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CO. ANTRIM
Fenderesky Gallery
105 Royal Avenue Belfast, BT1 1FF. T: 028 (048 from ROI) 90235245; info@fendereskygallery.com; www.fendereskygallery.com. Fri & Sat: 2pm-5pm or by appointment.

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MAC
Metropolitan Arts Centre, Exchange Street, Belfast, B21 2NJ. T: Booking – +44 (0)28 (048 from ROI) 90235053 or administration – 028 90892960; http://themaclive.com/art/10. Mon-Sun: 10am-7pm.

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CO. CARLOW
Visual Centre for Contemporary Art
Visual Centre for Contemporary Art and GB Shaw Theatre, Old Dublin Road, Carlow. T: 059 9172400; info@visualcarlow.ie; www.visualcarlow.ie; @VisualGBShaw. Tues-Sat: 11am-5.30pm; Sun: 2-5pm.

Until Apr 21 Edifice Complex Tadhg McSweeney.

Until Apr 21 Manhattan Mouse Museum (2011) Tacita Dean.

Apr 26-May 24 Panchaea Works by Denis Roche in collaboration with Emma Finucane, Brian Maguire and mental health service users in Carlow.

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CO CORK
Crawford Art Gallery
Emmet Place, Cork. T +353 (0)21 490 7852; info@crawfordartgallery.ie; www.crawfordartgallery.ie; @CrawfordArtGall. Mon-Sat: 10am-5pm; Late Thurs until 8pm.

Apr 12-Jun 1 False Optimism In partnership with the Autocenter Gallery, Berlin. Contemporary art from Berlin by 15 artists, combining diverse styles and media.

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Lewis Glucksman Gallery
UCC, Cork. T: 021 4901844; info@glucksman.org; www.glucksman.org; @glucksman. Tues-Sat: 10am-5pm; Sun: 2pm-5pm. Admission free.

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Sirius Arts Centre
The Old Yacht Club, Cobh. T: (021) 481 3790; cobharts@iol.ie; www.siriusartscentre.ie. Wed-Fri: 11am-1pm; 2-5pm; Sat-Sun: 2-5pm. Closed Mon-Tues.

From Apr 20 Little Pieces of No Value Alfred Graf, Edith Hofer, Hannes Ludescher, Alois Galehr and Monika Boldrin. In partnership with allerArt, Buldenz Austria.

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CO. DUBLIN
Centre for Creative Practices
CFCP, 15 Lower Pembroke Street, Dublin 2, T: 01 7995416; info@cfcp.ie; www.cfcp.ie; @CFCP. Opening hours: 12 noon-6pm.

Migrant Artists on Ireland Series 

April 18-26 _liminal State Concept and sound design by La Cosa Preziosa (Italy). See www.lacosapreziosa.com. Interactive elements by Evangelos Kapros (Greece). See www.ekapros.eu. 

The Gate/Opposites Magdolna Toth (Hungary) Sculptures of glass and pottery.

Talk: Apr 20, 7pm, La Cosa Preziosa & Magdolna Toth. Discussion: Apr 25, 7pm. Spaces in culturally diverse societies–from everyday encounters to participative interaction. Are Dublin’s spaces inclusive?

May 23-31 Migrant Liadain Speranza (Ireland/USA). Installation exploring the emotional shifts that occur within the journey of a migrant.

May 24, 8pm. Talk: Karin Pipa Wimmer (Germany) and Liadain Speranza (Ireland). May 30, 7pm. Discussion: Taste - people like what they know – audience development for new artistic voices.

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Chester Beatty Library
Dublin Castle, Dublin 2. T: 4070750; fax: 4070760; info@cbl.ie; www.cbl.ie; @CBL_Dublin. Tues-Fri: 10am-5pm; Sat: 11am-5pm; Sun: 1-5pm.

Ongoing: Chester Beatty: the Paintings

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Cross Gallery
59 Francis Street, Dublin 8. T: 353 1 473 8978; info@crossgallery.ie; www.crossgallery.ie. Tues-Fri: 10am-5.30pm; Sat: 11am-5pm.

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Douglas Hyde Gallery
Trinity College Dublin 2. T: 353 1 8961116; F: 670 8330; dhgallery@tcd.ie; www.douglashydegallery.com; DHG_Dublin. Mon-Fri: 11am-6pm; Thurs: 11am-7pm; Sat: 11am-4.45pm.

