Culture That Made Me: Mary McCarthy, director of Crawford Art Gallery, picks her touchstones

Mary McCarthy includes Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Liss Ard gigs, and Corcadorca among her selections 
Mary McCarthy: the West Cork woman is director of the Crawford Art Gallery. 

Mary McCarthy: the West Cork woman is director of the Crawford Art Gallery. 

Mary McCarthy, 55, grew up in Whitehall, near Skibbereen in West Cork. She has worked in commercial galleries in New York, Dublin, and at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA). 

In 2005, she served as deputy director of Cork’s European Capital of Culture and worked for several years as director of the National Sculpture Factory. She was appointed director of Cork’s Crawford Art Gallery in 2018, and is currently overseeing a major renovation of the facility. 

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