Ireland on a journey from solid fuel to clean and green
Partial view of Seán Keating's Mural for the World's Fair, New York, 1939, with kind permission of the private owner of the image; coloured version with permission of John Bresnihan. The image was used in "Art, Ireland, and the Irish Diaspora: Chicago, Dublin, New York, 1893–1939 Culture, Connections & Controversies" by Éimear O’Connor.
In 1939, the painter Séan Keating produced a mural for the Irish pavilion at the World Fair in New York.
The theme of the Fair was ‘The World of Tomorrow’. Keating’s mural depicts the monumental Ardnacrusha hydroelectric power station built in 1929, a twin propeller Aer Lingus plane and, in the middle, a mechanical peat excavator representing the fledgling peat industry.
