J O’Connell’s Pub by Rafal Krol

About the Prints

• All works are printed using Epson Stylus Pro printers with long-lasting Ultrachrome® HDR inks on professional glossy photo paper, with a small white border to facilitate mounting and framing.

• Prints are unframed. Photographs of framed prints are included only as display suggestions.

• Each print is securely packaged in a water-resistant sleeve and rigid mailer

• Larger print sizes are available upon request.

J O’Connell

J O’Connell’s pub, popularly known as ‘Mrs. O’s’ or ‘Yankee’s famously featured in the

Guinness Christmas ad, sits atop the Hill of Skryne, overlooking the Boyne Valley and the

Hill of Tara in Co Meath. It has been in the O’Connell family since at least the 1850s with six

generations of the family being involved with it. The pub has remained unchanged for over a century. You will find no music, TV, or Wi-Fi. Just good old fashioned hospitality, a crackling fire, perfectly poured drinks and a heartfelt welcome.

About the artists

Rafał Król was born and raised in Bielsko-Biała, Poland, a small and picturesque city near the Beskid Mountains once known for its Fiat factory, which produced the iconic Fiat 126p. After Poland joined the European Union in 2004 and borders opened, he moved to Ireland, where he has lived ever since. He purchased his first camera—a compact Pentax S30—to document his time abroad, and what began as a simple fascination with photographing everything around him gradually evolved into a deep passion for minimalistic black-and-white seascape and landscape photography.

Rafał’s photography has been exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy’s Annual Art Exhibition (Dublin, 2014 and 2018), the Royal Ulster Academy (Belfast, 2015), and The Library Project (Dublin, 2018–2024). His work has also appeared in publications including Square Magazine (Canada), B+W Photography (UK), and Analog Magazine (Switzerland), among others.