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BEALACH NA BÓ FINNE

BEALACH NA BÓ FINNE

 


Milky Way or Herd of White Cows

Bealach na Bó Finne’ a catalogue of imagery, poetry and new music from The Gathering In project with lead artist Tom Meskell as part of Faoin Spéir has recently been launched at Cavan Arts Festival 2023.   The work in this art catalogue was created as part of the Arts Council’s Faoin Spéir Initiative 2021.   Cavan County Council Arts Office and Townhall, Cavan through the Faoin Spéir/In the Open funding working with artists created several art projects that took place in the open in response to Covid 19.   ‘The Gathering In’ with lead artist Tom Meskell was one such project and saw a group of local artists create delicate animal lantern sculptures.   These sculptures were placed at sites in Cavan town on the weekend of 27, 28 and 29 November 2021 before travelling to towns and villages in Cavan in winter / spring / summer of 2021 and 2022. 

Photographs and video imagery was captured as part of the making process in July 2021 at Townhall, Cavan and the unveiling in November.   The imagery along with the poetry of Noel Monahan who inspired an album of songs to accompany the animal lanterns was collected in the “Bealach na Bó Finne” catalogue.  The book was launched at a bespoke concert at Cavan Arts Festival on Saturday 20 2023, featuring Daragh Slacke, with a band including Pat McManus, Andrew Lynch, Peter Denton, Clara Rose, Barry Fitzgerald and Noel Monahan, poet.

 

The artists involved in ‘The Gathering In’ project with Tom Meskell were Heather Brett, Joey Burns, Karina Charles Lynch, Paul Farnan, Fiona Maria Fitzpatrick, Helen Foy, Sharon Mundy, Natasha O’Reilly, Marie Smith and the production team including Raquel Montero Calero & Emma O’Grady.   Photographers who captured imagery from the project included Dimitry Germanov, Sheila Rooney Céin O Brien and Adrian Donohoe.

🔗 Link to the digital file and beautiful music via Soundcloud:

 

Published

21 May 2023

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