Niamh through the eyes of sculptors, painters, and craftsmen across the ages
Niamh of the Red-gold Hair — Beatrice Elvery’s 1914 illustration for Violet Russell’s Heroes of the Dawn, showing the Otherworld princess whose radiance gives the name its meaning. Art: Beatrice Elvery (1914). Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Oisín and Niamh — Elvery’s 1914 depiction of the Fenian Cycle’s central romance, as Niamh carries the poet-hero to the Land of the Young. Art: Beatrice Elvery (1914). Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Book of Kells, Christ Enthroned — A masterpiece of early medieval Irish illumination (c. 750–early 9th century), representing the same Insular artistic world that later shaped Irish mythological imagery. Art: unattributed Celtic monk-scribes. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.
