For permission to use material the publishers make grateful acknowledgement to the following:
| Copyright owner | Material | Page |
| Kay O'Brien | Artist's sketches | 67 |
| Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin | Big Bird by Niki de Saint Phalle | 101 |
| Dick Joynt and Wicklow County Council | Ram | 105 |
| Met Éireann | Photograph of Met Éireann H.Q., Glasnevin | 109 |
| Michael and Ann Yeats and the National Gallery of Ireland | The Singing Horseman by Jack B. Yeats | 123 |
| National Gallery, London | Surprised! (Tropical Storm with a Tiger) by Henri Rousseau | 124 |
William Crozier, Dara McGrath (photographer) and the Crawford Municipal Art Gallery,
Cork | The Ripe Field by William Crozier | 125 |
| Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin | The Gleaners by J.F. Millet | 126 |
| Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin | Study of the Artist's Wife by Augustus John | 127 |
In the case of some copyright material the publishers have been unable to contact the copyright holders but will be glad to make the usual arrangements with them should they contact the publishers.
For access and permission to take photographs the publishers make grateful acknowledgement to the following: the boards of management, principals, teachers and pupils of the primary schools countrywide who co-operated with the project.