Contemporary Irish Life & Art

An annual magazine that presents all flavours of life, society and culture through the eyes of Ireland’s artists and writers.

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Contemporary Irish Life & Art

An annual magazine that presents all flavours of life, society and culture through the eyes of Ireland’s artists and writers.

Magazine Subscription €10 per year

ISSUE 02 INCLUDES:

surreal headlines abound in the broadsheet newspaper, The Inch Conglomerate;
Darndale to Highbury, Munich to Dalymout: a journey from football to poetry;
a four-way conversation about the fairies;
visual art from the Guillamene swimming cove;
an illustrated essay about Skin;
A Mother Brings Her Son to Be Shot, the story behind the film;
A Hugh Cooney Retrospective;
A Queer Ceilí at the Marty Forsythe;
Loopies Field, a photographic work in progress from an Irish farm.

FEATURED ARTISTS:

Laura Fitzgerald, John Cummins, Jamie Goldrick, David Knox, Sinéad Mercier, Michael Holly, Eddie Lenihan, Síle Walsh, Sinéad O’Shea, Wendy Erskine, Niamh Hannaford, Hugh Cooney, Dominic Montague and Becks Butler.

It’s got text, photography, illustration, poetry, film, audio and conversation. It analyses, criticizes and entertains. It tells great stories.

Printed in Ireland. Holy Show is 190mm width by 270mm height, printed 4-color with perfect binding on uncoated stock with environmentally friendly non-hazardous vegetable-based inks.

ISSUE 01 INCLUDES:

a gonzo travelogue to dawn Easter Mass in County Kerry;
an essay on the topic of bogs, family and Alzheimer’s disease;
a conversation between a writer and a senator on their vision for education in Ireland, alongside photos from Deserted Schoolhouses of Ireland;
musings on a piece of RTÉ archival footage from Halloween in County Cavan 1986 with original illustrations;
a photo-essay / memoir produced by a visual artist, arranged for the stage and adapted to print;
a collaboration between a poet, a filmmaker and a choreographer;
a conversation set round a kitchen table in Kinvara about a long-lost portrait;
ruminations on the sublime beauty and profound oddness of the Irish language, extracted from Arán & Im, in theatres now.

FEATURED ARTISTS:

Declan O'Rourke, Lisa McInerney, Sen. Lynn Ruane, Gary Coyle, Claire Brankin, Ian Maleney, Roisín Kiberd, Robbie Brennan, Enda O'Flaherty, Dani Gill, Stephanie Dufresne, Muiris Crowley, Laura Sheeran, Manchán Magan, John Conneely, Liadain O'Donovan and Julia Monard.

It’s got text, photography, illustration, choreography, film, audio and conversation. It analyses, criticizes and entertains. It tells great stories.

Printed in Ireland. Holy Show is 190mm width by 270mm height, printed 4-color with perfect binding on uncoated stock with environmentally friendly non-hazardous vegetable-based inks.

Contemporary Irish Life & Art

Contemporary Irish Life & Art

2020: Issue 02

2019: Issue 01

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