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George Petrie (1 January 1790 – 17 January 1866) was an Irish painter, musician, antiquarian and archaeologist of the Victorian era who was instrumental in building the collections of the Royal Irish Academy and National Museum of Ireland.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 32 relations: Annals of the Four Masters, Antiquarian, Archaeology, Bernard Mulrenin, Carrowmore, Cross of Cong, Cunningham Medal, Dublin, Dublin Penny Journal, Edward Goodall, Eugene O'Curry, Francis Danby, George Newenham Wright, James Arthur O'Connor, James Joseph Sheridan, James Norris Brewer, John O'Donovan (scholar), Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Mountjoy Square, National Gallery of Ireland, National Museum of Ireland, Oil painting, Ordnance Survey Ireland, Romanticism, Roscrea Brooch, Royal Dublin Society, Royal Irish Academy, Thomas Cromwell (antiquary), Thomas Frederick Colby, Thomas Larcom, Victorian era, Watercolor painting.

  2. Archaeologists from Dublin (city)
  3. Irish art historians
  4. Irish musicologists
  5. People associated with the National Museum of Ireland

Annals of the Four Masters

The Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland (Annála Ríoghachta Éireann) or the Annals of the Four Masters (Annála na gCeithre Máistrí) are chronicles of medieval Irish history.

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Antiquarian

An antiquarian or antiquary is an aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past.

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Archaeology

Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.

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Bernard Mulrenin

Bernard Mulrenin, (1803 – 22 March 1868) was an Irish painter best known for his miniatures. George Petrie (antiquarian) and Bernard Mulrenin are 19th-century Irish male artists, 19th-century Irish painters and Irish male painters.

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Carrowmore

Carrowmore (An Cheathrú Mhór, 'the great quarter') is a large group of megalithic monuments on the Coolera Peninsula to the west of Sligo, Ireland.

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Cross of Cong

The Cross of Cong (Cros Chonga, "the yellow baculum") is an early 12th-century Irish Christian ornamented cusped processional cross, which was, as an inscription says, made for Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair (d. 1156), King of Connacht and High King of Ireland to donate to the Cathedral church of the period that was located at Tuam, County Galway, Ireland.

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Cunningham Medal

The Cunningham Medal is the premier award of the Royal Irish Academy.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland.

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Dublin Penny Journal

The Dublin Penny Journal was a weekly newspaper, and later series of published volumes, originating from Dublin, Ireland, between 1832 and 1836.

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Edward Goodall

Edward Goodall (1795 – 11 April 1870) was a British engraver.

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Eugene O'Curry

Eugene O'Curry (Eoghan Ó Comhraí or Eoghan Ó Comhraidhe, 20 November 179430 July 1862) was an Irish philologist and antiquary.

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Francis Danby

Francis Danby (16 November 1793 – 9 February 1861) was an Irish painter of the Romantic era.

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George Newenham Wright

George Newenham Wright (c. 1794–1877) was an Irish writer and Anglican clergyman.

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James Arthur O'Connor

James Arthur O'Connor (1792 – 7 January 1841) was an Irish painter. George Petrie (antiquarian) and James Arthur O'Connor are 19th-century Irish male artists, 19th-century Irish painters, Irish male painters and painters from Dublin (city).

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James Joseph Sheridan

James Joseph (J.J.) Sheridan (26 September 1951 in Borris-in-Ossory, County Laois–31 December 2014 in New York City) was an Irish pianist, composer, arranger and music historian who specialized in preserving and recording Irish music.

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James Norris Brewer

James Jupp Norris Brewer (11 September 1777 – March 1839) was an English topographer and novelist.

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John O'Donovan (scholar)

John O'Donovan (Seán Ó Donnabháin; 25 July 1806 – 10 December 1861), from Atateemore, in the parish of Kilcolumb, County Kilkenny, and educated at Hunt's Academy, Waterford, was an Irish language scholar from Ireland.

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Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Letitia Elizabeth Landon (14 August 1802 – 15 October 1838) was an English poet and novelist, better known by her initials L.E.L. Landon's writings are emblematic of the transition from Romanticism to Victorian literature.

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Mountjoy Square

Mountjoy Square is a garden square in Dublin, Ireland, on the Northside of the city just under a kilometre from the River Liffey.

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The National Gallery of Ireland (Gailearaí Náisiúnta na hÉireann) houses the national collection of Irish and European art.

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National Museum of Ireland

The National Museum of Ireland (Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann) is Ireland's leading museum institution, with a strong emphasis on national and some international archaeology, Irish history, Irish art, culture, and natural history.

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Oil painting

Oil painting is a painting method involving the procedure of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder.

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Ordnance Survey Ireland

Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSI; Suirbhéireacht Ordanáis Éireann) was the national mapping agency of the Republic of Ireland.

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Romanticism

Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century.

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Roscrea Brooch

The Roscrea brooch is a 9th-century Celtic brooch of the pseudo-penannular type, found at or near Roscrea, County Tipperary, Ireland, before 1829.

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Royal Dublin Society

The Royal Dublin Society (RDS) (url-status) is an Irish philanthropic organisation and members club which was founded as the 'Dublin Society' on 25 June 1731 with the aim to see Ireland thrive culturally and economically.

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Royal Irish Academy

The Royal Irish Academy (RIA; Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann), based in Dublin, is an academic body that promotes study in the sciences, humanities and social sciences.

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Thomas Cromwell (antiquary)

Thomas Kitson Cromwell (1792–1870) was an English dissenting minister and antiquary.

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Thomas Frederick Colby

Thomas Frederick Colby FRS FRSE FGS FRGS (1 September 17849 October 1852), was a British major-general and director of the Ordnance Survey (OS).

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Thomas Larcom

Major-General Sir Thomas Aiskew Larcom, Bart, PC FRS (22 April 1801 – 15 June 1879) was a leading official in the early Irish Ordnance Survey.

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Victorian era

In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the reign of Queen Victoria, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.

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Watercolor painting

Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (British English; see spelling differences), also aquarelle (from Italian diminutive of Latin aqua 'water'), is a painting method"Watercolor may be as old as art itself, going back to the Stone Age when early ancestors combined earth and charcoal with water to create the first wet-on-dry picture on a cave wall." in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water-based solution.

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See also

Archaeologists from Dublin (city)

Irish art historians

Irish musicologists

People associated with the National Museum of Ireland

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Petrie_(antiquarian)

Also known as George Petrie (artist).