Natterjack Toad by Mary McGrath, Oil on canvas. Private Collection, Ireland
Events
- CASTLEWARREN VILLAGE STUDIO, CO. KILKENNY -
QUARTET: Artist Talks & Demos:
Mary McGrath - 'History of Printmaking' | Sat, 10th Aug at 5.30pm.
Margaret Becker – Stained Glass: Beginnings, Deterioration & Revival | Sat, 16th Aug @ 3.30pm
Michele Sweetman – Screen Printing on Fabric Workshops | 15th - 17th Aug, 2 to 6pm (€80 – Call 086 3094520 to book)
Mary McGrath – Art Conservation: Restoring a Painting | Sat, 16th Aug @ 5.30pm
Castlewarren Village Studios, Co. Kilkenny, R95 AK8
Opening Hours: Saturday 10am - 5pm.
- BUNRATTY CASTLE & FOLK PARK -
IRISH NATIVE RARE BREEDS DAY
Mary McGrath – Paintings & Prints
17th August 2025
As part of the Irish Native Rare Breeds Day event at Bunratty Castle and Folk Park, Mary McGrath exhibited a selection of framed prints.
Bunratty Castle and Folk Park, Bunratty, Co Clare, Ireland
Opening Hours: 9am - 5.30pm.
News & Press
Kildare Town will become an open air art gallery to celebrate Brigid 1500
Kildare town will transform into an open air art gallery, when more than 20 local businesses will exhibit 60 works of international and national art in their windows as part of the Brigid 1500 celebrations in the new year.... Kildare Nationalist, 22.12.23 - View article
PARROT Mouth: Protecting our Native Breeds Through Art
An exhibition in Kilcock, Co Kildare, aims to raise awareness of the need to protect Ireland’s wonderful ecosystem... The Irish Field, 29.09.23 - View article
Interview: Kildare artist Mary McGrath on a life in art and her new solo exhibition
A project organised by a group of multidisciplinary Kildare artists is among the endeavours that will mark Brigid 1500 next year. ... Kildare Nationalist, 12.10.23 - View article
Local artist's exhibition calls for appreciation of nature
An exhibition of paintings and original prints by Rosetown-based artist Mary McGrath will focus on vulnerable biodiversity in Ireland, writes Brian Byrne ... Kilcullen Diary, 24.09.23 View article
KFM: Kildare Focus Interview (0:30 mins)
Interview with Mary McGrath about the inspiration for her upcoming interview 'Endangered!' opening on 30th September 2023 at the Kilcock Art Gallery, Kildare ... KFM, 22.09.23 View article
From the Curlew to the Natterjack Toad - how are Ireland's native species doing?
Conservationist Mary McGrath looks at Ireland’s indigenous species and the ways we can all help them survive ... The Journal, 20.09.23 View article
KILDARE: Curragh artist to exhibit at Kilcock Art Gallery
An exhibition of Paintings & Prints by Mary McGrath on Biodiversity “ENDANGERED!” opens at Kilcock Art Gallery on September 30 at 3pm with opening words by Eanna Ni Lamhna and continues until October 21. ... Leinster Leader, 16.09.23 View article
"Endangered" New paintings & prints by Kildare artist Mary McGrath
“My artwork invites the viewer to be aware of their surroundings. To give nature a chance to recover. To appreciate and cherish our ecosystem’s survivors and realise that we can all make a positive difference.”... Into Kildare, Sept 23 View article
Events
Mary McGrath: Brigid, Forest and Farm
Mary McGrath, artist and conservationist, speaks about animal and wild life species in Ireland during the era of St. Brigid. The series of talks were organised to inform artists when researching Brigid for the Open Call Art Trail, February 2024 in Kildare Town, organised by Sult Artists.
Watch the full talk at Sult Artists on YouTube.
The Artist's Well - Interview with Mary McGrath
Series 3 - Episode 3, 15th October 2022
In this interview with Alan Keane of The Artist's Well, Mary McGrath shares her life and work as a Fine Art Conservator in collections both public and private in Ireland, England, France, Italy and the United States; and her role as Project Manager in the relocation of the Francis Bacon Studio from London to the Hugh Lane Gllery in Dublin.
Watch the full interview at The Artist's Well.
