A Personalised Illuminated Address Commemorating the Publication of Ireland’s 1929 Census

A bespoke, one-of-a-kind hand-lettered illuminated address in which your family name(s) (maternal and paternal) surnames handwritten in calligraphy into the decorative calligraphic text. The piece is set within the historical context of the 1929 Irish Census — the first count of the Irish people carried out by an Irish government. No two pieces are the same. Every commission is a unique heirloom.

Please email: artbykarenbrennan@gmail.com to preorder your copy

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Every commission comes with

•       A certificate of authenticity, hand-signed and dated, naming the family surnames incorporated and the date of creation.

•       A note on the historical significance of the 1929 census

•       A note on the artists lineage stretching by 5 generations including William Brett, Co Mayo. 

•       Archival care and display instructions

The full text reads as follows: 

In the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-Six, the fledgling Irish Free State undertook a most distinguished endeavour, the faithful recording of her people in the first great census of this sovereign nation. One hundred years hence, in the year Two Thousand and Twenty-Six, this precious record is at last restored to the generations. To those rooted upon this ancient soil and to the countless sons and daughters who have carried her spirit to distant shores. This enumeration stands as a joyful declaration to all that Ireland and her people,  wherever they may dwell, are known, counted, and celebrated. Among the esteemed names so honoured within this record, we are proud to count 

                                            Your Family names here 

as proud descendants of this great nation. May their lineage flourish and their legacy endure throughout the generations. Henceforth, this record will stand as a beacon of heritage, pride, and belonging for all who share in the noble inheritance of Eireann.