By Ciaran Tierney A dance movement artist who has been taking inspiration from the people and landscape of Inis Oirr for the past year is hosting a series of “drop in” lunchtime workshops with islanders next week to showcase her work. Bernadette Divilly took huge inspiration from Inis Oirr when she enjoyed a two week...
by Ciaran Tierney For a man who has spent all of his life living and working in cities, spending three weeks on beautiful Inis Oirr has been both a challenge and a golden opportunity for cartoonist Aongus Collins. Aongus was chosen as the 2022 Galway Cartoon Festival Artist in Residence and loved his time...
by Ciaran Tierney For the third year in a row, the cartoonists are coming back to Inis Oirr. Once again, Aras Eanna has partnered up with the Galway Cartoon Festival to host an exhibition of cartoons in the Irish language in our gallery. The first ever visit by the festival to our Gaeltacht island was...
The women are taking over Inis Oirr this weekend. And, if you cannot be with us in person on the island, you can join us online for tonight’s special Culture Night event. From 5pm this evening, for Culture Night, more than 15 women musicians will revive an old tradition by travelling house-to-house, playing music, before...
By Ciaran Tierney One of the wonderful hand-painted currachs which captivated visitors to Inis Oirr during Aras Eanna’s 21st birthday celebrations last year is on its way to Cork for a very special Culture Night celebration. Kathleen’s tribute to Harry Clarke’s image of St Gobnait was on display in the island’s church throughout the summer...
By Ciaran Tierney It took her a lot longer than planned to get here, but the timing could not have been better for Sandra Heemskerk from Holland as she enjoyed a one week holiday on Inis Oirr in splendid sunshine last week. Sandra was the winner of the first ever ‘Éalú Draíochta’ fundraising draw run...
How would you fancy a night out on Inis Oirr next week with an evening of top class traditional music thrown in? Four of the biggest names in contemporary Irish music are on their way to Áras Éanna next Wednesday night, September 14, and we are teaming up with one of the island’s best-loved family...
The tradition of the “hedge school” is being revived on Inis Oirr this weekend when Aras Eanna hosts a three day political festival which is focused on the climate breakdown and alternatives to capitalism. Speakers at the event, which is completely sold out, include former MEP Bernadette McAliskey and former UK Labour Party leader Jeremy...
By Ciaran Tierney Visual artist Sian Costello admits that she had “a bit of a breakdown” the first day she arrived at Áras Éanna courtesy of a one month residency in partnership with the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) this summer. Suddenly, after leaving her “normal” life in Limerick City behind, the young County Roscommon native...
by Ciaran Tierney It is a very busy week here at Aras Eanna as we look forward to three events in our theatre over three consecutive nights. A very special night is in store tomorrow (Thursday) when leading exponents of the traditional harp, Paul Dooley (Ireland) and Kseniya Rusnak (Ukraine), perform a fundraising concert for...
