This art lectures series in DCC public libraries throughout the city is presented as part of our HLG Explore & Learn offsite programmes during the Gallery’s period of temporary closure.
HLG offsite – Pearse Street Library
Thursday 20 November 2025, 6.30pm-7.30pm
Illustrated Talk: Dublin City’s Stained Glass
This talk will discuss the finest twentieth-century stained glass in Dublin city. The majority of the windows were made at studios in the capital, and are by internationally lauded artists such as Harry Clarke, Wilhelmina Geddes, Michael Healy, Evie Hone and Richard King. David Caron will reveal the changing styles, mores, and subject choices for windows that evolved over the course of the century; these were in part determined by artistic and architectural movements but also by seismic events such as the First World War and Vatican II.
About the speaker
David Caron’s PhD research at Trinity College focused on Michael Healy and the stained glass artists of An Túr Gloine (Tower of Glass), Dublin’s highly regarded stained glass studio. He was one of the three original compilers of the Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass in 1988, and was editor and principal author of the revised and expanded edition in 2021. Four Courts Press published his monograph, Michael Healy, 1873-1941: An Túr Gloine’s Stained Glass Pioneer in 2023, and Dublin’s Stained Glass – a Guide to the Finest Twentieth-Century Windows in 2025. David regularly contributes articles on stained glass to the Irish Arts Review.
