This collection of Traveller projects aims to document the significant body of work in the area of Traveller arts and culture around the country, to facilitate networking and information sharing and also to inspire further work in this area.
The projects featured in this collection showcase Traveller arts and culture since 2000. These projects were either carried out wholly by Travellers or in collaboration with Travellers.
If you know of Traveller arts and culture projects not already included please complete this form and either email to arts@pavee.ie or post to Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre, 46 Charles Street Great, Dublin D01XC63. Or you can ring us at (01) 8780255 and ask for the Arts and Culture team.
This wonderful video was made by Diversity 4 Change, a group of Traveller and Settled young men from Rahoonane and Shanakill, with the support of Shanakill FRC and Kerry Travellers Project, alongside Kerry County Arts and Rhyme Island.
Dance Workshop Project set up by Kerry Travellers Health and Community Development Project & Kerry LCYP. This workshop is for ages 5-8 & 9-12 year old's, They will be exploring movement, music and different dance styles in a relaxed and safe environment.
Funder: Kerry Education & Training Board
On display is a collection of photographs of Travellers at Puck Fair from the Kennelly Archives, artisan tinsmith products and other traditional crafts, two scale model traditional wagons, and a scale model of a Traveller camp set at Puck Fair alongside an assortment of other items traditionally used as part of the nomadic life of a Traveller family.
The new exhibition Accommodate vs. Assimilate by Leanne McDonagh investigates the devastating housing crises and human rights violations endured by the Irish Travelling Community in contemporary Ireland. Commissioned especially for Triskel.
Funder: Arts Council
Artists: Leanne McDonagh
‘Rings’ a play by Rosaleen McDonagh focusing on the experiences of a deaf Traveller woman was presented originally as a staged reading as part of Turning Point: A Reading of Four Short Plays by Writers With Disabilities by Fishamble; The New Play Company and Arts & Disability Ireland on 31 March 2010. Corrib Theatre Company in Portland Oregon, USA, produced ‘Rings’ in November, 2020
Funder: Arts & Disability Ireland
Artists: Rosaleen McDonagh
A reading from the essay 'Crowning Glory' from the book 'Unsettled' read by Kathleen Lawrence on RTE Radio One Sunday Miscellany.
Artists: Rosaleen McDonagh
A radio recital on Drama on One by three Travellers of the poem 'I Am Not Your Knacker' by Rosaleen McDonagh that explores themes of racism, identity, disability and marginalization, channeling the literary activism of James Baldwin, and her own.
Artists: Christine Collins, Artists: John Connors, Artists: Rosaleen McDonagh
Funder: St Patrick's Festival
Artists: Thomas McCarthy, Artists: Trish Reilly
KIN is a diverse anthology of poetry and prose writings and artworks by roughly fifty women writers and artists from Romani, Traveller and Nomadic Communities with an editorial note by Raine Geoghegan and an introduction by Dr Rosaleen McDonagh.
Artists: Chrissie Donoghue Ward, Artists: Helen Hutchinson, Artists: Julie OLeary, Artists: Mary Foley Olupona, Artists: Nora Corcoran, Artists: Samantha Joyce, Artists: Winnie Ward
Short film written & directed by Ethan Donoghue about three brothers who reunite for their fathers funeral after becoming estranged.
Artists: Ethan Donoghue, Artists: John Connors, Artists: Joshua Donoghue
A young man who can't come to terms with a traumatic event from his past, he allows the guilt and shame of that event to wash over him as it crumbles every close relationship in his life. Directed By Ethan Donoghue and Written by Joshua Donoghue.
Artists: Ethan Donoghue
Comedian and writer Martin Warde’s debut play is a powerful and moving dark comedy that explores complex themes of family, tradition, and self- acceptance. Set in the house of the deceased, the play is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the importance of finding one’s voice and identity. The Play has been at Kilkenny Arts Festival August 2024. Also Galway Theatre Festival May 2024 And has been at the Dublin Theatre Festival.
Artists: Martin Beanz Warde
Steo Wall's second album released in 2023, Street Wisdom of Lost Souls features 10 songs including Glory Days for which Steo Wall was nominated for a RTE Radio One Folk Award.
Artists: Steo Wall
Steo Wall's first album 11 debut songs was released in 2018. It's a mix of spoken word and folk inspired melodies all woven to an acoustic groove and features other folk singers Damien Dempsey, Luka Bloom and Davy Spillane.
