Iconic First World War painting featuring Munster battalion goes on display in Cork museum

The Last General Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois is the main feature of a new exhibition at the Cork Public Museum to commemorate the centenary of the unveiling of the Cork War Memorial on the South Mall

The Last General Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois by Italian artist Fortunino Matania.

The earliest known painted copy of an iconic First World War painting has gone on public display for the first time in Cork.

The painting, The Last General Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois, by Italian artist Fortunino Matania, is the main feature of a new exhibition at the Cork Public Museum to commemorate the centenary of the unveiling of the Cork War Memorial on the South Mall.