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Ann Martha Rowan (centre) and the rest of the IAA staff in June 2018 on the occasion of the presentation to her of an honorary degree from Trinity College Dublin for her work on the Dictionary of Irish Architects.

Ann Martha Rowan

It is with great sadness that we have learned that our much loved colleague and friend, Ann Martha Rowan, has died. Ann Martha worked for the IAA for over thirty years, during which time she devised, created and edited the Dictionary of Irish Architects, transforming the landscape of Irish architectural studies in the process.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam dílis.

 

Image: Ann Martha Rowan (centre) and the rest of the IAA staff in June 2018 on the occasion of the presentation to her of an honorary degree from Trinity College Dublin for her work on the Dictionary of Irish Architects.

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These Nativity figures were created in 1964 by artists Fergus O’Farrell (1918-2008) for Our Lady Queen of Heaven Church, Dublin Airport. They were banned that same year by Archbishop John Charles McQuaid. The Archbishop ordered the removal of Farrell’s crib from the church due to the modernist, non-representational nature of the carved figures, intervening despite the fact that both the then-new church and the crib were paid for by staff and management of the airport. The original figures were subsequently lost but were remade by Raymond Griffin in 2025 for Dreamtime Ireland, and are on loan to the IAA from Askeaton Contemporary Arts for the 2025 Christmas season.

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