2025 Projects
Feathers For Rosa
[caption id="attachment_5772" align="aligncenter" width="1920"] Mr Fry Feathers for Rosa Sherkin[/caption] Feathers for Rosa was a multidisciplinary event and a unique tribute to Rosa Luxemburg - revolutionary, feminist, visionary ecologist and rebel - featuring a hybrid of performance, painting, music, poetry...
Foraging with Jen & Samual
Jen Doran & Samuel Arnold Keane. A forage from land to sea. Bere Island. 22 August 2025. A forage from land to sea … deep, enriching and immersive experience guided by herbalist Jen Doran and seaweed forager Samuel Arnold Keane....
Leatherwork for Islanders Part II
Stephen Carter & the Bere Island Men's Shed. Leatherwork for Islanders Part II. Bere Island Community Centre. October 8th 2025 to April 2026. Now in its second year this project will continue to provide the invaluable skill sharing of leather...
How To Make a Traditional Willow Lobster Pot
Brendan Simpson. Traditional willow lobster pot. Bere Island. 1 November. One-day demonstration. Brendan Simpson from heritagefisheries.ie led a one-day demonstration on how to make a traditional willow lobster pot. [ngg src="galleries" ids="6" display="imagebrowser" maximum_entity_count="500"]
The Boathouse Heir Island
Heir Island. Venue programme. Summer 2025. It was a busy summer at the boathouse on Heir Island with an eclectic mix of events with folk nights | Los Lorcas | A String quartet | Leave no plastic trace event | Padraig O’ Brien...
Collective Mending & Repurposing Sessions
Marianne O’ Drisceoil. Collective Mending & Repurposing Workshops. Coláiste Pobail Chleire, Cape Clear Island Comhar na nOileán. 11 September for 8 weeks. The Collective Mending and Repurposing Sessions is a series of socially engaged workshops focused on the development of...
Barefoot Baroque Island Tour
Katy Salvidge, baroque recorder, Justin Grounds, baroque violin, Tess Leak, cello, Camilla Griehsel and Gideon Wiech. Heir Island, Cape Clear, Sherkin Island, Bere Island, Barefoot Baroque Island Tour. July 2025. A unique series of concerts on the West Cork Islands. The...
Printmaking Workshop
Paula Marten. Printmaking Workshop. Sherkin Island. 5 November for 6 weeks until December 10. This new workshop will introduce participants to a variety of printmaking techniques, providing the opportunity to experiment and create individual pieces of artwork. [caption id="attachment_4915" align="aligncenter"...
The Quickening
Deirdre O’ Mahony. The Quickening, Film Screening. Bere Island. 21 Oct. Bringing together urgent conversations, original music and moving image, The Quickening by Deirdre O’ Mahony responds to issues in farming, food production and consumption in the face of the...
Sherkin Island Community Exhibition
The Community of Sherkin Island. Sherkin in Motion. Community Exhibition & Dancing at the Crossroads. Sherkin Island Community Hall. June/July 2025. The exhibition, book and dancing at the crossroads is a mainstay of Sherkin Island life. This years annual island...
Quilting Workshop
Mary Palmer. Quilting Workshop. Bere Island. Sat 22 & Sunday 23 Nov. Textile artist Mary Palmer will instruct participants over the course of the weekend with further quilting techniques.
Thriving Together Community Weaving Project
Lucy Hyland. Thriving Together Community Weaving Project. Bere Island Oct 11, Sherkin Island Oct 17 Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre Oct 18. Facilitated by artist & creative facilitator Lucy Hyland in collaboration with Creative Places WCI & The Feel Good...
Sherkin Ceramic Group
Ann Burns. Sherkin Ceramic Group. Sherkin Island. November & December. Intermediate Ceramic Skills. In this stage of the ceramics course, students develop persistence through advanced handbuilding, mould-making, and slip casting techniques. They explore complex forms, experiment with custom dies in...
Anti-Defuturing: Infrastructuring for Socio-Technical Sustainability
Robert Collins & Paul O’ Neill. Anti-Defuturing: Infrastructuring for Socio-Technical Sustainability. Whiddy Island Schoolhouse. 4 to 6 July. AGON-A: Socio-Technical Resilience Through Design, Art & Activism. The event gathered a number of designers, artists and activists who are interested in...
Lonehort Viking Harbour
Jamie Howard Working With What’s There - Lonehort Viking Harbour Bere Island 10 to 21 September A sculptural intervention placed along the Bere Island high road. From a specific vantage point the artist built a boat to appear to align...
