Helen Moloney

Helen Moloney (2 January 1926 – 6 March 2011) was an Irish stained glass artist,[1] known for her work with architect Liam McCormick in the churches he designed throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

Her paternal grandfather, Patrick James Moloney (1869–1947), was a pharmaceutical chemist and Sinn Féin TD in Tipperary from 1919 to 1923, being re-elected in June 1922 as an anti-treaty candidate.

Her father was an officer in the 2nd Southern Division and the 3rd Tipperary Brigade during the war of independence, serving with the anti-treaty IRA as director of communications.

Moloney's mother was the older sister of Kevin Barry and was active in Cumann na mBan, the Gaelic League, and Sinn Féin.

[1][2][3] In 1964, having received a grant from the Arts Council, Moloney established her own studio where she worked full-time as a stained glass artist.

Her windows worked in keeping with the radical and modern architectural style of these buildings, using semi-abstract designs in strong primary colours against his white surfaces.

The 1967 Church of St Aengus, Burt, County Donegal by McCormick featuring her work is one of the most famous and was awarded the gold medal from the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland for the period 1965–1967.