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War of Independence in colour: May Gibney's simple ring remembers her late fiancé, Dick McKee, shot by British forces

Matt Loughrey's My Colorful Past project bridges "the gap between history and art", using digital techniques to add colour to monochrome images.

• 9 Oct 2020
By Matt Loughrey

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