Silk flower making with Nadiia
Nadiia Lotnyk Silk flower making with Nadiia Sherkin Island 20 May Making and workshops part of Sherkin's Try It Series where Nadiia teaches participants how to make a Silk Rose Bouquet.. Try it Tuesday, Skill sharing programme on Sherkin Island...
Fit-up Theatre Festival
Blood in the Alley Theatre Company Fit-up Theatre Festival Hair, Sherkin, Whiddy and Bere Island Summer Island Cottage, Hair Island East, Bank House Whiddy Island, Sherkin Island Community Hall, Bere Island Blood in the Alley Theatre Company in association with...
Community Céili
Whiddy Island Development Association Gerry McCarthy and Band Community céilí 31 August
Bere Island Arts Festival 2025
Bere Island Arts Festival Bere Island 18 to 21 September [caption id="attachment_5504" align="aligncenter" width="2048"] Bere Island Arts Festival 2025, Photo Jed Niezgoda[/caption] Bere Island Arts Festival was established in 2022 by three Bere Island women, Pauline Hurley, Mary Sullivan, and...
Sea & Stone, Island Art Works & Artefacts
Contributions from the West Cork Islands. Sea & Stone, Island Art Works & Artefacts. LHQ Gallery, Cork County Hall. March to May. An exhibition celebrating creativity on the seven West Cork Islands. The exhibition will feature a selection of works...
The St Anthony, A Traditional Wood Boat Restoration
Ronan Collins and Nigel Towse. Sherkin Island. The St Anthony, A Traditional Wood Boat Restoration. Ongoing. The St Anthony is a traditional half-deck fishing vessel built on Sherkin in 1925. Over the course of 2025/26 it is hoped it will...
Bobstock 2025
Róisín Ní Chonaill & One Morning in August. Bobstock 2025 Cotter’s Bar, Oileán Chléire. 4 July Bobstock, a music festival on Cape Clear Island has a deep-rooted history in community, music, and charitable spirit. After a hiatus of several years,...
Gardens of Our Memory
Juno Cheatle. Gardens of Our Memory. Sherkin Island. Culture Night The Culture night event was a site-specific video/visual and audio installation called ‘Gardens of our memory’ involving a walk around a semi outdoor exhibition set in a centrally located large...
Start Standing
Rachel Donnelly Start Standing - Try It Series Sherkin Island 15 January Start Standing was an hour-long somatic workshop focused on breath, mindful movement and attunement. Through guided continuous movement to music, participants cultivated a state of being present and...
Guthanna na hOige / Voices of Youth
Graffiti Theatre Company agus MEITHEAL Phlean Teanga Chléire. Guthanna na hOige / Voices of Youth. Cleachtadh & Léiriú (John McCarthy) Oileán Chléire 2024 & 25 Táimid ag iarraidh guth dhéagóirí Chléire a spreagadh chun cruthaitheachta trí mhéan Scríobhneoireacht agus Drámaíocht. Graffiti...
Sewn Up
Jordyn Lynch, Neisha Azzopard. Sewn Up - Making and workshops. Sherkin Island Throughout 2025. Sewn Up is a project about up-cycling and repairing unwanted items. The project utilises skills local to Sherkin Island such as stitching/machine stitching, crochet, and textile...
Material Library/Material Mapping
Simon Kidd Material Library/Material Mapping, Residency, Workshop & Exhibition. Oileán Chléire Through 2025 His community participation project was to deliver workshops and a learning programme for the local community of Oileán Chléire. These workshops took place in the spring of...
Jon Sousa & Adam Agee with Louise Fitzgerald
Comharchumann Chléire Teo Jon Sousa & Adam Agee with Louise Fitzgerald. Concert and informal session with local musicians. Concerts Cotters Pub and the Club Oileán Chléire 5 & 6 June Jon Sousa and Adam Agee are renowned and extremely accomplished...
The Crow’s Old Gold
A play by Carina McNally, Éadaoin O Donoghue & Strive Theatre. The Crows Old Gold. 31 May & 1 June On a windswept rock near Dursey Island, where legend claims the great blacksmithing god Goibhniú once forged his enchanted weapons,...
Harmony in Blue
Susan McManamon & Ger Wolfe Singing in Harmony. Sherkin Island. June, July, August The project focused on singing in harmony using the voice in the moving body. This project seeks to further develop work with residents of Sherkin Island and...
