Maritime exhibition launches stories from the sea

A FASCINATING exhibition of maritime paintings has been launched — in every sense — at the Port of Cork headquarters.

The display is based on a book, Maritime Paintings of Cork 1700-2000, published to mark the 2005 European Capital of Culture.

The impressive book, co-published by the Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, the Port of Cork and Gandon Editions, consists of colour plates that tell the story of the harbour and the River Lee from the 17th century to the present.