Artists: Steo Wall
She's Not Mine By Rosaleen McDonagh
The story of a mother and the daughter she entrusted to an institution. This is a play for radio that was broadcast on RTE Radio One.
Artists: Rosaleen McDonagh
We share a history, we share a memory and they both share my heart. Written by ROSALEEN McDONAGH Directed by JIM CULLETON Set Design by NIAMH LUNNY Lighting Design by SARAH JANE SHIELS Sound Design by DENIS CLOHESSY Video Design by NEIL O’DRISCOLL Cast - John Connors, Neili Conroy, Gráinne Hallahan, Donal Toolan
Artists: Rosaleen McDonagh
A play from Rosaleen McDonagh, this tender, complex and beautiful love story examines how external circumstances pull us apart, when all we really want is to be together. Also live streamed from the Abbey Theatre.
Artists: Rosaleen McDonagh
A conversation with Traveller women and oral historian James Furey. Cork Public Museum has a full barrel top wagon along with photos and short films celebrating Traveller culture and heritage.
Funder: Heritage Council
With the help of Martin Beanz Warde, Creative Ireland and Naoise Nunn from Minefield, Irish Travellers took to different stages at Electric Picnic.
Funder: Creative Ireland
Artists: Martin Beanz Warde
“Threading Needles, Telling Stories” is an exhibition of 14 three-dimensional hand-sewn dolls made by the women of the Chatters and Matters Tullamore Traveller's Women's Shed. The project was in collaboration with artist and doll maker Teresa Doyle. The exhibition was held at Tullamore library in August 2024.
Funder: Creative Ireland
Artists: Teresa Doyle
An intimate portrait of Winnie, a resilient and spirited young girl, and her family who are Irish Travellers, living on the side of the road in an industrialised area of Dublin. It follows Winnie through several weeks of her life, as she struggles with her identity as a young Traveller girl in contemporary Ireland. At the 2005 IFTA Awards, Director Perry Ogden won Breakthrough Talent and Winnie Maughan was nominated for Best Actress in a Feature Film. The film was also nominated and a winner at a variety of film festivals.
Funder: An Lár Films, Funder: Irish Film Board
Artists: Rose Maughan, Artists: Rosie Maughan, Artists: Winnie Maughan
Funder: North West Area Partnership
Artists: Geoff Finan
The exhibition consists of contemporary artists who share heritage within the Travelling community. What is important about this selection of artists however is the relevance and criticality of the work that they make. A criticality that is simultaneously rooted in personal experience, but also advocates for the sharing of diverse knowledge, experience and reflection.
Funder: Arts Council
Artists: Chloe Mcdonagh, Artists: Dave McDonagh, Artists: Francesca Hutchinson, Artists: Oein de Bharduin, Artists: Phien O’Phien, Artists: Séamus Nolan, Artists: Tommy Rhattigan
An 11 song EP by Willzee including the tracks Eclipse, Tell Me Tell Me, I See Feens produced by Welcome to the New World.
Artists: Willzee
In ‘It's a cultural thing ... or is it?, Writer and actor Michael Collins brings the audience on a cross-generational journey, exploring Traveller culture from various perspectives.
Artists: Michael Collins
Reading performed at the Traveller Ethnicity Celebration 2018
Artists: Rosaleen McDonagh, Artists: Thomas Collins
A song and video produced featuring Tony and Martin with Laois Traveller Action Group as part of the Music Generation Laois Summer School. Lyrics and facilitation by Frank McCarthy.
Funder: Arts Council, Funder: Creative Ireland, Funder: Music Generation Ireland
Artists: Frank McCarthy
Music, song and video performed by Junior, Sierra, Martin and Tony, Music Generation Laois Summer School of Rock and Pop 2023 in association with Laois Traveller Action Group. Lyrics and facilitation by Frank McCarthy
Funder: Arts Council, Funder: Music Generation Ireland
Artists: Frank McCarthy
Artists: Joanne Donohoe
Traveller pride art quilt celebrating Traveller horse tradition on permanent display in CUH Main Foyer. A collaboration with Arts & Health Programme at Cork University Hospital.
Artists: Mary Palmer
During the summer months of 2023, a group of boys participated in the first ever Paint Punch Programme at St. Mary's Boys National School in Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick
Artists: Frank McCarthy
In a Traveller camp overlooking a neglected council estate, three brothers who went their separate ways are forced to reunite for their father’s funeral. The death of their father forces them to rekindle their relationships.
