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On this day in 1754, Hugh O'Donnell died aged 63. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from Creevelea Abbey, Co. Leitrim, in the Journals: tinyurl.com/odon1754

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Transcript of a gravestone inscription along with a drawing of a coat of arms that was carved on the gravestone and related commentary.

On this day in 1818, Philip Clancy died aged 53. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from Creevelea Abbey, Co. Leitrim, in the Journals: tinyurl.com/clan1818

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Transcript of a gravestone inscription along with a drawing of a coat of arms that was carved on the gravestone.

The Dock, Co. Leitrim
^: Waking the Land
Opening Sat 22 Nov
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Image: photo – we see a sheaf of grass of some sort quite close to the camera, and it seems that it may have provided the material for two woven strips that we see towards top right and right in the photo; there seems to be more sheafery hidden behind burlap or equivalent, and farther away we may be seeing someone wearing this gear, along with some grass and stones, maybe, on their head; a grey wall behind • “^ is a collective based in Manorhamilton, Leitrim. Our five members are Tara Baoth Mooney, Shane Finan, James Kelly, Laura McMorrow, and Sonya Swarte. We collectively occupy an artist-led studio and experimental space in Manorhamilton, opened in September 2022. Over the past three years, we have led events in north Leitrim in response to environmental grief, care, and tending to the land. For this exhibition-environment, we explore meadows, untrodden ground, and forgotten growth in north Leitrim. In these liminal spaces, a succession of plants create worlds upon worlds, each…”

Status yellow warning for overnight ice and low temperatures issued for 10 counties – The Irish Times

A status yellow warning of low temperatures and ice has been issued for 10 counties in the Republic.…
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The Dock, Co. Leitrim
Sian Costello: Hymn to Him
Opening Sat 22 Nov
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Image: painting by Sian Costello | (cropped) painting; we see a figure, possible the artist, head and torso, to the right of the painting, wearing a white or pale-blue t-shirt; black hair, rosy cheeks; behind is a row of trees and a suggestion of a road; to eh left on the canvas there is the dark trunk of a near tree; there is a lot of dappled sunlight, especially across the figure’s face torso and right arm • "The construction of images has been a long-standing preoccupation of artist Sian Costello. Hymn to Him is a guilty pleasure, a sustained glance at the relationship between the unstable and convoluted lives of artists and the composed stillness of the characters they create. In her painting and photographic work, she lingers on the surfaces of things – bellies, primroses, house keys, vegetables. Costello inserts herself into her compositions and as her own model she remains in control of both sides of the canvas. Her paintings are less representative of their classical…"

Ice, frost, snow and hazardous driving conditions expected after overnight freezing – The Irish Times

Ice, frost, hail, sleet, snow and hazardous driving conditions are expected on Thursday morning following overnight freezing conditions.…
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^ Collective — Waking the Land (Exhibition Opening)

The Dock Arts Centre, Saturday, November 22 at 02:00 PM GMT

^ is an arts collective based in Leitrim. The five members are Tara Baoth Mooney, Shane Finan, James Kelly, Laura McMorrow, and Sonya Swarte. We collectively occupy an artist-led studio and experimental space in Manorhamilton that opened in September 2022. Over the past three years, we have led events in north Leitrim in response to environmental grief, care, and tending to the land.

For this exhibition-environment, we explore meadows, untrodden ground, and forgotten growth in north Leitrim. In these liminal spaces, a succession of plants create worlds upon worlds, each one following the last. These worlds are an amalgam of the soil, the air, the fauna, and other unpredictable actors like humans. The way these places grow offer ways to think about working together.

As part of this exhibition-environment, we have invited other artists and collectives based in north Leitrim and the surrounding area to reflect on how wilder spaces can offer chances to thrive and flourish.

During the opening reception on Saturday 22 November, ^ will perform a ritual procession through Carrick-on-Shannon starting from The Dock. This procession marks a turning point for Waking the Land, a movement acknowledging the potential loss of our beloved Benbo Mountain in Manorhamilton and celebrating the vast life it breathes into our land. We marked the waking of our land at Samhain in 2024 — now, through this processional ritual, we gather once more to bear witness to its rebirth and renewal.

The waking and reawakening of the living land itself.

https://flypost-gancio.fly.dev/event/collective-waking-the-land-exhibition-opening

The photograph shows a close up of two body disguises. The disguises are made from Flag Iris / Feileastram.

Sian Costello — Hymn to Him (Exhibition Opening)

The Dock Arts Centre, Saturday, November 22 at 02:00 PM GMT

The construction of images has been a long-standing preoccupation of artist Sian Costello. Hymn to Him is a guilty pleasure, a sustained glance at the relationship between the unstable and convoluted lives of artists and the composed stillness of the characters they create. In her painting and photographic work, she lingers on the surfaces of things – bellies, primroses, house keys, vegetables. Costello inserts herself into her compositions and as her own model she remains in control of both sides of the canvas. Her paintings are less representative of their classical subjects, portraiture, nudes, and still life, but more about grappling with the dichotomy of fact and fiction within the artist’s desire to create new realities and the desperation to represent her own.

