The Irish Heritage Scroll
Family Name 1926 Census Edition
The hand remembers
My name is Karen Brett Brennan, a calligrapher and watercolour artist. I grew up surrounded by the work of artists and calligraphers in my family, a tradition dating back to 1815 in Ballinrobe, County Mayo. Many in my lineage walked the immigrant path.
The Irish Heritage Scroll - 1926 Census Edition is available to commission personalised to your family.
Taken just 4 years after independence, the 1926 census was the first official portrait of a free Ireland. A nation counting itself for the very first time.
Each highly ornated printed scroll includes your family name written in calligraphy and blends accents of celtic knotwork, The Book of Kells, the four provinces of Ireland and unique modern and historical details for you to discover.
Printed with archival inks on museum quality paper by fine art printers in Dublin - The Copper House. Made to be passed down as an heirloom to the next generation.
Size unframed: 39 x 43 cms - 15.35 in x 17 in
Certificate of authenticity, framing and care notes included.
New Painting - Mulranny Rocks
2026 Limited edition, giclée print. Available framed or unframed.
An evocative watercolor capturing the quiet world beneath the Atlantic ocean at Mulranny Beach, Co Mayo. Inspired by childhood swims there, this painting recreates that hush and serenity one feels underwater — a moment of calm, floating in solitude, removed from the busy noise of life above.
Subtle textures, muted tones and gentle contrasts invite the viewer to linger and remember their own secret, serene places, stolen moments under the sea.
Delicate washes render the soft, sun-dappled colours of submerged rocks and the pale sand of a shallow seabed, while the rippled surface of the water floats above like a distant sky.
