Description: Foreword 1. Opening Day 2. Moves to Create a Gallery for Ireland 3. Fixing a Site on Leinster Lawn 4. From Dargan Committee to Irish Institution 5. The Parliamentary Bill and Marsh's Library Saga 6. Battle of Five Architects 7. Initial Acquistions and Aducci Pictures 8. Preparations for the Opening 9. Developments during the 1860s 10. Everyday Business and the Loss of the First Registrar 11. The Indispensable Lord Powerscourt 12. Opening a National Portrait Gallery 13. Running Affairs in the 1890s 14. The Milltown Gift 15. Bequests and Bargains 16. Modern Art for Dublin 17. A Whirlwind Year 18. Events to the Easter Rising 19. The Gallery at War 20. Hugh Lane's Legacy 21. Adapting to the New State 22. 'One of the Great Collections' 23. Optimism and Despair 24. Chester Beatty and Great Expectations 25. More Gifts from Bernard Shaw 26. The Sweeney Bequest and Beit Gift 27. Full Circle: Building and Acquisitions 28. The Millennium Wing NGI Bibliography Index

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