By Ciaran Tierney For two dancers who had only ever worked together as part of a larger group in a studio in urban Germany, the prospect of spending a week on a remote Gaeltacht island in the West of Ireland was a completely different challenge. Julie McGovern (Mayo) and...
After the success of this exhibition last summer we are delighted to show this wonderful colourised photographic exhibition of old photos of the Aran islands at the Áras Éanna courtyard. Based on the book ‘Old Ireland in Colour’ by Galway University academics John Buckley and Sarah-Anne Buckley. June to September 2023
Philip Jacobsen spent some of his childhood living on Inis Oírr and has been a frequent visitor to the island since. Inis Oírr is one of the great loves of his life. Philip has a deep respect for the island, it’s people and it’s unique landscape. The Plassey has been an important part of the...
After the great success of Áras Éanna’s ‘Curracha’ exhibition which saw 21 artists decorate 21 currachs displayed throughout the island during the Covid restrictions of the summer of 2021, Áras Éanna have plans to hold an outdoor exhibition on Inis Oírr on a bi-annual basis. The fishermen of Inis Oírr did a coastal clean up...
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...
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...
By Ciaran Tierney The opportunity to spend a month on a small island where Irish is very much a living language has been both a transformative and productive experience for circus artist Darragh McLoughlin. As he returns to Berlin, where he is normally based, Darragh says that he will harbour fond memories from Inis Oirr...
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 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...
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...
