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Dromineer Harbour, Co. Tipperary, 18 MAY 2022
Wednesday 18 MAY 2022
ECO SHOWBOAT at Dromineer
Dromineer Harbour, Co. Tipperary
52°55'28.9"N 8°16'46.9"W
ELEANOR HOOKER is a poet and writer living in North Tipperary. She is the author of three collections of poetry. Her third collection with the Dedalus Press, Of Ochre and Ash was launched in 2021; A Tug of Blue (Dedalus Press) was published in 2016 and her debut, The Shadow Owner's Companion in 2013. She is a helm and Press Officer for the Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat.
EMILY CULLEN is a writer, scholar, curator and harper. She has published three poetry collections: Conditional Perfect (Doire Press, 2019), In Between Angels and Animals (Arlen House, 2013) and No Vague Utopia (Ainnir Publishing, 2003). Her third collection, Conditional Perfect was part of The Irish Times round-up of “the best new poetry of 2019”. She has recently been appointed as the University of Limerick’s MESKELL UL - Fifty Poet in Residence.
A packed day for the Bealtaine Festival including a meeting with Tipperary poets Eleanor Hooker and Emily Cullen, a chat with Eco Farmer Ailbhe Gerrard, as well as a Slow Looking workshop, and a preview of River Movie.
Eleanor Hooker
Emily Cullen
3.30PM
AILBHE GERRARD - ECO FARMER
Conversation
Meet Ailbhe Gerrard, a passionate organic and regenerative farmer with a heart for bees. Ailbhe is an agricultural educator with a deep interest in farming as a holistic, regenerative activity. Ailbhe is a Farming for Nature Ambassador, a Climate Ambassador and Brookfield Farm was the first to be awarded the RDS Sustainable Farming, Sustainable Living Awards in 2019. Brookfield Farm is set within the beautiful landscape of Co. Tipperary running down to the shores of Lough Derg, producing nutritious food through sustainable farming processes.
LEAD ARTISTS
TOUR MANAGER
Vincent O’Shea
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.
On Wednesday 18th May the Eco Showboat Mayfly will dock at Dromineer Harbour to take part in Tipperary Bealtaine Festival. You are invited to join us for this wonderful afternoon of workshops, poetry, talks and of course some refreshments.
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〰〰〰️️️PROGRAMME 2022
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