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A medieval oratory is the basis for the Irish Room's Romanesque styled architecture. Reminders of educational monastic activity are shown, besides the setting, in the Book of Kells facsimile, and the Harry Clarke Studios windows showing great teaching saints: Finnian, Columbkille, and Carthach.
A stone in this room has been repurposed from the ancient Church of Clonmacnoise to have in its engraved message a Gaelic phrase praising God and the honor of Ireland.
Explore the rooms below to try and identify architectural features or conceptual design elements that are shared with the featured room here. Think about the ways in which different cultures employ similar solutions to public and private spaces.