Methods of photography are present in Costello’s practice through her regular use of camera obscura to create her images for painting. For this new body of work, Costello takes a specific moment at the birth of photography as her jumping off point, a moment in which the history of contemporary art was at a crossroads. Costello’s interest in this period lies in the ways that practitioners were split in two camps; those who believed that photography’s realism was the key to legitimacy, and those who saw it as an opportunity to enhance the artist’s hand. The former documented real-life people and events to fill a gap in accurate representation, while the latter staged their subjects in the language of academic painting where the viewer is left wondering what is a brushstroke and what is light upon a sheet of film.

Through painting, installation, and film, Costello aims to take the viewer on a loop around the history of figuration and the hierarchies of authorship. This body of work presents multiple mediums of human representation and mimicry, not as a linear progression from worst to best, but as a web of impulses, predicated upon varying motives. Speaking to ideas of desire, desperation, and control, this exhibition takes its title from a song in the final act of Lerner and Loewes’s 1956 Broadway musical ‘My Fair Lady’, based on the novel ‘Pygmalion’ by George Bernard Shaw. An adaptation of a Grecian myth where an artist falls hopelessly in love with his creation, the second act sees a 1950s revisionist ending where this creation eventually succumbs to her creator. In using herself as her own model, Costello could be seen as engaging in a radical act of self-love, but in actuality is confronting the reality of living as a socially awkward portrait painter.

Hymn to Him is curated by Niamh Brown.

https://flypost-gancio.fly.dev/event/sian-costello-hymn-to-him-exhibition-opening

A photograph of artist Sian Costello sitting to the right of one of her paintings displayed in the upcoming show 'Hymn for Him'. The painting is a self-portrait of Costello standing in a forest scene. There is a table in the left of the photograph with various paints, brushes and similar implements.

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The Dock, Co. Leitrim: Marie Farrington: Diagonal Acts
Closing Sat 1 Nov
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Image: photo of what looks like two pale stones with slight marbling; but they have curving shapes that resemble teeth, and pits that may also be manufactured; they are resting on a wooden surface of laths • “Diagonal Acts is an ambitious new multi-platform project by Marie Farrington spanning 2025. Beginning at the entrance of Kunstverein Aughrim in Spring 2025, the project continues with public workshops at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, and culminates with exhibitions at The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon and Commonage Projects, London. ‘Diagonal Acts’ refers to how diagonal lines are seen as ways to connect, divide and move across various places or ideas. The exhibition explores themes of memory, place and connection — exploring gaps, fragments and edges within archaeology, geology, sculpture and staged performance. There is a significant focus on how the human body connects to these themes. The exhibition includes sculptures made from a range of materials, including wax…“

The Dock, Co. Leitrim: Ciara Barker: Libraries of Rest
Closing Sat 1 Nov
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Image: installation shot; photo by Katie O’Neill | we see a figure, apparently asleep, lying on a large bean bag in what may be a gallery space; the lighting is mauve; the face and long hair of the figure are more or less centred horizontally in the photo, but about one third from the top; the head is turned a bit to their right, the right hand is just below the chin and we see the right arm, clad in something dark – all the clothese are dark, including the jeans on the legs; black boots stretch towards us and to the left, soles exposed • “Libraries of Rest by Ciara Barker is an immersive exhibition that invites visitors to imagine the future of restful spaces and practices. Libraries of Rest debuted at transmediale studio in Berlin as part of Zeitgeist Irland 24, where audiences were encouraged to consider speculative futures centred on collective well-being, divorced from productivity. Facilitating the creation of a shared resource of ideas for accessing rest, the second…”

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Acres Lake Floating Boardwalk, Leitrim IE

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Beautiful view over Acres Lake with lilies in the water from the floating boardwalk in Leitrim under a blue sky. Which turned dark within 10 minutes and left us in the rain.

Hi #Spéirghorm! I posted a rake of photos from the past few days of driving around #Galway #Sligo & #Leitrim (starting ~8 hours back), if ye're bored & fancy a gander... #Ireland #Europe

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Detective garda died after gas leak ignited on her boat, inquiry report says – The Irish Times

A garda asleep on a boat docked at Carrick-on-Shannon Marina, Co Leitrim, died after a gas leak ignited,…
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On this day in 1722, Grace Connolly MacLoghlin died, reputedly killed by a 'dobhar-chú' water monster. The Journals show a carving of the monster on her gravestone at Conwal, Co. Leitrim: tinyurl.com/macl1722

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