Thar ceann Ciorcal Ceoil Bhinn Eadair, is ónair mhór domhsa cúpla focal a rá anseo anocht agus tú ag ceiliúradh oíche speisialta agus Uachtarán an chumann bronnta ort. The conferral was performed by Daire Ó Baoill and his short address is carried here with a facsimile of the framed certificate that was presented to Diarmuid to mark his inauguration. That honour was formally conferred on him at the November Zoom session of the HSC, a night on which we launched Young Singer/Musician in Residence Cathal Caulfield’s pamphlet and recordings, a launch described in detail below. Uachtaráin Diarmuid Ó CathasaighĪs you will know from the tribute published in The Sweet Nightingale, no, 16, September 2020, the Howth Singing Circle (HSC) invited Diarmuid Ó Cathasaigh to become our Uachtaráin. In the meantime, may we wish everyone peace and health for 2021. We have an exciting Burns Nicht weekend organised – albeit it will be done virtually – and details appear below. You have let us know about your experiences and in this Nightingale you will find some hopefully helpful notes to enable everyone get the most out of their Zoom experience. We have tried to maintain contact through our Zoom sessions, a learning curve for us all – those administering the sessions, those performing and those just watching or listening. Our best wishes to everyone, stay strong and stay healthy. I have had several solo shows in Ireland, and have participated in various group shows in Ireland, England, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, the USA, Georgia, and China.Saoithe: Paddy Daly, Niamh Parsons, Ann Riordan The Sweet Nightingale New Series, no 16, December 2020 The Best Laid PlansĬovid continues to threaten us all and deny us opportunities to meet together and enjoy singing and playing music. We have had exhibitions in all sorts of strange places – in a railway station, a lighthouse, a public park, a crate – but we also had a show in The National Gallery of Ireland. I am one of the founder members of the artists' collective called Tondo. In 2010, I was shortlisted for the Davy Portrait Award and I won the ESB Keating McLaughlin Medal at the Royal Hibernian Academy Exhibition. I'm gradually adding pages which will eventually form an archive of all my art exhibitions since my graduation from the National College of Art and Design, Dublin in 2000.īut first of all, I’m a practicing artist. The blog is basically about the life of the artist - my interests, my inspirations, some stories about the art scene in Ireland, other musings. Hello, I am an Irish visual artist and I’ve been writing a weekly art blog since July 2010. PS: see the beach in the middle photo? At the water’s edge, you can just about see what I thought was the “lumpy rock”. Sad times.Īn interesting fact – would you believe that as many as 80 books were written by the islanders over the years, the most famous being Peig by Peig Sayers but also An tOileánach (The Islandman) by Tomás Ó Criomhthain and Fi che Blian ag Fás (Twenty Years A-Growing) by Muiris Ó Súilleabháin. It was an extremely hard life, especially during the dark winter months.Īt its peak, the islands had a population of 175 but gradually, the young people left and by 1953, with only 22 people remaining, it was decided to abandon the islands for the relative safety of the mainland. See the first photo below – the place where she lived – it’s a ruin now, as are most of the cottages on the island. She wasn’t born there but she married a man from the island and moved in. The writer Peig Sayers lived there, of course. And the Blasket Islands are such a fascinating place to visit. Now that we’re confined to our county again, it’s nice to dwell on the lucky break we had in Kerry this year.
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