Leave No (Plastic) Trace
Nuala Mahon. Leave No (Plastic) Trace, presentation, poetry reading and video sessions. Nuala Mahon (short film), Nollaig Rowan (poet) and Dr Marcel Jansen (scientist), Tad KIRAKOWSKI (CEO environmental NGO The Voice) Oileán Chléire, Sherkin & Heir Islands Sherkin Northshore, 11...
The Museum of Birds and Beasts
Tess Leak and Sharon Whooley The Museum of Birds and Beasts Island Wide 2024 / 2025 / 2026 Participatory arts project. The artists will work with islanders to develop a Museum of Birds and Beasts, exploring folklore and artefacts. Working...
Open Ear Islander’s Night
Seamas Hyland and Caoimhín ó Raghallaigh with the Sherkin Island Musicians. Open Ear Islander’s Night 2025. Sherkin Island. 29 May
Drawing Walks
Sarah O’Brien. Drawing Walks. Sherkin Island. 28 June. The drawing walks are a mindful experimental-drawing project. The project suits all ages with a focus is on mark-making. Sarah guides the group through many ways to achieve fast, responsive drawings and...
Bere Island Writing Retreats Poetry Competition
Pauline Hurley Bere Island Writing Retreats Bere Island. Judge: Theo Dorgan May to August Now in its second year, the poetry competition again worked with both islanders and non islanders. For this competition, the word ‘sea’ was in the title...
2024 Projects
Flotilla of boats to Long Island
The good folk from Sherkin Island. Flotilla of boats to Long Island. May. On a sunny spring morning a group of Sherkin musicians set sail for Long Island.
Medicinal herb kitchen workshop
Eoin Marshall. Try it Series. Medicinal herb kitchen workshop. Sherkin Island. April 2024. Participants learned about the medical uses of the plants found across Sherkin Island. This was a lovely opportunity to discover more about the biodiversity of the island,...
Leatherwork for Islanders Part I
Stephen Carter & the Bere Island Men's Shed. Leatherwork for Islanders Part I. Bere Island Community Centre. October This project will provide the invaluable skill sharing of leather work to Islanders. With these new skills in leatherwork, it is hoped...
Sweet Home Sweet
Jane Hayes. Exhibition and workshops. Bere Island Community Centre. 25 and 26 October 2024. A exhibition of work created with and for very young children and families of Bere Island. Participants were invited to come in, take their time, relax,...
The Barry’s Van Tour
Jorgé Satorre Film screening. Sherkin Island Community Centre Cancelled Part of TULCA the Festival of Visual Arts | Galway, curator Michele Horrigan and artist/historian Sean Lynch will present Jorgé Satorre’s The Barry’s Van Tour. More Info
Writing With Water
Bernadette Burns & inni-k Writing With Water Artist residency Sherkin Island July 2024 Visual artist Bernadette Burns, musician inni-k and curator Sarah Searson. Writing with Water is an ongoing project to explore our emotional relationship with the sea.
Comhrac Criadóireachta / Pottery Throwdown
Oileán Chléire Biennial Ceramic Weekend The Cape Clear Island Pottery Throwdown 24 and 25 August Featured demonstrations by professional throwers. Lisa Wilson, Kinsale John Sheehy of Louis Mulcahy Pottery, Ballyferriter Simon Kidd, Cape Clear Island Catherine Ryan, Cape Clear Island...
Bere Island Flower Boxes
Bere Island Men’s Shed group Community flower boxes and planters Bere Island Summer 2024 Men’s Shed is a committed membership of some 20 people. In the summer of 2024 with the help of Creative Places, the men along with participants...
HUMDILI Project
‘Humdili’ occurred on Sherkin Island over two days in October. The connection happened through collaboratively made Haiku poetry and the sharing of poetry and songs in Pashto, Persian, English, and Irish. There was also a cookery demonstration by the Afghani...
My Townland, My Story
Children from the Islands Publication and Book Launch St Michael’s National School, Bere Island 19 September 2024 ‘My Townland, My Story’ is a project led by Bere Islander Mary Sullivan. This book project tells the unique and important stories of...
Cruinniú Ceoil / Music Meeting
Teach Tábhairne an Jolly Roger / Jolly Roger Pub Sherkin Island The Jolly Roger 9th June [embed]https://youtu.be/OoFrtgUbS_E?si=CO1jmrd5Eo4gfzMR[/embed] Oileán Chléire / Cape Clear Kevin Mc Cann, Danny Stewart, Mairtín Ó Méalóid, Brennus Voarino, Séamus Ó Drisceoi, Kevin Kearney Inis Arcáin /...