Funder: Arts Council
Artists: & Others, Artists: John Connors
In partnership with The Model, Visual Artist Francesca Hutchinson is in residence for the period of two weeks where she will facilitate an art camp for teenagers in The Model’s Education Room.
Funder: Arts Council
Artists: Francesca Hutchinson, Artists: Séamus Nolan
Award-winning author Oein De Bhairduin illustrated a short story about self-acceptance and pride from a member of the Irish Traveller nomadic ethnic minority, drawn from the Irish Traveller oral storytelling tradition, DeBhairduin’s tale, The Slug & the Snail, is a gentle allegory about difference, self-acceptance and different ways of seeing the world.
Artists: Oein de Bharduin
The tormented protagonist, James, cradles a genuine desire to ignite the library. The resilient librarian Helen stands sentinel over knowledge, freedom, and enlightenment. Her apprehension of James’ demand for book censorship becomes pivotal in this unfolding drama.
Funder: Arts Council
Artists: Aisling Mannion, Artists: Joshua Donoghue, Artists: Rosaleen McDonagh
The Wandering Gaze presents a collection of images relative to Travelling people in the work of Jack Butler Yeats. Highlighting Yeats’ keen observations of diversity amongst nomadic groups within Irish society in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the exhibition includes sketchbook drawings, illustrated prints, watercolour and oil paintings spanning the breath of his career
Artworks are included from the Niland Collection the National Gallery of Ireland, Limerick City Gallery of Art, The Hugh Lane Gallery, The Crawford Museum, IMMA, University of Galway, and private collections.
Funder: Arts Council
Artists: Jack Butler Yeats, Artists: Oein de Bharduin, Artists: Séamus Nolan
A one-day festival of tunes, chats and laughs in the walled gardens of Doneraile Estate which featured a conversation with Traveller activists Mags Casey, Martin Collins and AnneMarie Quilligan and also featured Traveller singers.
Funder: Department of Culture
Artists: David McDonagh, Artists: Kathleen Keenan, Artists: Martin Collins, Artists: Oein de Bharduin, Artists: Sharyn Ward, Artists: Steo Wall, Artists: Thomas McCarthy, Artists: Trish Reilly, Artists: Willzee
It is a documentary short that follows the Stronger Together Collective, a group of nine girls from the West Cork Traveller community as they explore their creative talents, passions and ambitions.
Funder: Community Foundation Ireland
Artists: Alicia Williamson, Artists: Britney Mongans, Artists: Elizabeth Burke, Artists: Helena McCarthy, Artists: Jessie McCarthy Adair, Artists: Karima Amhadi, Artists: Lavie Olupona, Artists: Rosie McCarthy Adair, Artists: Theresa McCarthy, Artists: Toma McCullim
Devised and facilitated by Helen Monaghan, this project was rooted in creative sewing and explored the historical textiles of Lavinia Fontana’s renaissance world. Taking place in two education centres in Ballygar and Athenry, Co. Galway, The Pockets Project was a unique blend of art historical learning, practical and sustainable sewing techniques and community work. Participating groups, including women from both Traveller and settled communities, learned about the life and work of Lavinia Fontana, and gained new sewing skills while reviving the traditional techniques and customs of the Traveller heritage of beady pockets
Funder: National Gallery Of Ireland
Artists: Helen Monaghan
The Bigger Picture is a photographic project undertaken by Offaly Traveller Movement Youth Project with photographer Eva Donlon. The focus was to develop a series of photographs to challenge stereotypes, and to showcase the pictures to the wider community.
Funder: UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Day Committee
Artists: Eva Donlon
Acting workshops with two live shows from May to August 2022 at the Carmeline Centre, Dublin
In collaboration with Director Sian Ni Mhuirí, Jules McDonagh and Maureen Hughes
Workshops with Live Shows on 29 and 30 September at the Studio Lexicon Dun Laoghaire
Funder: Festival of Inclusion Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown
A short film about a young deaf Traveller boy and his family
Artists: John Connors, Artists: Johnny Collins, Artists: Kayleigh Mcdonagh, Artists: Thomas Connors
A short documentary
Funder: Creative Ireland, Funder: Misleor Bursary
Artists: David McDonagh
Misleor Bursary Scheme is managed by Misleor and Ardan with GTM, Galway City of Film, The Dept of Culture, Galway City Council and Galway County Council
Funder: Misleor Bursary
Artists: David McDonagh
Celebration of Pecker Dunne's life with music
Funder: Dublin City Council
Artists: Paddy Keenan, Artists: Sharyn Ward, Artists: Stephen Dunne, Artists: Trish Reilly
Artists: Bernie Mcdonagh, Artists: Kate Theasby, Artists: Ron Kavana, Artists: Stephen Pecker Dunne, Artists: Trish Nolan
Two portraits one of John Connors and one of Chrissie Ward at the Darndale Belcamp Village Centre
Artists: Immanuel Godson
One man theatre show by John Connors.