April 12-May 22 Ah, Liberty! Ben Rivers | Darkened Days Simone Kappeler.

From May 31 Nigel Cooke | Ciaran Murphy

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Draíocht
The Blanchardstown Centre, Blanchardstown,
Dublin 15. T: 353 1 8098021; Box office: 8852622;
F: 8243434; marketing@draiocht.ie; www.draiocht.ie; @Draiocht_Blanch. Mon- Sat: 10am-6pm.

Until May 25 Animation to Murmuration Vincent Sheridan.

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Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane
Charlemont House, Parnell Sq. N. T: 353 1 2225550; info.hughlane@dublincity.ie; www.hughlane.ie; @TheHughLane. Tues-Thurs: 10am-6pm; Fri-Sat: 10am-5pm; Sun: 11am-5pm. Closed Mon. Admission free.

Ongoing: Doric Sean Scully.

Apr 18-May 20 When I Leave These Landings Jonathan Cummins. In collaboration with NCAD Gallery.

Until May 12 Sleepwalkers: Production as Process.

Permanent collection; Francis Bacon’s Studio; Stained Glass Room; Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

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Farmleigh Gallery
Castleknock, Dublin 15. T: 353 1 8155900; www.farmleigh.ie. Tues-Sun and bank hol:10am-5pm. Last admittance to the Farmleigh Estate is 5pm–gates close at 6pm. Free adm. OPW-managed heritage property.

Until Apr 1 The Ros Tapestry

From May 2 Contemporary Art from EU Member States

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Hillsboro Fine Art
49 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1. T: (01) 8788242; info@hillsborofineart.com; www.hillsborofineart.com; http://ie.linkedin.com/in/hillsborofineart. Mon-Fri: 10.30am-6pm; Sat: 10.30am-3.30pm.

Until April 25 Iron & Steel Anthony Caro, Ulrich Ruckriem, Mauro Staccioli, Michael Warren, Carel Visser, Eilís O'Connell, Giuseppe Spagnulo, Faustino Aizkorbe, Caoimhe Kilfeather, Julian Wild, Paul Neagu, John Gibbons, Paul Mosse.

May 2-31 Emerging Contemporary Seán Guinan, Bennie Reilly, George Warren.

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Irish Museum of Modern Art
Royal Hospital, Military Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8. T: 353 1 6129900; F: 6129999; info@imma.ie; www.imma.ie. @IMMAIreland. Tues-Sat: 10am-5.30pm, except Wed 10.30am-5.30pm; Sun/bank holidays: Noon-5.30pm. Closed Mon. Last admission: 5.15pm. Free admission, except for special exhibitions.

Imma at NCH, Earlsfort Terrace
Apr 12-May 24 This Situation Tino Sehgal.

From Apr 19 I knOw yoU 47 artists and their collaborators examine the idea of economic and cultural capital.

New Galleries, IMMA, Royal Hospital Kilmainham
Until May 19 Analysing Cubism: Mainie Jellett, Evie Hone, Mary Swanzy and masters of European Modernism.

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Kerlin Gallery
Anne's Lane, South Anne Street, Dublin 2. T: 6709093; F: 6709096; gallery@kerlin.ie; www.kerlin.ie; @KerlinGallery. Mon-Fri: 10am-5.45pm; Sat 11am-4.30pm.

Until Apr 13 Calibrate Mark Francis.

From Apr 19 The Sensitive Plant Aleana Egan.

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Mother's Tankstation
41–43 Watling Street, Usher’s Island, Dublin 8. T: 353 1 671 7654. gallery@motherstankstation.com; www.motherstankstation.com. Thurs-Sat: 12–6pm.

Until Apr 6 built with love Ruth Buchanan, Ai Weiwei, Declan Clarke, Kevin Cosgrove, Daniel Tuomey.

From Apr 24-Jun 1 O Little Drops Nina Canell.

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National Library of Ireland
Kildare St, Dublin 2. T: 01 6030259 (Ask for the Education & Outreach department); info@nli.ie; www.nli.ie.
Mon-Wed: 9.30am-7.45pm; Thurs & Fri: 9.30am-4.45pm; Sat: 9.30am-4.30pm; Sun: 1pm-5pm.