Bere Island International Poetry Prize
Facilitated by Pauline Hurley Bere Island International Poetry Prize 2024 Bere Island May to September Winner: Fiona Hanley. Shortlisted: Faye Boland and Michael Dooley.
Music Meeting Heir Island
Music Meeting Heir Island 20 July Heir and Sherkin musicians joined together at The Boathouse on Heir Island on. Photo by: Nuala Mahon
Juggling for everyone
Try It Series with Daniel Q Sherkin Island, Crows Gabble 2 July 2024 With thanks to Cally from Sherkin Library
Ceitheal Chléire Trá Pháídín Lúnasa
Trá Pháidín Residency Oileán Chléire 26 - 29 August Trá Pháidín is an 8-piece band that works mainly on creating contemporary Irish language music drawing from influences like folk structures, jazz, improvisation, experimental music and of course, absurdism. This will...
West Cork Chamber Music Fringe Festival
Sarah JégouSageman, Jeroen De Beer [violins], Séamus Hickey [viola], Léo Guiguen [cello] Concert West Cork Chamber Music Fringe Festival The Sonoro Quartet. Whiddy Island Schoolhouse 3 July 2024
Mary Sullivan
Artist book: Softback (48 Pages) Design: Stuart Coughlan edit+ Photography: Jed Niezgoda, Mickael Do Couto & Mary Sullivan Print: Print Dynamics, Dublin Texts: Sarah Kelleher & Cristín Leach First Edition: 200 copies For sale: Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen
Collective Mending & Repurposing Sessions
Marianne O’ Drisceoil Collective Mending & Repurposing Sessions Colaiste Pobail Chléire, Oileán Chléire September & October 2024 Skill sharing and revamping the old on Oileán Chléire.
Masters of Tradition
Fergus & Ruairí O’Gorman Masters of Tradition Concert, Whiddy Island 25 August Fergus & Ruairí O’Gorman (flute and bouzouki), members of the renowned McEvoy/McGorman family played the marquee outside the Bank House pub on Whiddy Island.
Bobstock 2024
Bobstock: The Revival Music Festival Cape Clear / Oileán Chléire Saturday 6 July 2024 Bobstock was always a landmark weekend for the island. In 2024 Bob was revived and incorporated the talents of local islanders and visiting musicians.
Bere Island Arts Festival
Bere Island Arts Festival Bere Island Arts Festival curated a collection of performances, experiences, readings, screenings, concerts, and exhibitions across the island. Performances and exhibitions turned regular spaces into artistic and performance venues, including the Heritage Centre, Wild Atlantic Glamping...
Harmony in Blue 2024
Susan McManamon Singing in Harmony Sherkin Island Summer 2023 Musician and Choir Director Susan McManamon facilitated four workshops, in July and August 2024. The group focused on unaccompanied singing in harmony. For some taking part, this is their first time...
Eoin Warner
Eoin Warner in conversation with Tim O’ Leary West Cork Literary Festival Whiddy Island Schoolhouse 13 July Naturalist, wildlife documentary presenter and Bantry native Eoin Warner had a public interview with Whiddy’s Tim O’ Leary about his work and the...
Festival of Music on Heir Island
The Harte sisters & Paddy O’Brien EU & Irish Doctors orchestra, Heir & Sherkin Islands 4 - 8 June There were sharing music events and rehearsing each day, culminating in three concerts. The musicians were joined by storyteller Paddy O’Brien...
“Youreyesfourteen”
Fergus Murphy Solo exhibition Townhall Art Centre, Co Cavan 26 September - 9 October 2024 FxMurphy presents a new body of work at Townhall Arts Centre in September 2024. The work is a response to the efficacy of colonialism, a...
Le Chéile & Dancing at the Crossroads
Le Chéile & Dancing at the Crossroads Sherkin community exhibition Skerkin Island June & July Le Chéile ran from the 28 June to 11 July with opening reception and dancing at the crossroads on Sunday the 30th of June. Le...
Lá Teanga na Gaeilge / Irish Language Day
Fastnet Film Festival Oileán Chléire 26 May Clár Gearrscannáin Gaeilge – Curated Irish Language Short Film Programme.
Quilting workshop
Harriet Andrews Bere Island Women Create January 2024
Open Ear Islander’s Night
Mohammad Syfkha, Flowers at Night & Sherkin Island Musicians Open Ear, Islander’s Night Sherkin Island, Jolly Roger Pub 30 May
Crochet Workshop
Catherine Sullivan Crochet Workshop Bere Island Women Create March & April 2024 Introduction to crochet with an emphasis on the various stitches, pattern reading and creation.
