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The Marina, Boyle, 24 JULY 2022
Eco SUNDAY 24 JULY 2022
ECO SHOWBOAT at Boyle Marina
Warren, Boyle, Co. Roscommon
53°58'56.7"N 8°17'28.7"W
Artist and speleology enthusiast Padraig Cunningham shows us his current project, Pulse of a Stone, which explores the Shannon Cave, through drawing, paintings, writing and digital ephemera. Poet Mary Turley-McGrath reads a selection of her poetry.
2.30PM
Waterside conversation with artist Padraig Cunningham and the Shannon Caver Group
Exhibition
The Shannon Cave is a snaking underground passageway, 5.4 kilometers in length which crosses the border from County Fermanagh, to County Cavan. One section is called the Mayfly and consists of 55 ‘stations’ that draw the map. Padraig is also collaborating with artist Anna Macleod continuing research on Lough Key and the importance of the mayfly as an indicator species to the health of the lake along with the cultural significance of the species. The project is connecting two bodies of research, the Shannon cave and the mayfly, seemingly unrelated but connected physically and imaginatively by the River Shannon.
A film about how dyes were recently used by a speleological group to explore an underground water course in the Arney Catchement along the Erne River.
TALK
WORKSHOP
On Sunday 24st July the Eco Showboat Mayfly will dock at Boyle Marina. You are invited to join us for this wonderful afternoon of art, workshops and talks.
River Movie will record the first expedition of the Mayfly - a series of encounters with artists, activists and scientists as we travel upriver from Limerick to Enniskillen, discovering the beauty of the Shannon and the Erne waterways, exploring scientific and artistic ideas for how we can save this environment from everything that threatens it today - pollution, invasive and endangered species, climate change… Using a 4k drone, a 4k gimbal camera, an IR camera and other devices for macro-photography and sound recording, River Movie will document a unique collaboration of art and science addressing the great problem of our time.
4PM
WATERSCAPES AND WATERLINES
Poetry Reading
Mary Turley-McGrath grew up in Mount Talbot on the Galway / Roscommon border close to the River Suck. She now lives in Letterkenny. She has published four collections of poetry: New Grass under Snow (Summer Palace Press, 2003), Forget the Lake (2014), Other Routes (2016), After Image (2020) all from Arlen House. Many of Mary’s poems reflect her fascination with water, waterscape and landscape: rivers, lakes, the sea, in different seasons, settings and moods. Her poems for this reading, ‘Waterscapes and Waterlines’ are selected from across her collections.
Still from River Movie: The Mayfly passses through the monumental lock at Ardnacrusha, May 2022.
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