Artists: John Connors
Artists: John Connors
Artists: John Connors
A group of young Cardboard Gangsters attempt to gain control of the drug trade in Darndale, chasing the glorified lifestyle of money, power and sex. Written by John Connors and Mark O'Connor. Directed by Mark O'Connor.
Artists: John Connors
Francesca Hutchinson facilitated a four-day art workshop for Traveller children living in Cashel. The children created ‘identity boxes’ which were showcased on Culture Night 2022 in our Thurles Campus. The video shows the children working on their identity boxes and speaking about what their identity means to them.
Culture Night 2022
Artists: Francesca Hutchinson
A diva with a disability. Fluff, flare and attitude, the Baby Doll Project is a comical piece with a dark and pointed history.
Artists: Rosaleen McDonagh
Drawn from the Irish Traveller storytelling tradition this tale is a gentle allegory about identity, self-acceptance and different ways of seeing the world. Written by Oein DeBhairduin illustrated by Olya Anima.
Artists: Oein de Bharduin
Programme of music, film, theatre and visual art
This project was led by Vanessa Gildea, head of the National Film School and Mary McDonagh of Mary Mc Productions. Sticks & Stones – is described as an inside view to an outsiders world. Directors Tammy McDonagh, Amy Murphy, Shóna O’Sullivan, Martin Mahon and Producers Tom McDonagh & Shane Fitzgerald share their experiences of discrimination and the power of language. The films were screened at the Galway Film Fleadh.
Artists: Martin Mahon
A series of workshops for young people aged 5 - 17 years to try different circus skills
Funder: Galway Community Circus, Funder: Galway County Council
Artist Martina Passman worked with a group of Traveller women alongside a group of women from the majority population to explore the beady pocket. The pockets were hand stitched and then put on public display at Tuam library from 9th Dec 2023 to 11 January 2024.
Artists: Martina Passman
A collaboration between a group of Travellers from Ballyfermot, Finglas and Coolock, Mental Health Services - Exchange House Ireland & Turn 2 Me, film producer Pat Comer of Comer Productions and performance artist & acting coach Sian Ní Mhuirí of Super Paua.
This artistic film with a social purpose aims to raise awareness about suicide in the Traveller Community, end the stigma associated with suicide and promote mental health services equipped to help.
Funder: Office for Suicide Prevention
Artists: Johnpaul Collins, Artists: Mary McDonagh
Book Project
“This important project is about exploring and sharing our connections through the medium of creativity, capturing these stories which will then be shared with generations in the future.”
‘Celebrating our Connections’, a series of workshops have taken place throughout the first half of 2023 in Scoil Íosa
Funder: Bank of Ireland Begin Together Fund, Funder: Mayo County Council
Artists: Alice Dixon
An exhibition of stopping places, camps and halting sites used by Travellers in Sligo. The locations have been identified within historic documentation, newspaper archives and through gathering local knowledge and community history of the Travelling people in Sligo.
Funder: Arts Council, Funder: Sport and Media, Funder: Wexford Local Development Agency
Artists: Séamus Nolan
No Twixing or Crossing is the title of a new collection of beliefs and superstitions which was produced by artist and folklorist Michael Fortune as a result of conversations with a group of Traveller women from the Bunclody area of County Wexford in January and February 2023.
