Abbey of Athenry, Co. Galway - Bigari, Angelo Maria (National Library of Ireland, 1913)
Austin Cooper. Antiquities of Abbeys, Castles, & Towers in Ireland. 1875, 22.
'An engraving based on this drawing is found in Vol. I of Francis Grose's Antiquities of Ireland (London, 1791) as Pl. 27. The original sketch would have been done on July 29th, 1779, when Bigari was on a tour of Connacht with his artist friend, Gabriel Beranger (ca. 1730-1817), who made a note of this visit in his catalogue notes (see NLI Ms 4162, page 24). The drawing depicts a view of the Dominican priory in the town of Athenry, County Galway, Ireland, seen from the north-east, showing the two fine fifteenth century reticulated windows and the tall tower. Two figures stand in the foreground.' (www.nli.ie)
Keywords: Abbey of Athenry, Co. Galway; Art -- Irish; Drawing -- Irish; Ruins in art; Abbeys -- Ireland -- Pictorial works.; Athenry (Ireland)--History.; Clothing and Dress -- Ireland -- History; Galway (Ireland : County)--Church history.; Galway (Ireland : County)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.; 18th century