Presentations

A selection of presentation photographs documenting portraits gifted and shared with notable public figures.

Former Taoiseach, Albert Reynolds, UCD, February 2002
Manager of Manchester United, Alex Ferguson, Kilmallock, July 2002
Then Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, UCD, January 2003
Astronaut, Chris Hadfield, Dublin, December 2014
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, UCD, February 2009
Éamon Dunphy in interview with RTE at his home, with portrait behind him. June 2002
Former President of South Africa, F.W. de Klerk, UCD, January 2004
Former Taoiseach, Garret FitzGerald, UCD, October 2002
Former Taoiseach, Garret FitzGerald, Ranelagh, June 2006
World record-breaking mountaineer, Ian McKeever, Dun Laoighaire, September 2008
Civil Rights Leader, Jesse Jackson, UCD, November 2004
Former Taoiseach, John Bruton, UCD, October 2002
Former Taoiseach, John Bruton in his office in 2004, with portrait of Michael Collins behind him. Photo courtesy of Colm Henry.
Then Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard, UCD, May 2006
SDLP Leader,John Hume, UCD, October 2001
Champion Racehorse Owner, JP McManus, Martinstown, Kilmallock, July 2002
Singer Luan Parle, Dublin, 2008
Singer Luan Parle at her home with portrait behind her, 2008
Then President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, Mulhuddert, Dublin, 2009
Then President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, Aras an Uachtarain, July 2013
Then President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, Aras an Uachtarain, July 2025
Broadcaster, Micheal Ó Muircheartaigh, Artane, November 2010
Linguist, Noam Chomsky, UCD, January 2006
Actor & Comedian, Norman Wisdom, Terenue, July 2004
Presentation by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, July 2005
Artist Robert Ballagh, Irish Film Institute, August 2006
Artist Robert Ballagh working in his studio with portrait of Alfred Hitchcock on his desk, 2007. Photo courtesy of Irish Times
Journalist & Promoter Smiley Bolger, Dublin, January 2011
Journalist & Promoter Smiley Bolger with portrait of Phil Lynott, Vicar Street, January 2011
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, T.K. Whitaker, UCD, February 2005
Presentation to boradcaster Bill O'Herlihy by RTE on the night of his retirement, July 2014
Former U.S. Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, Yorba Linda, California, July 2001