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National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology Kildare Street, Dublin 2. T: +353 (0) 1 677 7444; F: +353 (0) 1 677 7450; marketing@museum.ie; www.museum.ie; Facebook; @NMIreland. Bookings (Tues-Fri, 10am-1pm): T: 01 6486453 F: 6791025; bookings@museum.ie. Tues-Sat: 10am-5pm; Sun: 2pm-5pm. Closed Mon (including bank hol).

Permanent exhibitions:
The Treasury Treasures of early medieval Ireland
Ór – Ireland's Gold
Prehistoric Ireland; Kingship and Sacrifice Iron Age bog bodies
Viking Ireland

Medieval Ireland (1150-1550)
– Power, Work and Prayer
Ancient Egypt From the Stone Age to the Middle Ages
Ceramics and Glass from Ancient Cyprus

Life and Death in the Roman World

Temporary exhibition:
Rites of Passage at Tara

Decorative Arts & History Museum
Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7.

Permanent exhibitions:
Asgard

Reconstructed Rooms – Four Centuries of Furnishings
Eileen Gray
exhibition
The Way We Wore
– 250 Years of Irish Clothing and Jewellery
Curators' Choice
; Out of Storage – View the reserve collection
Irish Silver
Airgead
– A Thousand Years of Irish Coins & Currency
What's In Store?

The Easter Rising
– Understanding 1916
A Dubliner’s Collection of Asian Art – The Albert Bender Exhibition
Irish Country Furniture
; Soldiers and Chiefs – The Irish at War at Home and Abroad, 1550-2001

Temporary exhibitions:
Franciscan Faith: Sacred Art in Ireland 1600-1750;
Kildare Place Society and Schooling in the 19th Century

Natural History Museum
Merrion Street, Dublin 2.

Permanent exhibitions:
Irish Fauna; Mammals of the World

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NCAD Gallery
100 Thomas St, Dublin 8. T: 636 4390; gallery@ncad.ie; www.ncad.ie/about/gallery; @NCAD_Gallery. Mon-Fri: 1pm-5pm. Admission free.

Apr 18-May 31 When I Leave These Landings Jonathan Cummins.

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Rathfarnham Castle
Rathfarnham, Dublin 14. T: 353 1 4939462; rathfarnhamcastle@opw.ie; www.heritageireland.ie. Free admission. Summer hours (May-Sept): Tues- Sun: 10am-5.15pm (last adm: 4.30pm). Rathfarnham Castle is an OPW-managed heritage property.

From May 16 Wandering Methods Works created by a group of local residents in collaboration with artists Maeve Clancy and Liz Nilson. A partnership between Bealtaine Festival, the OPW and Craftspace, in association with Falmouth University and the University of Northumbria. Bealtaine is an Age & Opportunity initiative.

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Royal Dublin Society
RDS Concert Hall, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. T: 2407255; F: 6604014; arts@rds.ie; www.rds.ie/arts; @therds.

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Royal Hibernian Academy
Gallagher Gallery, 15 Ely Place, Dublin 2. T: 6612558; F: 6610762;E: info@rhagallery.ie; www.royalhibernianacademy.ie; @rhagallery Adm. free. Mon-Sat: 11am-5pm.

RHA Gallery I: Until Apr 28 SKIN; an artistic atlas.

RHA Ashford Gallery: Until Apr 28 Recent Paintings Billy Foley.

RHA Atrium: Until Apr 28 Spirit and Light Vivienne Roche RHA.

RHA Foyer: Until Apr 28 State Anita Groener.

From May 28 Royal Hibernian Academy 183rd Annual Exhibition

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Rua Red
South Dublin Arts Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24. T: 353 1 4515860; boxoffice@ruared.ie; www.ruared.ie; @RUARED. Mon-Sat: 10am-6pm.

Gallery 1: Until May 11 The Modelled Conscious Lucy Andrews. http://www.ruared.ie/The_Modelled_Conscious.html

Gallery 2: Until May 11 Stamp Prints by Bob Lynn, Debora Ando, Justin Larkin, Janine Davidson, Raymond Henshaw, Miguel Balliache and Louise Peat. http://www.ruared.ie/Stamp.htm

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Taylor Galleries
16 Kildare St, Dublin 2. T: 353 1 6766055; F: 6766642; taylorgalleries@gmail.com; www.taylorgalleries.ie; @TaylorGalleries. Mon-Fri 10am-5.30pm; Sat 11am-3pm.

