Virginia Teehan

Virginia Teehan is an Irish art historian, writer, curator and archivist, who has led the Irish Heritage Council (An Comhairle Oidhreachta) since January 2019.[1][2]

Teehan grew up in Kilkenny, and studied at University College Cork (UCC) where she attained an master's degree in arts, and later at Trinity College Dublin where she earned a Master of Philosophy.[2] She has acted as director of Cultural Projects at UCC, and as director of the Hunt Museum in Limerick.[1] She was appointed by minister Síle de Valera to the board of the Heritage Council from 2000–05 and was reaffirmed by two successive ministers for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht up to 2016.[1]

She has written extensively on the history and art-works of the Honan Chapel in UCC,[3][4] as well as on fine and decorative arts, and cultural management, including monographs on Ogham inscriptions, Seán Keating, Louis le Brocquy and Jack B. Yeats.[5]

Publications

Books
  • Sean Keating: In Focus. Associated Editions, 2009. ISBN 978-1-9064-2904-1
  • Louis Le Brocquy Allegory and Legend. Hunt Museum, 2006. ISBN 978-0-9520-9225-4
  • The Honan Chapel: A Golden Vision (with Elizabeth Heckett). Cork University Press, 2005. ISBN 978-1-8591-8346-5
  • The Ogam Stones at University College Cork (with Damian McManus). Cork University Press, 2005. ASIN: B00FBBG3L8
  • Jack B. Yeats: Master of Ceremonies. Hunt Museum, 2004. ISBN 978-0-952-09222-3
  • Provision of Genealogical Services in Ireland. The Heritage Council, 2000. ISBN 978-1901-1372-17

Journals
  • "Celtic renaissance". Irish Arts Review, volume 33, issue 1, 2016. JSTOR 24891719
  • "Raqqan bowl". Irish Arts Review, volume 26, issue 2, 2009. JSTOR 25654702

References
  1. "Announcing the Appointment of the Heritage Council's New Chief Executive". Irish Heritage Council, 22 December 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2019
  2. Leland, Mary. "One of the biggest challenges facing us is to define Irish identity in a post-Brexit world". Irish Times, 31 January 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020
  3. McBrinn, Joseph. "Reviewed Work: The Honan Chapel: A Golden Vision by Virginia Teehan, Elizabeth Wincott Heckett". Irish Arts Review, volume 21, vo. 4 (Winter, 2004), pp. 151-152. JSTOR 25503131
  4. "Forgotten Faces of Art: The women of the Honan Chapel". University College Cork, 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  5. "Virginia Teehan, Director of Cultural Projects, University College Cork". University College Cork. Retrieved 27 March 2020
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