Why Cork landmark Blackrock Castle is loved by Irish artists

Rare print of Victorian-style painting of the castle comes up at May Day sale online from Doneraile 

This Blackrock Castle print by Joseph William Carey is at Aidan Foley's sale on May 1.

Rebuilt in 1829 following a fire after a banquet in 1827, the picturesque Blackrock Castle in Cork has been especially beloved by generations of artists. 

Belfast-born Joseph William Carey RUA (1859-1937) was no exception and this rare print of his Victorian-style painting of the castle comes up at Aidan Foley’s May Day sale online from Doneraile on May 1.