Caricatures Ireland by Allan Cavanagh

Wedding Gift Caricature

11/05/2020 by Allan

This newlywed caricature was a gift from one of the wedding guests to the couple and features lots of their hobbies and interests. You might see some Spice Girls references, a Claddagh Ring, and the County colours of Galway and Sligo on the GAA footballs! I got the loveliest reply from the bride above when … Read more

The Home Truths of domestic violence

06/01/202606/03/2020 by Allan

IRISH WOMEN’S experience of, and engagement with, the courts and legal system in dealing with domestic violence and abuse, is the theme of a new exhibition at the Engage Art Studios, Salthill.

Home Truths, featuring work by Blaise Drummond, Evelyn Glynn, Alison Lowry, Áine Philips and Ruby Wallis, is part of Galway 2020’s Small Towns Big Ideas programme. The artists were commissioned to respond to women’s testimonies of their court experiences.

via Advertiser.ie – The Home Truths of domestic violence

Double Vision The End

03/01/2020 by Allan

After 27 years of writing, Charlie has called it a day for Double Vision. The column has been part of my life in one way or another since 2003, and since 2018 I had once again been contributing a weekly cartoon for Charlie’s blog version of the column. “After 27 years (and breaks for emigration … Read more

Charlie Adley’s Double Vision – BEREFT AND BROWN BREADLESS IN THE HEART OF THE CITY!

20/11/2019 by Allan

Griffin’s Bakery on Shop St, Galway, which was opened in 1876, has unfortunately closed, and yet another cultural and business synapse of this city has been extinguished. The cartoon above depicts the front window of Griffins Bakery in what has become the regular fate of high street, family-run businesses in Irish cities. Charlie wrote about … Read more

Charlie Adley’s Double Vision – What Comes After Mental and Physical Health?

29/10/2019 by Allan

Panic attack cartoon from Charlie’s column. As someone who used to regularly suffer from panic attacks (and still has the odd one) I really identified with this one. “Two days ago, mentally and emotionally ready and eager to go to London, I zipped up my suitcase. Two hours later my entire body started to shake, … Read more

Artist James Gurney Painting in Dublin

12/10/2019 by Allan

Artist James Gurney was in Dublin recently and completed this watercolour painting of a scene near College Green in 2 hours. Despite the quick turnaround the weather changed on him twice and he has to remove the painting he started and start again! James is the author and illustrator of the Dinotopia series of books … Read more