Collected and published by Michael Fortune http://folklore.ie/Books_Publications.html
Funder: Wexford Library
Traveller Mental Health Copper art Workshops for young Traveller men and women in the area supported by Youth Mental Health Co-ordinator | HSE Mental Health Services Dublin North City & County | Email: irene.griffin1@hse.ie Mobile: 087-1880736 Ph: 01-7784166. Doreen Carpenter. Mental Health Service Coordinator for /with Travellers,
Funder: HSE
A Traveller cookbook with traditional cooking recipes, information on cures, reference to CANT with literacy aids developed by older Traveller women in conjunction with younger Traveller women
Funder: Adult Literacy for Life, Funder: City Of Dublin Adult Education, Funder: SOLAS
A community arts project created by Traveller women and girls over a 12-week journey which embeds the message of equality, inclusion and justice and consists of 6 pieces that focus on Traveller women's experiences using buttons, medals and brooches which is a reference to the Beady Pocket
Funder: HSE Social Inclusion, Funder: Invole Donegal, Funder: National Traveller Partnership, Funder: North West Drugs and Alcohol Task Force, Funder: Pavee Point Gender Equality, Funder: Tulsa
Concert at Ballymun Axis including Caitlin Donovan - Caitlin Donovan Irish Traveller Caitlin Donovan was born in Manchester and raised in Carlow and Kilkenny. She was steeped in the rich singing tradition of the Traveller Community from a young age. She learned her craft from her great grandmother, Josie Delaney and from her grandmother Bridget Donovan. This cross-generational family of singers, honour great life events of their people – singing together at weddings, christenings and funerals.
Funder: Arts Council, Funder: Dublin City Council
Artists: Caitlin Donovan
Music Artist, WILLZEE curated a live performance in Belltable as part of the November festival, TravFest. This featured an eclectic mix of artists from proud Traveller, folk-rapper Steo Wall and the ever growing popular performer, Sharyn Ward. WILLZEE also introduced some of the newer emerging voices from Limerick’s rap scene.
Funder: Traveller wellbeing through creativity
Artists: Sharyn Ward, Artists: Steo Wall, Artists: Willzee
You Looking at Me is the work of Travellers from Ballyfermot, Finglas and Coolock, Mental Health Services - Exchange House Ireland & Turn 2 Me, film producer Pat Comer of Comer Productions and performance artist & acting coach Sian Ní Mhuirí of Super Paua.
John Boy is the work of Travellers from Ballyfermot, Finglas and Coolock, Mental Health Services - Exchange House Ireland & Turn 2 Me, film producer Pat Comer of Comer Productions and performance artist & acting coach Sian Ní Mhuirí of Super Paua.
Funder: Office for Suicide Prevention
Artists: Davey Collins, Artists: Johnpaul Collins, Artists: Mary McDonagh
Encompassing eight stories inspired by the eight festivals in the wheel of the year. Designed by artist and bookbinder Éilís Murphy in a tête-bêche format, this unique and tactile book is illustrated by Yingge Xu and written by Deidre Sullivan and Oein deBharduin.
Artists: Oein de Bharduin
collection of twenty tales rooted in the oral tradition of the Irish Traveller community illustrated by Leanne McDonagh
Artists: Leanne McDonagh, Artists: Oein de Bharduin
Made with with Cornish gypsy Viv Legg
Artists: Thomas McCarthy, Artists: Viv Legg
A re-release of of cassette and book by the European Ethnic Oral Traditions (1983) and collected by Tom Munnelly.
Stories and songs from Johnny Cassidy and Kitty Cassidy Andy Cassidy recorded by Alen MacWeeney 1967 at Labre Park, Ballyfermot, Dubln
15 recordings from 1950s to 2005 - 20th anniversary of PP
Artists: Christy Dunne, Artists: Finbar Furey, Artists: John Doherty, Artists: John Rooney, Artists: Mary Frances Keenan, Artists: Mickey Dunne, Artists: Paddy Keenan, Artists: Pecker Dunne, Artists: The Rainey brothers
A two-hander play, performed by Michael Collins and his 10-year-old son, Johnny. The pair use songs and poetry to tell the story of a family who fear eviction in the wake of the Carrickmines fire.
Artists: Michael Collins
After his son’s death, Jim has become isolated from other family members and is misusing alcohol. The audience accompanies Jim on an emotional roller-coaster ride as he articulates loving memories of his son, his fears for the well-being of his other three children, the turmoil that has developed in his relationship with his wife, his anger at God, and his agonising questions about whether there was something he could have done to prevent his son’s death.
Artists: Michael Collins
A collection of essays published by Skein Press
Artists: Rosaleen McDonagh
5 Gigs and open mic at Cobblestone Pub Smithfield 2gigs in Kerry
Artists: Bridget Doyle, Artists: Finbar Furey, Artists: John Connors, Artists: Johnny Hand, Artists: Martin Anthony Collins, Artists: Paddy Collins, Artists: Selina Oleary, Artists: Thomas McCarthy
Gifted performers from the Travelling Community as they share the music, poetry, and stories that resonate within their cultural heritage.
