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Men of the South: The incredible tale behind the classic image from the War of Independence

As the painting by Sean Keating is released as a stamp, Ellie O’Byrne tells the incredible tale behind the classic image from the War of Independence

Men of the South: The incredible tale behind the classic image from the War of Independence

Mon, 24 Feb, 2020 - 19:00

Ellie O'Byrne

As the painting by Sean Keating is released as a stamp, Ellie O’Byrne tells the incredible tale behind the classic image from the War of Independence

Men of the South by Sean Keating

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Courts Arts Film & TV War of Independence Place: London Place: Cork Place: Crawford Art Gallery Place: Munster Place: Limerick Place: Ireland Place: north Cork Person: Sean Keating Person: Ellie O’Byrne Person: Michael Collins’Person: Keating Person: Jim Riordan Person: Denis O’Mullane Person: Jim Cashman Person: John Jones Person: Roger Kiely Person: Dan Browne Person: Seán Moylan Person: Donal Ó Drisceoil Person: Moylan Person: Ó Drisceoil Person: Tom Barry Person: Pearse Person: WB Person: Jack B Yeats Person: George Atkinson Person: Michael Waldron Person: Yeats Person: Waldron Event: War of Event: War of Independence Organisation: Dublin Metropolitan School of Art Organisation: the IRA Organisation: An Post Organisation: North Cork Brigade Organisation: UCC Organisation: West Cork Brigade Organisation: IRA Organisation: Crawford Art Gallery Organisation: Crawford

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