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 'WALKING KEASHCORRAN’.

 
 
‘Threshold, Keashcorran’  - Tommy Weir

‘Threshold, Keashcorran’ - Tommy Weir

 
 
‘Free Drip Square’ Kate Oram

‘Free Drip Square’ Kate Oram

‘Stalactite Drip 1’ Kate Oram

‘Stalactite Drip 1’ Kate Oram

‘Stalactite Drip 2’ Kate Oram

‘Stalactite Drip 2’ Kate Oram

 
Poem - Julianna Holland

Poem - Julianna Holland

 
 
portal [ritual_rite]- sarah ellen lundy - keash

portal [ritual_rite]- sarah ellen lundy - keash

ritual III - sarah ellen lundy - keash

ritual III - sarah ellen lundy - keash

ritual I - sarah ellen lundy - keash

ritual I - sarah ellen lundy - keash

jaw-cavity cave keash - sarah ellen lundy

jaw-cavity cave keash - sarah ellen lundy

 
Kiera O’Toole, ‘The Way That I Went Felt’, A felt map of Caves of Keash, Sligo, Ireland 2021, digital collage of felt drawings and photographs

Kiera O’Toole, ‘The Way That I Went Felt’, A felt map of Caves of Keash, Sligo, Ireland 2021, digital collage of felt drawings and photographs

Kiera O’Toole, ‘The Way That I Went Felt’, A felt map of Caves of Keash, Sligo, Ireland 2021, digital collage of felt drawings and photographs

Kiera O’Toole, ‘The Way That I Went Felt’, A felt map of Caves of Keash, Sligo, Ireland 2021, digital collage of felt drawings and photographs

Kiera O’Toole, ‘The Way That I Went Felt’, A felt map of Caves of Keash, Sligo, Ireland 2021, digital collage of felt drawings and photographs

Kiera O’Toole, ‘The Way That I Went Felt’, A felt map of Caves of Keash, Sligo, Ireland 2021, digital collage of felt drawings and photographs

 
 
Kiera O’Toole, ‘The Way That I Went Felt’, A felt map of Caves of Keash, Sligo, Ireland 2021, coloured pencil and ink on paper

Kiera O’Toole, ‘The Way That I Went Felt’, A felt map of Caves of Keash, Sligo, Ireland 2021, coloured pencil and ink on paper

 
a journey from the cave - Ruth Le Gear

a journey from the cave - Ruth Le Gear