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www.adams.ie 93 Barry Castle (1935-2006) Teaching the Cocks to DanceOil on board, 77 x 60 cm (30 x 23½”)
Signed with initials and dated ‘98
Barry Castle studied at the National College of Art in her native
Dublin, where her tutors included Seán Keating, Maurice MacGo-
nigal and John Kelly. She exhibited with the Solomon Gallery in
Dublin, and a major retrospective was held by the RHA in 1998.
Her work can be found in collections such as The National Li-
brary of Ireland, The National Self-Portrait Collection in Limer-
ick, University of Limerick, AIB and The Arts Council of Ireland.
€1,500 - €2,500