Cormac Lowth - Maritime Art

Dublin’s leading maritime historian, Cormac Lowth, has assembled a fine collection of 19th and early 20th century paintings and photographs that showcase the gaff rigged vessels that graced Dublin Bay. These images include fishing boats, of which there were a great many based in Ringsend; cargo vessels, including schooners, brigantines and ketches and of course sailing yachts, both cruising and racing. The wide variety of these gaff rigged, working and pleasure vessels provided interesting subject matter for Dublin’s artists and photographers during the second half of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century. With his extensive knowledge of Dublin’s maritime past Cormac guides us through this unique collection of images. This fascinating talk will interest sailors, historians, painters, photographers and anyone interested in Dublin’s maritime past.