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In Templeport, Bawnboy, County Cavan sits an Island called St Mogues. A dedication to care. This has been a Labour of love and a dedication to care. I’ve been visiting St Mogues Island for a while, documenting and collecting history and stories My first two visits couldn’t have been more different. The first day I
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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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Part One The Breac Maodhóg is an Irish house-shaped reliquary. It is housed in the National Museum of Ireland. It is thought to date from the second half of the 11th century. The shrine is made from large plates of bronze on a wooden base, on which are placed series of relief figures on bronze
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My fingers reach inside the small cupboard searching out for the shape of a small tiny toy belonging to my daughter. But it remains hidden. It’s there, wedged in a corner somewhere, covered in fluff. I release a low growl from my gut as my fingers push further inside the cupboard. For now, it remains
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Emily Malcolm and Carrie Creamer have been working closely together for the last 5 years. They met as part of Wiltshire Youth Arts Partnership. Although the business closed its doors a few years back, both have found a way to continue working together. They collaborate wherever possible, sharing roles, be it research and development, project
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We travelled the sharp and bending curves of the road until we reached our final stop. A secluded meadow with a glorious backdrop nestled within the Wales countryside sits a Gypsy wagon.
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“Beware those men, the jokers and the tricksters and the clowns. They will laugh us into hell”. Russell T Davies character Muriel stated in the final episode of Years and Years. O gosh, an amazing drama which shows us a stark and terrifying picture of the world as it falls into a hell of our
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The final residential for the Extend programme took place a few weeks ago in Leeds. It was a chance for the cohort of 2019 to come together one last time. As a group we shared stories about our lives as well as the progress of our group enquiries. We debated, talked openly and reflected on
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