Fine Art Print. 'Cailleach Bhéara' (2016) 70 cm H X 50 cm W, Edition 100. Printed on 350 g. Hannemühle etching museum archival paper. Professionally printed by Værksted for Fotografi Copenhagen. Photo: Thomas Grøndahl.

Printed from the original painting 'Cailleach Bhéara' (2011) 210cm H X 200cm W
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LIMITED EDITION PRINTS: These art prints are an edition of 100. Each print comes signed, titled and numbered and comes with a signed and stamped Certificate of Authenticity.

GICLEE PRINT: Each limited edition print is professionally printed onto Hahnemühle Museum 350 grm 100% cotton archival paper, using Epson archival inks that will not fade.

SIZE: 'Cailleach Bhéara' prints are A1 in size and measure 70cm H X 50cm W. They will fit in any standard A1 frame that is readily available on the high street.

UNFRAMED: Each print is wrapped in acid free tissue paper and shipped in a sturdy cardboard tube.
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These contemporary 'Cailleach Bhéarra' Art Prints are a limited edition of 100 prints, to commemorate the 100 year centenary of Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising.

The name translates to 'The Old Woman of Bearra', whom Pádraig Pearse, one of the leaders of the 1916 Rising, personifies as Ireland in his poem 'MIse Éire/ I am Ireland'.

In Irish mythology the 'Cailleach Bhéara' lives on an island off the coast of County Cork and is a shapeshifter who takes the form of a deer and gathers her children down by the shore, to avoid capture. The Celts have numerous stories involving supernatural deer and the giant deer was once the iconic animal of Ireland.