Nature & Place Writing with John Connell
John Connell Nature & Place Writing West Cork Literary Festival Writing Workshop Whiddy Island 15 July Bestselling author and farmer John Connell was on Whiddy for a three day writing workshop on nature and place. Starting with the work of...
Lino Cut Printing Workshop
Madeleine Dunne Bere Island Women Create (BIWC) 27 & 28 April This was a 2 day demonstration and workshop. The workshop was designed to show participants how to print onto fabric and paper using minimal equipment and in a setting...
Jon Sousa & Adam Agee Concerts
Jon Sousa & Adam Agee Concerts Oileán Chléire 11th, 12th Sherkin Northshore 13th
Hidden Stories
Róisín Ní Chonaill, Tomasz Madajczak & Inma Pavon Hidden Stories Residency, Oileán Chléire Ongoing in 2024 Oileán Chléire dance project with Inma Pavon, Róisín Ní Chonaill and Tomasz Madajczak. The project involved movement and film reinterpretation of traditional stories emerging...
Dursey Island Artist Residency
Annemarie Ní Churreáin Dursey Island Artist Residency Dursey Island January & February Annemarie is from the Donegal Gaeltacht and was our inaugural Dursey Island artist in residency. This was a pilot project.
Dursey Island Festival
Dursey Island Festival 15 & 16 June Traditional Irish music (Ecki and gang), Sherkin Island guitar duo Shanti, poetry readings, storytelling, Irish dancing, barbecue, raffle, arm-wrestling, tug-of-war and a guided historical walk with Carina McNally.
Fireside Sessions
Simon Crockett and Neisha Azzopardi Fireside Sessions, Concerts & gatherings Sherkin Island To help us through the colder more isolated months, musicians Simon Crockett and Neisha Azzopardi have been developing the fireside sessions. Hosted by Dan from Sherkin Northshore these...
Workshop With Local Wild Plants & Flowers
Sonia Caldwell / Kilcoe Studios Workshop | Local Wild Plants & Flowers Oileán Chléire & Bere Island May & June 2024 In early summer Sonia ran workshops for Oileán Chléire and Bere Island. The initial workshop explored the local wild...
Laureate na nÓg
Whole Wide World Tour. Laureate na nÓg. Sherkin Island. April 2024. The Laureate na nÓg day of literature events for children took place in April and was facilitated on Sherkin island with invited families from Oileán Chléire. A great day...
Sherkin Island Bloomsday
Ken Cotter & John Simpson Sherkin Island Bloomsday Workshop Sherkin Island The Jolly Roger 15 16 June Two days to celebrate Ulysses and to enjoy performances of Ulysses-related musical and artistic activities in a relaxed and informal atmosphere. Ulysses is...
The Moth Catchers
Jesse Jones, Naomi Nkosi accompanied by Philip Strickland (lepidopterist) and Irene Buckley (composer). The Moth Catchers Research Residency Sherkin Island 11 - 13 June Inspired by the work of feminist Mexican surrealist Remdios Varo this was a 3-day research residency...
Ukes go Bere 2024
Eva McMullan, Fergal O’Connor & the children from Bere Island National School. Ukulele festival Ukes Go Bere is weekend festival, included drumming, vocal and ukelele workshops, and a live, free performance.
Try It Series
Nigel Towse TRY IT SERIES Sherkin & Heir Islands February & April 2024 Nigel Towse taught residents of Sherkin and Heir Islands how to create the Carrick Bend Knot.
2023 Projects
Hedge School
Tom Keeley Féile 2023 Photographic exhibition, art installation & performance Oileán Chléire Summer 2023 This multi-media performance explored the interconnected nature of island living, and what this can teach us about living together across borders today and in the future.
Catherine Reinhart
Catherine Reinhart Collective mending Sherkin Island December 2023 The Collective Mending Sessions was a series of socially engaged workshops centered on collaboratively mending a quilt. These workshops resemble a quilting bee where participants learn basic mending and textile care while...
