Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Ms. Ruth Sheehy

MLitt.

Research interests

My principal research interests have been in religious art in Ireland in the twentieth century. In particular, I have worked extensively on the oeuvre of the Irish artist Richard King (1907-74) who was originally a pupil of Harry Clarke (1889-1931). My study of King’s work has incorporated his stained glass windows in Ireland and abroad as well as his Stations of the Cross and crucifixes in a variety of media. I have also studied his illustrations for The Capuchin Annual and The Father Mathew Record. I have done research into the archive of The Harry Clarke Stained Glass Studios in the Manuscripts & Archives Research Library at TCD where I have studied the work of Richard King, William Dowling (1907-80) and Terence Clarke (1917-68) in particular. More recently, I have worked on the liturgical art of Richard Enda King (1943-95) in Ireland. I am also a member of Arts & Spirituality Ireland (ASI) and of the Irish Association of Art Historians.

Publications

'The Life and Work of Richard King: Religion, Nationalism and Modernism' which will be published as part of the 'Reimagining Ireland' series by Peter Lang International Academic Publishers provisionally in 2019.
‘The Liturgical Art of Richard Enda King (1943-1995) in Ireland’, Artefact, Issue Seven/2013, published in December, 2014
Contributor to ‘Art Researchers’ Guide to Dublin’, ARLIS UK & Ireland, 2013
‘The Art of Richard King Nazareth House’, Studies, Autumn, 1995’
‘Richard King’s Fifteen Mysteries of the Rosary’, Studies, Spring, 1994