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Martin Cregg’s The Plot is a photographic and archival exploration of the covert intelligence war between the IRA and British agents during the Irish War of Independence.
The Plot investigates the secretive operations and espionage that occurred in Dublin between 1919 and 1921, during the Irish War of Independence. The work focuses on the undercover intelligence war, Highlighting the IRA’s efforts to dismantle British Crown forces and the British agents’ counter-intelligence measures.Â
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Cregg’s project combines photographs, historical documents, and Archival materials to create a layered narrative of republican Resistance and surveillance.Â
Martin Cregg
Martin Cregg
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Martin Cregg is an Irish photographer and educator living in Dublin. He is Coordinator of Photography at Pearse College of Further Education in Dublin.
Twice Nominated for the Prix Pictet 2010 & 2016. Represented by Heillandi Gallery (Switzerland) and The Copper House (Dublin) He has exhibited in Ireland and Internationally – ‘Post-Picturesque’ Minnesota USA (2017) Roscommon arts Centre (2018) Illuminations (2014) PhotoIreland (2013) Les Rencontres d’Arles (July 2012), the Natural History Museum in Leeuwarden (July 2012) ‘Postcards from The Celtic Tiger’ (shanghai, 2010) Gallery of Photography (2008).
Cregg is a member of the International Reflexions Masterclass – presenting work in Basel, Paris, Venice and Lugano in 2010-2011. In 2010 he was also commissioned to work and exhibit in the ‘Foreign eyes on Frysland’ project – as one of the six international photographers to explore the region. Further, in 2011 his ‘Photo Course’ project was shortlisted for the FOAM Talent Call.
In 2016 his book MIDLANDS was shortlisted for the Kassel Fotobook & Photobook Bristol and is in a number of collections internationally. Currently working on book ‘The Plot’ 2022.
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Spy games, espionage and secret documents: with The Plot, Irish photographer Martin Cregg presents an artistic enquiry into the covert intelligence war between the IRA and British agents during the Irish War of Independence (1919–1921). Through a dialogue between photographs and historical documents as well as archival materials, the work traces a complex narrative of republican resistance—revealing efforts to dismantle Crown forces in Dublin and overthrow British rule in Ireland. Cregg’s research led him to photograph sites once used for military drills and training, undercover munitions factories, and safe houses. These images are interwoven with excerpts from intelligence files and witness interviews drawn from the archives of the Bureau of Military History, creating a layered exploration of secrecy, surveillance, and the politics of resistance.