Samuel Beckett Cascando
Aedín Cosgrove of Pan Pan Theatre Samuel Beckett Cascando - Outdoor Theatre Oileán Chléire Summer Féile 2023 Presentation of the internationally acclaimed work of a local artist Aedin Cosgrove of Pan Pan Theatre
Outdoor exhibition & walking trail
Curated by Ruairí Ó Donnabháin Community Exhibition with Multiple Artists Outdoor exhibition & walking trail Duncan Harper, Pierce Hickey, Róisín Ó Chonáill, Kirstie Affleck, Doris and Ferdia O Liadáin, Simon Kidd, Catherine Ryan, Ruairí Ó Donnabháin, William Bock & Helle...
Bere Island Arts festival
Inaugural Bere Island Arts Festival. September 2023 A festival of visual art, theatre, dance, and literature celebrating the local and the national and offering a diverse range of events across scenic locations. Launched on Culture Night by novelist and playwright,...
Kirstie Affleck
Kirstie Affleck Artist/Maker Oileán Chléire Ongoing Farmer maker and Islander Kirstie Affleck is working on a new body of work with her self shedding sheep, developing her practice, of traditional wool spinning, knitting and multi-stranded colourwork to produce pictures and...
Norman King
Norman King Book and Exhibition Sherkin Island Never before published reflections on island life through poetry and songs by islander Norman King. A selection of work that gives voice to his unique personal lived experiences with wit and humour and...
Community Scoruíochting & Map of Sherkin’s Heritage Place Names
Mona O’ Driscoll Community Scoruíochting & Map of Sherkin’s Heritage Place Names Community gathering and map making Sherkin Island Research and development stage Due to the changing environment of farming, fishing and ownership of lands on Sherkin Island, the need...
Simon Kidd
Simon Kidd Residency Oileán Chléire Ongoing His work creates artefacts of place, dealing with the island’s physical materiality, creating very pleasing casts (silicone moulds) of rock faces, before translating them into ceramic objects.
Expanded Island
Multiple Artists Expanded Island - Artist Residency Oileán Chléire November 2023 The Guesthouse artists & the community of Oileán Chléire, Josephina Mellado, Kanako Haru, Hiroki Doi, Irene Murphy, Mick O’Shea, Jamie Ashforth, Evan Aiken, Andy Ingamells, Tomasz Madajczak, Claudia Barton,...
Basket Making with Martin O’Flynn
Martin O’ Flynn Basket Making Bere Island Active Retirement Group Artists/Makers Bere Island October/November Martin O Flynn, traditional master basket maker facilitated the Bere Island Active Retirement Group in late 2023.
Looking For The Light Within
Tomasz Madajczak Looking For The Light Within Multiple Artists Oileán Chléire April 2023 Weekly workshops initiated by Tomasz Madajczak connected the community of Oileán Chléire through creativity sea journeys, weekly workshops, conversations, walks and artistic explorations to develop the possibility...
An Sean Duine Og
Graffiti Theatre Company An Sean Duine Og Performance Bere Island, Oileán Chléire and Rathmore NS Baltimore November 2023 Graffiti Theatre Company’s play for children ‘An Sean Dhuine Óg’ (The Old Young Man) took place at Scoil M. Naofa, Bere Island...
From the Inside Out and the Outside In
Mary Sullivan From the Inside Out and the Outside In Exhibition Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre November December 2023 This exhibition of new works by the artist shone a light on both the resilience and fragility of island life and...
Ukes go Bere
Organised by Dr. Eva McMullan and assisted by Andrew Moran. Ukes Go Bere Bere Island June 2023 Ukes Go Bere is weekend festival suitable for complete beginners and accomplished ukulele players. The festival included drumming, vocal and ukelele workshops, brunchelle,...
A Green Rope for Sherkin
William Bock A Green Rope for Sherkin Rope making, film and community development Sherkin Island Ongoing A Green Rope for Sherkin revolves around an ever-growing Sugán Rope. The rope is crafted outdoors by many hands using only green wild plants...
Community Exhibition & Dancing at the Crossroads
Community Exhibition & Dancing at the Crossroads Sherkin Island Summer 2023 The annual community exhibition brought together over 30 artists in the annual showcase of island life and artistic endeavour.
Vocal harmonic workshops
Vocal harmonic workshops with Susan McManamon Harmonic workshops (pilot project) Sherkin Island July and August 2023 Two vocal harmonic workshops with Susan McManamon, involving members of the church choir and other musicians and singers from the island.
The Festival of Music on Heir Island
Dave Tomson & The Doctor's Orchestral The Festival of Music on Heir Island Chamber and orchestral music Heir & Sherkin Islands Summer 2023 FOMOH brought over 25 musicians, mostly drawn from European and Irish doctors orchestras, who met for a...
