To call Cormac Begley and Liam O’Connor’s music #IrishTrad, is to do it a disservice.

These two men are musical innovators and there is little traditional about their approach. Let’s say they’re masters of the indigenous sound but are extending that fuaim into new territories

Maybe there work would be better served by calling it #CeolDúchasach. Regardless, give this a listen, and a watch,both music and imagery are superlative

#IrishArts #mastodaoine #IrishMusic

https://youtu.be/ZZ0pFdRb3eM?si=bvVb0PftsRB9S0tj

Welcome to the May –June 2026 edition of Offaly Arts Alert – your go-to source for arts news, events, and opportunities from Offaly County Council’s Arts Office.
Our mission is to share updates that inspire creativity and strengthen access to the arts across Offaly.

Click on the link below to read the latest issue and explore what’s happening in Offaly’s vibrant arts scene! https://www.offaly.ie/occ_news/offaly-arts-alert-may-june-2026/

#artsCulture #art #offalyArts #CoOffaly #irisharts

Creative Commemorations - Call for Proposals

Offaly County Council invites artists, community groups and cultural organisations to apply for a new creative opportunity - Creative Commemorations funding - which supports innovative ways to reflect and learn from our past. This creative opportunity is supported by Offaly County Council and the Department of Communications, Culture and Sport.

Link here: https://www.offaly.ie/occ_news/irelands-eu-presidency-and-creative-commemorations/

@offalycountycouncil @offalyheritage

#irisharts #CoOffaly #arts

Tullamore Murals 2026 – 2030 Artists Panel

Offaly County Council, in partnership with Tullamore Tidy Towns and supported by Creative Ireland, is establishing an Artist Panel to deliver original, large scale exterior murals that will activate public spaces, celebrate Tullamore’s identity, and create a self guided mural trail across the town centre and key approach routes.

Deadline 11am, 18 May 2026. Link: https://submit.link/4NH

#art #muralArt #irisharts #offalyArts #CoOffaly #tullamore

Birr Writers’ Residency offers professional writers’ accommodation and workspaces for five nights, at Brendan House in the centre of Birr, County Offaly. This Georgian Heritage Town in the midlands of Ireland has a remarkable history and is embedded in a community with a thriving arts culture.

LINK TO FULL BRIEF AND 2026 CALL OUT HERE:
https://www.offaly.ie/birr-writers-residency-award/
Deadline: Monday 26th January, 3pm

#residency #writing #writingcommunity #poetry #irisharts

Redd UPDATE: I’ve just received the first printer dummy from the offset printer — a blank prototype used to verify materials, binding, and structure. Wet proofs have also been completed.

I’m very grateful to the 102 backers who have already contributed over €5,000. Thank you for believing in this project and its story.

Preorders still open here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gaelicfields/redd-by-paul-carroll

#photobook #photography #publishing #offsetprinting #documentaryphotography #creativeprojects #irisharts #analogPhotography

Julia O'Faolain is part of a cohort of great 20th century Irish women #writers. She carved out her own distinct space separate from her father Seán. She passed away five years ago #OnThisDay

#HerStory #IrishBiography #IrishHistory #Author #IrishArts #IrishCulture #Mastodaoine

https://www.irishstewpodcast.com/blog/julia-ofaolain-jun-6-1932-oct-27-2020

My brother is making a short musical documentary focusing on O'Connell St over Easter weekend.

He and the more experienced members of the production crew are working pro-bono, but they are looking for a few quid to pay the junior crew and to make sure everyone is fed!
If you are interested in supporting, there's a gofundme here

https://www.gofundme.com/f/qna4mc

#mastodaoine #music #dublin #documentary #IrishArts

Jerome Connor, one of Ireland's most significant sculptors, died under shameful circumstances 81 years ago #OnThisDay

#GlobalIrishNation #IrishBiography #IrishHistory #VisualArts #IrishArts #OnThisDate #OTD

https://www.irishstewpodcast.com/blog/otd-jerome-connor-1874-1943