Examples of Professional Experience


May-June 2001

Conservation and restoration works to the 17th century marble statue of the Madonna, Carrara Cathedral, Italy.

September-October 2001

Recarving of a missing marble cartouche for the 18th century Prior monument at main entrance of Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin.

July-September 2002

Conservation works to the 12th century main portal and 13th century east window of St. Brendan’s Cathedral, Clonfert, Co. Galway. (Acting as assistant to Jason Ellis, sculpture conservator.)

July-August 2003

Conservation works to the 12th century main portal of St. Lachtain’s Church, Freshford, Co. Kilkenny. (Acting as assistant to Jason Ellis, sculpture conservator.)

October-November 2004

Conservation works to the 12th century presbytery and eastern oculus of St. Cathach’s Church, Rahan, Co. Offaly.

January-June 2006

Conservation works to the 28-piece collection of 5th-7th century ogham stones, in addition to several non-ogham items including Bronze Age cup-and-circle marked stones, University College Cork. (Acting as assistant to Jason Ellis, sculpture conservator.)

October-November 2006

Transcription by hand of eleven images and several lines of poetry onto seven large boulders of Wicklow granite for the sculptor Louise Walsh, Cois Mara estate, Rosslare, Co. Wexford.

August 2007

Restoration works to the gravestone of Seán T. O’Ceallaigh (President of Ireland, 1945-59), Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin.

April 2008

Conservation and restoration works to ‘Miss Geraldine Square’, a sculpture in Irish limestone by James McKenna, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Kilmainham, Dublin.

August 2008

Restoration works to seven late-19th century relief panels in Caen limestone by James Pearse, Pearse Museum, Rathfarnham, Dublin.

June 2009

Provision of a condition report on six busts in statuary Carrara marble and their scagliola pedestals, as well as two urns in painted plaster, Castletown House, Celbridge, Co. Kildare.

March 2010

Provision of a condition report — with recommendations for future care — on the 9th century high cross at Tihilly, Co. Offaly, commissioned by Amanda Pedlow, County Heritage Officer.

June-September 2010

Conservation and restoration works to the 42-piece collection of Italian medieval sculpture on Ilnacullin (Garinish Island), Glengarriff, Co. Cork. Responsibility, together with architect Anna Hanley of the OPW, for designing and arranging all aspects of the public display of the collection and for overseeing its installation.

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July-August 2012

Conservation and restoration works to the funerary monument with near life-size figure sculpture in painted limestone, dating to the 1630s, dedicated to Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, St. Mary's Collegiate Church, Youghal, Co. Cork.

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March 2013

Provision of a condition report — with recommendations for future care — on the statue of Pádraic Ó Conaire carved in Irish limestone by Albert Power in the 1930s, originally located in Eyre Square, Galway, now in the City Museum; report commissioned by Galway City Council.

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November 2013-April 2014

Restoration works to the sculptural ensemble in statuary Carrara marble, dating to the 1770s, by Joseph Wilton, Lady Anne Dawson Temple, Dartrey Estate, Co. Monaghan.

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June 2014-February 2015

Conservation and restoration works to The National Monument, erected 1898-1906, in Cork and Kilkenny limestones, and Connemara and Middleton Red marbles, Grand Parade, Cork; works commissioned by Cork City Council.

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July-Spetember 2015

Conservation and restoration works to the Father Mathew Statue, erected 1864, in bronze, Cork limestone, and Connemara and Middleton Red marbles, Patrick's Street, Cork; works commissioned by Cork City Council.

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August-October 2016

Provision of condition reports on each of the almost 100-piece antique sculpture collection at the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, together with a companion report on how the future presentation and display of the sculpture collection might be improved.

Spetember 2016

Conservation and restoration works to 8no. 10th-12th century sandstone carvings in St. Carthage Cathedral, Lismore, Co. Waterford.

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March, August 2017

Conservation and restoration works to several early 19th century plastercasts by Antonio Canova, in addition to other important sculptors, at the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork.

July-August 2017

Conservation and restoration works to the early 20th century Lord Carbery Cross in Irish limestone, measuring approx. 30 ft in height, at Rosscarbery, Co. Cork; works commissioned by Coillte.

November 2017 - March 2018

Conservation and restoration works to 14no. early 20th century Stations of the Cross in cast plaster from the Apparition Chapel, Knock Shrine, Knock, Co. Mayo.

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May-June 2018

Conservation and restoration works to the 19th century Berwick Fountain in Cork limestone, Grand Parade, Cork; works commissioned by Cork City Council.