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George Campbell and the Belfast Boys 2015
Manus Walsh (b 1940)
Born in Dublin in 1940,Manus began his career in the field of Stained Glass,working for the Abbey
Stained Glass Studies in Dublin during the sixties. It was there that he met George Campbell,who
then encouraged him to take up painting,and indeed,organised his first exhibition in Dublin.
In 1966 and 1968 he traveled to Malaga where he spent some very formative months with George and
Madge,this connection with Spain has continued to this day ,and like George, Manus has been working and
painting during the winter months in theMalaga area for many years. In 1976Manus moved with his family
to Ballyvaughan,Co. Clare,where the Burren has been a major influence in his work,as has been Spain.
Manus has had more than fifty solo exhibitions,including his retrospective in the Kenny
Gallery,Galway,and many collective exhibitions,throughout Ireland,and has exhibited abroad in
Spain,Germany,France etc. as well as having had four solo exhibitions in Chile. Examples of his Stained
Glass work can be seen in Galway Cathedral ,and more recently, St Johns Church,Ballyvaughan.
Manus Walsh
Stefan Von Reiswitz