Dingle Swallows, oil on original 1958 OS map of Dingle Bay. 75cm x 55cm (unframed), 85cm x 65cm (framed). Both the male and female swallow take part in selecting and building their nest, incubating the eggs and feeding the young. Each year about 44 percent of all barn swallows will return to nest in the same area they nested in the previous year.
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Killarney Swallows, oil on original 1960 OS map of Killarney. 75cm x 55cm (unframed), 85cm x 65cm (framed). Swallows migrate south through through Western France and Eastern Spain, cross the Meditteranean, the Sahara Desert, and the Congo rainforest, to reach countries like Namibia and South Africa.
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Cork Swallows, Oil on original 1961 OS map of Cork & Lismore. 75cm x 55cm (unframed) 85cm x 65cm (framed). It takes swallows approximately six weeks to fly from Ireland to Africa. During this journey, they fly about 200 miles (320km) per day and feed on flying insects along the way.
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Wexford Swallows, oil on original 1961 OS map of Waterford & Wexford. 75cm x 55 cm (unframed) 85cm x 65cm (framed). Swallows arrive in Ireland typically in April, leaving usually in late August & September to spend Winter in Africa. While most migrate, a growing number of swallows are starting to overwinter in Ireland due to milder weather.
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Lapwing, Oil on original 1963 OS map of Bantry. 75cm x 55cm (unframed), 85cm x 65cm (framed). The national bird of Ireland is the Lapwing, also known as the Pilibín in Irish. It is a shorebird in the plover family, characterized by a long, crest on its head. The Northern Lapwing was officially chosen as the national bird in 1990 by the Irish Wildlife Conservancy. The Lapwing population in Ireland is in serious decline, with a red listed status due to significant drops in both breeding and wintering numbers from an estimated 16,250 pairs in 1993 to around 2,000 pairs in 2008. The native population is bolstered in both Summer and Winter by visitors from Europe.
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Brent Geese, Oil on original 1959 OS map of Ireland South West. 92cm x 71cm (unframed), 102cm x 81cm (framed). Brent geese migrate to Ireland for the winter, arriving from Arctic Canada between October and April.
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Ballynaslaney, County Wexford. Watercolour on map. 170th Water Colour Society of Ireland Exhibition. Purchased by University of Limerick for the National Watercolour Collection.
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