Creative and artistic headstones in Ireland

Education and training

• City & Guilds of London Art School, London
Degree in Architectural Stone Carving

• Carrara, Italy
Diploma in Marble Carving

• Dun Laoghaire Institute of Fine Art, Dublin
BA in Fine Art

Awards and Achievements

2009
• Work award first prize in the Royal Dublin Society Craft Competition stone & wood carving category
• Chosen for third year running to exhibit work at ‘The Sculpture in Context Exhibition’ at the ‘National Botanical Gardens, Glasnevin’

2008
• Chosen to exhibit as part of ‘Sculpture in Context’ at the ‘National Botanical Gardens, Glasnevin’
• Commissioned to design & carve commemorative stones for the United Nations, The Dublin Docklands Development Authority & ATD Fourth World Charity, close to the Famine Memorial along the Dublin Quays, to commemorate World Poverty Day

2007
• ‘The Sculpture in Context Exhibition’ at the ‘National Botanical Gardens, Glasnevin’
• Shortlisted to design the gold and silver commemorative coin for The Central Bank of Ireland

2006
• Winner of ‘The Golden Fleece Award, Craft Grant’
• Became a member of ‘The Craft Council of Ireland’
• Awarded ‘The Ann Lamb Prize for Best Historic Stone Carving’
• Winner of ‘The Kindersley Prize for Letter Carving in Stone’

2005
• Winner of ‘The Honourable Society of Knights of the Round Table, Craft Bursary’
• Granted ‘The Worshipful Company of Masons, Study Grant’

2004
• Awarded the ‘Allied Irish Bank, Study Grant’
• Recipient of the ‘The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust, Study Grant’

2003
• Beneficiary of ‘The R. McDonnell International Study Bursary’
Courtesy of ‘The Irish Antiques Dealers Association’
• Recipient of the ‘The Savoy Group, Study Grant’

Stuart McGrath Stone Carving
Ballina Park
Mill Road
Ashford
Co. Wicklow
Ireland

I install headstones in Antrim, Armagh ,Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Derry, Donegal, Down, Dublin, Fermanagh, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Tyrone, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow