Seamus Connolly

Seamus Connolly is one of Ireland’s leading bronze portrait sculptors, best known for his highly acclaimed life-size portraits. Seamus runs a bronze foundry in West Clare and rather uniquely, takes all his work from inception in clay, through to being finally cast in bronze, right here in his own workshop – all of which is intrinsically linked to the Gallery here.  Seamus is equally sought after for his artistic and stylized bronze pieces, which we stock here in the Gallery. He has a fantastic reputation for these individual, quirky sculptures, most of which are inspired by animals and nature and sit particularly well in people’s homes.

His work is currently owned by the OPW, the Irish Government, the GAA, the National Irish Writers Museum as well as a list of high end clientiele from the Swiss Ambassador to Bertie Ahern and even the inimitable Pauline McGlinn – as well as by a list of private collectors.

His main body of work includes life-size bronze portraits of various public figures – which include the following:
John B Keane – Listowel
Dermot Earley – Roscommon
Richard Harris – Kilkee
Mick Mackey – Castleconnell,
Paidi ó Sé – Ventry, Co. Kerry
Anthony ‘Axel’ Foley – Thomond Park
Gerry O Malley – Roscommon
John F Kennedy – Bruff, Co. Limerick
John Joe O Reilly – Co. Cavan
Brendan O’Regan – Co Clare
Kieran O’ Connor – Co Cork
Richard ‘Drug’ Walsh – Co. Kilkenny
Bronze Goat – Lahinch Golf Course