Most people passing through Kilcolgan on the busy N18 never venture off it. My exhibition in Gort Library from 11/09 – 17/10 2015 shows its real and often hidden beauty.
PREMIUM. Galway Hookers, traditional boats of Ireland’s West Coast, were once a vital part of Galway’s trade and economy. Their beauty and glory are celebrated every year in Kinvara.
PREMIUM. I grew up beside Powerscourt Waterfall, near Bray, a seaside town on Ireland’s East Coast. I took my children on a break there and all was peace and light…almost.
PREMIUM. My husband’s mother gave us some gorgeous furniture, which my brother-in-law brought to us from England. We spent a week fishing and hiking together in Galway.
PREMIUM. Thoor Ballylee in Co. Galway is known as Yeats’ Tower, because it once belonged to the great Irish poet. It has re-opened to the public after six years.
PREMIUM. Kinsale is a beautiful town in Cork. The Munster Optimist Championships were held in May and I was proud to see my children take to the ocean as competent sailors.
PREMIUM. Róisín describes the Optimist dinghy training event which takes place in Baltimore, county Cork every year. This significant event, taking place in February really tests the young sailors.
Róisín talks to Kelly’s Oysters after 60 years in business in the west of Ireland and hears how they struggled and overcame in the early years.
Róisín Curé describes how in Galway, the City of the Tribes, the magic is enduring.
PREMIUM. Róisín sketches an old Galway institution, McCambridge’s : an emporium of aroma