Sand Drawings
the flight of diarmuid & Grainne

The flight of Diarmuid & Grainne, depicted in sand drawings, was led by Jackie McKenna along with seven other professional sculptors. They were assisted by community volunteers. Together, they built the giant-scale sand relief on Sligo’s Streedagh Beach in August 2020.

The Flight of Diarmuid & Grainne

The Harp

The Marriage Feast | Sculptor Des Cullen

Birds Flying

The Elopement | Sculptor Peter Crann

Salmon

The Chase of the Hounds | Sculptor Chris Warburton

Dolmen / Leaba (Diarmuid & Grainne)

Diarmuid Runs After the Boar With a Spear | Sculptor Barra Cassidy

Quest for Rowan Berries

The Boar Attacks Diarmuid | Sculptor Anna McLeod

The Sun & the Moon

Fionn Refuses to Save Diarmuid | Sculptor Seamus Dunbar

The Skull of Diarmuid

Diarmuid in Grainne's Arms | Sculptor Bettina Seitz

Revenge & Rebirth

Sunset

Our Crossings captured the Sand Drawings at sunset and kindly allowed us to use their photographs.

Sand Drawings
Nine Queens

Nine Sculptors worked with nine community groups along Sligo beaches creating a series of sand sculptures representing the daughters of Manannán mac Lír, sea god of Irish mythology. The nine queens from a Country Under Wave wove a cloak as a peace offering for Cúchullainn, the young warrior, who challenged their father to a dual.

Images by Peter Martin, Tommy Weir, Lois Creighton

Sand Drawings the flight of diarmuid & Grainne

Sand DrawingsNine Queens

Sand Drawings
the flight of diarmuid & Grainne

Sand Drawings
Nine Queens