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Sufficient Distance
2021, oil on linen diptych, each panel 29.7 x 21 cm (a4)
‘The 100th anniversary of the Rising has provided sufficient distance for people in the Republic
of Ireland to begin to treat the Rising as history rather than politics.’
George Kerevan, The National, 28th March 2016
Original photographic image courtesy of British Geological Survey