{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Street Art"],"cover":{"alt":"Conor Harrington Murals in Ireland","height":1036,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/conor-harrington-murals-in-ireland/conor-harrington-ireland.jpg","width":1840},"credit":"","date":"2012-02-13T19:14:09Z","description":"Conor Harrington murals are always a great attraction. In summer 2011, the Irishman painted three amazing, colorful murals during a journey through Ireland!","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConor Harrington\u003c/strong\u003e is an \u003ca href=\"/conor-harrington-interview/\"\u003eurban fine art king\u003c/a\u003e, we all know that! Combining spray and oil paint for several years now, he is one of the big guys when it comes to merge the urban, street influenced dynamics and the classical painting techniques\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the summer 2011, the Irishman home to Ireland for a big project including three murals, with both the journey and the paintings being inspired by Austin Clarke’s poem \u003cem\u003eThe Lost Heifer\u003c/em\u003e. Luckily for us, the entire trip has been documented and was finally published (six hours ago) entitled \u003cem\u003eBlack Herds of The Rain\u003c/em\u003e!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBack then Conor Harrington brought together Irish history, American icons (cows and cowboys) and his bloody brilliant technique and style and create some beautiful pieces. To put it in a nutshell, watch this thing, think about it and be impressed!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 1032\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"1032\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1032\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/conor-harrington-murals-in-ireland/conor-harrington-mural_hu_9a1a3b9d1e58ea28.avif 480w, /conor-harrington-murals-in-ireland/conor-harrington-mural_hu_c17d19993f022e66.avif 960w, /conor-harrington-murals-in-ireland/conor-harrington-mural_hu_f0012c906feb6fad.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/conor-harrington-murals-in-ireland/conor-harrington-mural_hu_a6711afbd7201f1d.webp 480w, /conor-harrington-murals-in-ireland/conor-harrington-mural_hu_f1a5497220ae9b21.webp 960w, /conor-harrington-murals-in-ireland/conor-harrington-mural_hu_2698d7e63efaa42a.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/conor-harrington-murals-in-ireland/conor-harrington-mural_hu_274967d25fc4e734.jpg\" srcset=\"/conor-harrington-murals-in-ireland/conor-harrington-mural_hu_9bc6acd53ee1e1e1.jpg 480w, /conor-harrington-murals-in-ireland/conor-harrington-mural_hu_e975d2c6f2ef2ace.jpg 960w, /conor-harrington-murals-in-ireland/conor-harrington-mural_hu_274967d25fc4e734.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"808\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 1040\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"1040\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1040\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/conor-harrington-murals-in-ireland/conor-harrington-mural-ireland_hu_b15cd978dc639228.avif 480w, /conor-harrington-murals-in-ireland/conor-harrington-mural-ireland_hu_fd05d79cd49e690e.avif 960w, /conor-harrington-murals-in-ireland/conor-harrington-mural-ireland_hu_ca19e494d06e7c90.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/conor-harrington-murals-in-ireland/conor-harrington-mural-ireland_hu_24e7adc8e130bfc0.webp 480w, /conor-harrington-murals-in-ireland/conor-harrington-mural-ireland_hu_309269a42ed7fb09.webp 960w, /conor-harrington-murals-in-ireland/conor-harrington-mural-ireland_hu_b50dc816a172f033.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/conor-harrington-murals-in-ireland/conor-harrington-mural-ireland_hu_f65842e831ee9d7f.jpg\" srcset=\"/conor-harrington-murals-in-ireland/conor-harrington-mural-ireland_hu_6c39fb451e8a7d5e.jpg 480w, /conor-harrington-murals-in-ireland/conor-harrington-mural-ireland_hu_8d51218d96820e78.jpg 960w, /conor-harrington-murals-in-ireland/conor-harrington-mural-ireland_hu_f65842e831ee9d7f.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"814\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\n**Conor Harrington** is an [urban fine art king](/conor-harrington-interview/), we all know that! Combining spray and oil paint for several years now, he is one of the big guys when it comes to merge the urban, street influenced dynamics and the classical painting techniques...\n\nIn the summer 2011, the Irishman home to Ireland for a big project including three murals, with both the journey and the paintings being inspired by Austin Clarke’s poem *The Lost Heifer*. Luckily for us, the entire trip has been documented and was finally published (six hours ago) entitled *Black Herds of The Rain*!\n\nBack then Conor Harrington brought together Irish history, American icons (cows and cowboys) and his bloody brilliant technique and style and create some beautiful pieces. To put it in a nutshell, watch this thing, think about it and be impressed!\n\n![](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/conor-harrington-murals-in-ireland/conor-harrington-mural.jpg\u003e) ![](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/conor-harrington-murals-in-ireland/conor-harrington-mural-ireland.jpg\u003e) ","tags":["Mural Art","Conor Harrington","European Urban Art"],"title":"Conor Harrington Murals in Ireland","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/conor-harrington-murals-in-ireland/"}