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Temple Bar Gallery + Studios
5-9 Temple Bar, Dublin 2. T: +353 (0)1 6710073; info@templebargallery.com; www.templebargallery.com; Tues-Sat: 11am-6pm. Free admission.

Apr 12-Jun 8 10th President Seamus Nolan (IE). Ideas of statehood and the formation of public and political will.

Talks & events: Thurs, Apr 18, 6pm, Seamus Nolan, artist, and Taru Elfving, Programme Director, Helsinki International Artist-in-Residence programme in conversation.

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CO. FERMANAGH
Higher Bridges Gallery
Clinton Centre, Belmore St, Enniskillen. Contact: Arts
Office, Fermanagh District Council; T: +0044 (0)28 66325050; diane.henshaw@fermanagh.gov.uk. Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm; Sat: 11am-4pm.

Until Apr 27 Easter Expo 2013 Contemporary, traditional and emerging visual art from Ireland, England and Europe.

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CO. KERRY
St. John's Theatre and Arts Centre
The Square, Listowel. T: 068 22566; stjohnstheatre@eircom.net; www.stjohnstheatrelistowel.com. Mon-Sat: 10am-6pm; 7pm-11pm on show nights.

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CO. KILKENNY
National Craft Gallery
Castle Yard, Kilkenny. 056 7796147. ncg@ccoi.ie; www.nationalcraftgallery.ie; Facebook. Tues-Sat: 10am-5.30pm; Sun: 11am-5.30pm.; Mon: Closed (except bank holidays – open 11am-5:30pm). Free admission.

The Nordic Effect – part of a series of events in 2013 to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Kilkenny Design Workshops.

Until May 17 Paradigm (Norway) Contemporary Norwegian craft, curated by Lars Sture.

Until May 17 Views On Clay (Finland) Design Migration 10+

Events – Seminar: Fri, Apr 5, 11:30am-4:30pm, The Nordic Effect: Crafting Success Models and strategies of Nordic design, Kilkenny Castle. 10/8 euros. To register, call: 056 7796151.

Curators talk: Fri, Apr 5, 6pm, Lars Sture and Taya Sipilä

Late date: Thurs, Apr 25, 6.30pm, Hand to the Wheel.

Gallery tours: Crafternoon Tour Sat, 3pm. Taster Tour Thurs, 3pm. Booking required.

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CO. LEITRIM
The Dock
St. George’s Terrace, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim. T: 0719650828. cmccormac@leitrimcoco.ie; www.thedock.ie/exhibitions; @thedockarts; Facebook. Tues-Fri: 10am-6pm; Sat: 10am-5pm. Closed: Sun & Mon. Free admission.

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CO. LIMERICK
Bourn Vincent Gallery
Foundation Building, University of Limerick, Limerick. T: 061213052; F: 061330316; yvonne.davis@ul.ie.

Apr 4-May 30 In Exchange Work by Contact Studios. Marie-Clare Boothman, Julie Brazil, John Collins, Sue Corcoran, Ann Daly, Carl Doran, Maurice Foley, Declan Greene, Ann-Marie Morrin, John Murphy, Gerry O'Mahony, Nuala O'Sullivan, Sheila Richardson, Andriena Scott, Sheila Stone.

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Hunt Museum
The Custom House, Rutland Street, Limerick. T: 061 312833; info@huntmuseum.com; www.huntmuseum.com; @HuntMuseum. Mon-Sat: 10am-5pm; Sun: 2pm-5pm: Free admission for exhibitions. Historic Collection: Charges apply.

Until Apr 28 General Practice Fionn McCann. Photographs documenting GPs' work in the consulting room and patients' homes. On loan from Trinity College Art Collections.

From May 14 AIB Collection on Show AIB’s former corporate art collection now forms part of the National Collection. On loan from the Crawford Gallery, Cork.

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CO. LOUTH
Droichead Arts Gallery
Stockwell St, Drogheda T: 041 9833946; marketing@droichead.com; www.droichead.com; @DroicheadArtz.