Artists: Chrissy Donoghue Ward, Artists: David Collins, Artists: Kathleen Keenan
From tinsmithing demonstrations and storytelling, to music and folklore, immerse yourself in Traveller culture.
Artists: Chrissy Donoghue Ward, Artists: James Collins, Artists: Sharyn Ward, Artists: Tom McDonnell, Artists: Trish Reilly
Batik workshop by Clonroche Traveller Women's Group around the theme of biodiversity that ran as part of the Bealtaine Festiaval.
Funder: Calmast SETU'S STEM Engagement Centre, Funder: Science Foundation Ireland, Funder: Wexford Local Development Agency
Artists: Joanne Donohoe
Francesca recently hosted a special workshop for Offaly Traveller Movement, where 20 participants joined her to learn about and create their own Beady Pockets. The workshop was filmed by Red Shoe Productions, and forms part of TG4’s upcoming arts series Imeall.
Artists: Francesca Hutchinson
A short film about the Beady Pocket. Traveller grandmother Kathleen Keenan shares her memories about a traditional Traveller women's craft with her granddaughter. A beady pocket was a traditional bag worn by Traveller women and decorated with beads and trinkets.
Funder: Heritage Council
A five minute animated film.
Funder: Heritage Council
Artists: Hazel Hurley
This map is a celebration of a proud nomadic past and rich culture. It was developed by Mags O’Sullivan of Cork Traveller Women’s Network, after she interviewed older Travellers who lived on the campsites around the city. Also a 5 minute film.
Funder: Cork City Council Local Heritage Fund
A leaflet that highlights public art works cultural exhibits commemorative hawthorn tree
An experiential art installation creating new knowledge and understanding on suicide among Travellers.
‘Lived Lives’ features a series of artworks created by artist Dr Seamus McGuinness of Galway Mayo Institute of Technology in collaboration with Professor Kevin Malone of UCD Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health. The artist uses textile to invoke the sense of loss and pain caused by suicide in the Traveller community and leaves one with a haunting sense of absence.
Artists: Dr Seamus McGuinness
13 Traveller women, aged from their early 20s to 60s and based in halting sites across the city, who took part in the museum’s outreach programme. Their medium was glass, and they learned to work with it over eight weeks with an artist.
Funder: Limerick City and County Council
Artists: Roisin de Buitlear
Pavee Point’s Primary Health Care workers spent this week at the Abbey Theatre developing the inspiring story of their work through drama, story and song with facilitator Kathleen Warner Yeates.
Funder: Ireland funds
Artists: Kathleen Warner Yeates
10 weeks of tinsmithing classes for Traveller men at Collins Barracks.
Funder: NMI
Artists: James Collins
A series of workshops on beady pocket with Traveller and settled women working together and facilitated by Roisin de Buitlear artist in residence at Collins Barracks, National Museum of Ireland.
Funder: NMI
Artists: Roisin de Buitlear
Night Shift, a new play written by Rosaleen McDonagh, was a very special occasion. It was a play written by, directed by, and acted by members of the Traveller community, which is rare.
Funder: Traveller wellbeing through creativity
As Visual Art Coordinator at the Learning Hub Limerick, Artist Melanie O’Rourke has developed a strong relationship with a group of Traveller teenage girls. For Inic, Melanie will work with Frank McCarthy and Limerick Printmakers in the Hub to develop a series of work based on ideas presented by these teenagers.
A halting site, on the grounds of the Parkway Shopping Centre, was home to several Traveller families in Limerick until the 1990s. Following development, families were moved to the Childers Road Halting Site from where many women access LTHP services. Artists Julianne Hennelly and Amy Bowdren will work with this group to recall memories from their time growing up in the Parkway with an exhibition to follow in a retail unit of the shopping centre.
Funder: Traveller wellbeing through creativity
To work with a group of 5 Traveller women and youth from Fermoy with the support of previous partners to write and publish a sequel to “Maggie May” for primary school children which will be included their schools cultural awareness work.
Funder: Traveller wellbeing through creativity
'No Fixed Abode' is a play written and performed by the Travellers of North Cork (TNC), and which was peformed for Traveller Ethnicity Celebration 2024. The play was developed with 18 Traveller women from Charleville. The actors will to respond to the ongoing requests for this play to be toured and to develop it into a more professional piece under the guidance of a Community Theatre Facilitator.
Funder: Traveller wellbeing through creativity
A rewriting of the classic in a Traveller setting.
Funder: Traveller wellbeing through creativity