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Still – a working painting in progress- Carrie Creamer Still here thinking about memory!—its fluidity, its layers, and its ability to carry both the beauty and the burden and pain of life. I do wonder sometimes though if maybe the stories we tell ourselves and others are never fixed; they shift within all of us
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As part of a project led by Leitrim Libraries around “Griefs Broken Brow” I have been leading a project called “A Cabinet of Curiosities” with two local schools. As part of my visit to Mohill National School, I met a group of 6th class students. The project was designed to spark curiosity, creativity, and a sense
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As the end of summer ushers us into the start of a new school year, many of us are feeling that familiar mix of excitement and nerves—especially those returning for their second year of secondary school. For many young people, this can be a year of trying to figure out where you fit in, who
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In my living room, I have an old printing press drawer hanging on the wall. The tiny box shelves are damaged with dents and some veiled in cobwebs. I keep an assortment of things on each shelf; a tiny baby toy from a Wendy house; a selection of passport photos from different people; a windup
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Voice and care is a large part of this work. Giving space to the unheard, forgotten, lost people and communities. Community is fundamental to all of us as well as the rituals and care that they operate in. It supports memory and connection. Here I talk about Ellie, my great Aunt. Ellie, like many unmarried
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I began writing this Blog Chapter in the early part of 2021. It became lost in a sea of activity and memory. I have updated it, cut it, pasted parts of it and deleted a lot of it. A lot like my new home and my memory. Here it is in its true form with…
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Part Two. Ellie. Her story still has many gaps and many assumptions but I have begun to try and map out parts of her life for this project. When Ellie’s older brother married, she went to live with him and his wife as they raised their eight children. She remained unmarried, without money or dowry
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Part three The wandering Ellie with a house on her back St Mogue’s Island With thanks to the Templeport Development Association community page: Templeport Lake, County Cavan, 1940 “A view of Templeport Lake near Bawnboy in County Cavan in about 1940. An island on this lake is the birthplace of Saint Máedóc or Saint Mogue
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