Walking Keashcorran

Caves of Keash in the Bricklieve Mountains, Co.Sligo (RMP: SL039-034; NGR: 17060 31215) form the genesis for this collaborative arts project. Through a guided walk led by Dr Marion Dowd, archaeologist and leading cave expert, six arts practitioners; Kiera O’Toole, Tommy Weir, Ruth Le Gear, Christine Mackey, Kate Oram and Sarah Ellen Lundy; along with writer, Julianna Holland from the North West of Ireland explored the cave's history, mythology and human relationships. Caves as primordial sites are often associated with thresholds between realms that are unfixed and unknowing. ‘Walking Keashcorran’ embraces the idea of the threshold for unanticipated visual and conceptual exchanges between the artists and the caves.

 The project builds upon ‘Walking Bird’s Mountain I & II’.

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK MARION DOWD, BOTH FOR HER EXPERTISE AND for WRITING about 'WALKING KEASHCORRAN’.

Here is her Essay