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Clocha

Clocha

July and August 2023 ‘Cloch/Stone’ -an photographic exhibition by Cormac Coyne and Jacqui Reed and Mr. Hwan Jin Jo If stone could talk?.. because stone has left hints of a past that stirs our imagination. Since the dawn of civilisation stone has left clues to our ancestors through carvings, structures, walls and buildings. From burial...

‘Dabhach Bhríde  – by boat to Inis Oírr – Pilgrim Exhibition

‘Dabhach Bhríde – by boat to Inis Oírr – Pilgrim Exhibition

This exhibition by Frances Bermingham and Mary Fahy will be held in the gallery at Áras Éanna from 3 to 23 June 2023 There is a pilgrim connection by land and sea to St. Brigid’s well/ Dabhach Bhríde at Liscannor, Co Clare by the people of Oileáin Árann (Inis Oírr and Inis Meáin) who traditionally...

Dath an Dóchais exhibition

Dath an Dóchais exhibition

A very special exhibition which celebrates 40 years of support for visual arts in the Gaeltacht opens in the gallery at Áras Éanna Ionad Ealaíne, Inis Oirr, tomorrow (Friday, August 5, 8.30pm). Údaras na Gaeltachta, in partnership with Ealaín na Gaeltachta, is delighted to celebrate Gaeltacht visual artists by bringing ‘Dath an Dóchais’ to the...

Prodigal Son Mick returns to Inis Oirr

Prodigal Son Mick returns to Inis Oirr

By Ciaran Tierney Not many 70-year old Irish people wear purple suits. Then again, not many 70-year old Irish artists have staged major exhibitions as far afield as Africa, India, South Korea, and Australia during the course of their careers. For a man who has sampled the joys of indigenous cultures all across the world,...

Old Aran in Colour

Old Aran in Colour

(July to September 2022) Visitors to Inis Oirr are in for a special treat this summer when Áras Éanna hosts an outdoor exhibition of colourised old photos from the three Aran Islands. Based on the success of the books ‘Old Ireland in Colour’, NUI Galway academics and co-authors John Breslin and Sarah-Anne Buckley are bringing...

Nowhere to Hide at Sea

Nowhere to Hide at Sea

One of Ireland’s most famous expressionist artists, Mick Mulcahy, will unveil a retrospective of his work – and new paintings from a recent residency on Inis Oirr – in the Áras Éanna art gallery from Friday July 8, to Sunday, July 31. Mulcahy was the first artist ever to hold an exhibition in the building...

Curacha – the exhibition that inspired

Curacha – the exhibition that inspired

By Ciaran Tierney It was the exhibition which captured the imagination of thousands of visitors to Inis Oirr last summer and now you can celebrate it with a superb new colour poster which has gone on sale online. Áras Éanna has teamed up with Charlie Byrne’s bookshop in Galway City to sell copies of the...

A whole new take on ‘Happy Days’

A whole new take on ‘Happy Days’

The spactacular landscape at the back of Inis Oirr provides the setting for the first ever run of an Irish language version of ‘Happy Days’ by Samuel Beckett as part of the Galway International Arts Festival (GIAF) next week. Director Sarah Jane Scaife has had a passion for both Inis Oirr and the works of...

Carrying the Songs

Carrying the Songs

Imagine starting a story on the Aran Islands and bringing it all the way to Istanbul in Turkey, via more than 400 people, 50 languages, and 29 countries. This elaborate game of ‘Chinese Whispers’ forms the basis of the ‘Carrying the Songs’ exhibition which runs at Aras Eanna in the Summer of 2021. The story...

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