Cecil Maguire
In the 1950s Maguire took a teaching post at Lurgan College as Senior English Master. He had previously spent time with Maurice C. Wilks who had taken him on painting trips in Cushendun. Encouraged by this experience he enrolled in evening art classes and soon afterwards became an active member of the Lurgan Art Club. By the early 1960s he was exhibiting regularly with the RUA, becoming an Associate there in 1967 and a full member in 1974. He resigned from Lurgan College in 1981 and has painted full-time ever since. Much of his work shows a passion for the West of Ireland capturing scenes of Connemara landscapes, harbours and horse fairs. His work is in such collections as The United Nations Headquarters, New York, The Ulster Museum, Belfast, Aer Rianta, Dublin and Ulster Bank. He has had many exhibitions showing regularly at the Kenny Art Gallery, Galway, the Bell Gallery, Belfast and the Oriel Gallery, Dublin. He won the RUA Perpetual Gold Medal in 1993. Cecil Maguire died in May 2020.
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'CORPUS CHRISTI, ROUNDSTONE, 1974'
- Price Realised: €25,000
- Sale: 30 April 2007
- oil on board
- 61 by 46cm., 24 by 18in.
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'LATE LIGHT OVER ROUNDSTONE, CONNEMARA, 1993'
- Price Realised: €22,000
- Sale: 28 September 2009
- oil on board
- 51 by 76cm., 20 by 30in.
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'THE HARBOUR ROUNDSTONE, 1984'
- Price Realised: €17,000
- Sale: 25 April 2006
- signed and dated lower right; inscribed on reverse
- 46 by 61cm., 18 by 24in.
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'SUNDAY MORNING MASS, ROUNDSTONE'
- Price Realised: €17,000
- Sale: 27 April 2004
- oil on board
- 46 by 61cm., 18 by 24in.
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'SPRINGTIME IN ROUNDSTONE, COUNTY GALWAY'
- Price Realised: €16,000
- Sale: 28 September 2020
- oil on board
- 24 x 36in. (60.96 x 91.44cm)
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'THE RED BOAT, CHRISTMAS, 1996 ROUNDSTONE'
- Price Realised: €15,000
- Sale: 25 April 2006
- signed and dated lower right; inscribed on reverse
- 61 by 71cm., 24 by 28in.
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'ERVALLAGH REMEMBERED'
- Price Realised: €15,000
- Sale: 22 February 2005
- oil on board
- 46 by 61cm., 18 by 24in.
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'CROSS STREET, GALWAY'
- Price Realised: €15,000
- Sale: 17 February 2004
- oil on board
- 51 by 61cm., 20 by 24in.
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'A START IN THE COUNTRY - GALWAY RACES'
- Price Realised: €15,000
- Sale: 08 May 2002
- oil on board
- 61 by 91cm., 24 by 36in.
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'KILMURVEY, ARAN, 1970'
- Price Realised: €14,500
- Sale: 26 November 2007
- oil on board
- 46 by 56cm., 18 by 22in.
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'INTO MASS, ROUNDSTONE, CONNEMARA, 1972'
- Price Realised: €14,000
- Sale: 30 November 2009
- oil on canvas board
- 36 by 89cm., 14 by 35in.
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'ROUNDSTONE HARBOUR'
- Price Realised: €14,000
- Sale: 22 February 2005
- oil on board
- 44 by 60cm., 17.5 by 23.5in.
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'MORNING GALLOP, LAYTOWN'
- Price Realised: €13,000
- Sale: 20 September 2005
- oil on board
- 46 by 71cm., 18 by 28in.
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'EVENING, OLD QUAY, ROUNDSTONE'
- Price Realised: €12,000
- Sale: 28 May 2018
- oil on board
- 18 x 24in. (45.72 x 60.96cm)
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'THE HUNTER AND THE LORD AT ROUNDSTONE, JULY 1988'
- Price Realised: €12,000
- Sale: 21 February 2006
- oil on board
- 44 by 60cm., 17.5 by 23.5in.
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'HUMANITY DICK'S WINDOW, SHOP STREET, GALWAY'
- Price Realised: €12,000
- Sale: 29 April 2003
- oil on board
- 61 by 38cm., 24 by 15in.
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'AT LAYTOWN RACES, 1994'
- Price Realised: €11,500
- Sale: 22 March 2021
- oil on board
- 20 x 36in. (50.80 x 91.44cm)
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'BY THE MONASTERY PIER, ROUNDSTONE, 1989'
- Price Realised: €11,000
- Sale: 19 September 2006
- oil on board
- 46 by 61cm., 18 by 24in.
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'THE BOLD ONE, 1972'
- Price Realised: €10,500
- Sale: 04 March 2019
- oil on board
- 24 x 30in. (60.96 x 76.20cm)
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'WOMEN OF ARAN, 1972'
- Price Realised: €10,500
- Sale: 25 May 2015
- oil on board
- 18 x 24in. (45.72 x 60.96cm)
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'NOW AM I IN ARAN III'
- Price Realised: €10,500
- Sale: 22 February 2005
- oil on board
- 76 by 61cm., 30 by 24in.
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'ROUNDSTONE HARBOUR'
- Price Realised: €10,000
- Sale: 17 September 2007
- oil on board
- 51 by 61cm., 20 by 24in.
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'SUMMER FAIR, CLIFDEN, CONNEMARA, 1992'
- Price Realised: €10,000
- Sale: 19 February 2007
- oil on board
- 30 by 38cm., 12 by 15in.
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'VILLAGE IN CONNEMARA'
- Price Realised: €10,000
- Sale: 29 November 2005
- oil on canvas
- 38 by 91cm., 15 by 36in.
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'AT LAYTOWN RACES, JULY 1994'
- Price Realised: €10,000
- Sale: 26 April 2005
- oil on board
- 51 by 91cm., 20 by 36in.
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'SWANS AT LETTERDYFE, ROUNDSTONE, CONNEMARA'
- Price Realised: €10,000
- Sale: 27 April 2004
- oil on board
- 61 by 76cm., 24 by 30in.
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'LOW TIDE, ROUNDSTONE, CONNEMARA'
- Price Realised: €10,000
- Sale: 16 September 2003
- oil on canvas board
- 51 by 69cm., 20 by 27in.
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'THE TWELVE PINS FROM ROUNDSTONE, CONNEMARA'
- Price Realised: €9,500
- Sale: 16 September 2003
- oil on canvas
- 38 by 91cm., 15 by 36in.