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Highlanes Municipal Art Gallery
Laurence Street, Drogheda. T: +353 (0) 419803311; F: 041 9803313; info@highlanes.ie; www.highlanes.ie; @Highlanes. Mon-Sat: 10.30am-5pm; Closed Sun.

Until Apr 6 Citizen Anthony Haughey.

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CO. MAYO
Ballinglen Gallery
The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Main Street, Ballycastle. T/F: 09643184; baf@iol.ie; www.ballinglenartsfoundation.org.
Mon-Fri: 12pm-4pm or by appointment.

Images from North Mayo Curated from the archive, all work is based on the North Mayo area and created by Irish and international artists who have come on residency to Ballinglen.

Outreach Education Programme Students create prints in the Printmaking Workshop and take home their prints at the end of the day.

The Ballinglen Library, containing over 2,500 art reference books, is available for research by appointment.

Jun 15-29 Master Class at The Ballinglen Arts Foundation Two-week master art class in Ballycastle, North Mayo, taught by Randall Exon and Jeffrey Reed. Booking form and itinerary available here.

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Custom House Studios
The Quay, Westport, Co. Mayo. T: 098 28735; customhouse@eircom.net; www.customhousestudios.ie.
Mon-Fri: 10am-5pm; Sat-Sun (Bank hol): 1pm-4.30pm.

Until Apr 14 The Celtic Zoo Tom Fitzgerald.

Apr 18-May 12 Jackie Askew.

Apr 18-May 12 Kary Mulally.

From May 16 Marie Hanlon.

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National Museum of Ireland – Country Life
Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co. Mayo. T: +353 (0) 94 9031755; F: +353 (0) 94 9031628; tpark@museum.ie; www.museum.ie; Facebook; @NMIreland. Tues-Sat: 10am-5pm; Sun: 2pm-5pm. Closed Mon (including bank holidays). Bookings (Tues-Fri, 10am-1pm): T: 094 9031751 F: 094 9031498; educationtph@museum.ie.

Permanent exhibitions:
Romanticism & Reality
The Natural Environment
The Times (1850-1950)

Trades and Crafts
Activities in the Home
Working on the Land and Water
Life in the Community

Temporary exhibitions:
Straw, Hay and Rushes
Until April:
No Ordinary Family George Fitzgerald and his sons
The Irish Headhunter: Searching for the Irish Race
Until April 14 Folk Fiction - Translations in Material Cultures Gareth Kenned

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CO. SLIGO
Hamilton Gallery
4 Castle Street, Sligo. T: 353 71 91 43686; F: +353 7191 0365; info@hamiltongallery.ie; www.hamiltongallery.ie. @HamiltonSligo; Facebook. Mon-Sat: 10am-5pm.

May 2-Jun 1 Selected Works Nick Miller.

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The Model
The Mall, Sligo. T: 071 9141405; info@modelart.ie; www.themodel.ie; @modelsligo; Facebook. Tues-Sat: 11am-5:30pm; Thurs: open late till 8pm; Sun 12-5pm.

Until Apr 26 Norah McGuinness: Illustrations to the Stories of Red Hanrahan.

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CO. WATERFORD
Garter Lane Arts Centre
5 O'Connell Street, Waterford. T: 051 877153; gallery@garterlane.ie; www.garterlane.ie; @garterlane; Facebook.

Apr 5-May 16 L'Armoire Kathleen Delaney.

Apr 5-May 16 Entr'acte Sarah Edmondson.

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CO. WEXFORD
Wexford Arts Centre
Cornmarket, Wexford. T: 053 9123764; F: 053 9121765; E: catherine@wexfordartscentre.ie; www.wexfordartscentre.ie; @wexfordarts. Tues-Sat: 10am-5.30pm.

Apr 8-May 7 Panto Collapsar Mikala Dwyer.

From May 24 Graduate Show 2013 IT Carlow BA (Hons) Art Students from Wexford Campus School of Art & Design.

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CO. WICKLOW
Mermaid Arts Centre
Main Street, Bray, Co. Wicklow. T: 353 1 2724302;
gallery@mermaidartscentre.ie; www.mermaidartscentre.ie; @mermaidarts.

Until Apr 11 The Sovereigns – Ffrench/Harte Anne Ffrench and Brian Harte.

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