Padraig Marrinan

Padraig Marrinan (1906 – 1973) was an Irish painter.[1] He was born in Belfast, Ireland. He contracted polio when he was five, and received a private education. He taught himself to paint, and made landscapes in counties Antrim, Clare, Donegal and Kerry. His ecclesiastical work includes Our Lady of the Missions for Holy Cross Church, Ardoyne, Belfast, and The Madonna and Child of Loreto for the Convent School, Omagh, County Tyrone. A charcoal drawing is in the National Gallery of Ireland.[1]

Padraig Marrinan
Born1906 (1906)
Belfast
Died1973
Omagh
NationalityIrish
Educationself-taught
Known forlandscapes, religious
ElectedRoyal Ulster Academy

He showed work at the Royal Ulster Academy, of which he was a member.[1]

He died in 1973 in Omagh, County Tyrone.[1]

References
  1. Kate Newmann (1993). Padraig Marrinan (1906 - 1973): Artist. Dictionary of Ulster Biography. Ulster History Circle. Accessed September 2017.
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