Wakes Geography Bernard O’Mahony

Bernard O’Mahony

Many of the country's leading conservation contractors have also contributed to the rich array of instructive images and case studies featured

Extracts from the extensive family archive place the collection in its social context

Dublin fireworks

The stuccowork of Pat McAuliffe of Listowel

Wakes Geography Bernard O’Mahony2014 Limited edition book by a young Irish graphic designer. Wakes documents and tells the stories of wake traditions in Irelands history and peoples personal experiences at them. Irish wakes in rural and urban Ireland where once the scene of both sadness and fun as people gathered to celebrate the life of the deceased. The people in this book tell of there experiences at wakes and thus give witness to great changes in which Irish people in the past