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Newsflash: Heritage Council supports www.curator.ie project

Posted by Ciaran Walsh on March 26, 2012 – 4:37 pm
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Newsflash, just announced, Heritage Council supports Kerry (Ballyheigue) based Project  The Heritage Council has just confirmed significant support for a photographic project developed by Ciarán Walsh a freelance curator based in Ballyheigue. Working with co-curator Dáithi de Mórdha of Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhór, they have put together the 'Headhunter' project, an education and outreach project that features one of the most important photographic archives to have ever come into the public domain. In its letter the Heritage states that projects like this ' are critically important in the current climate for the contribution it makes to cultural tourism, education and/or quality of life.  The project will be launched in Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhór in May of this year before commencing a tour of some of the most important cultural venues in Ireland.  Attached is the first photograph ever of the Great Blasket Island and its community.  More info: 066 401 1080

 

Newsflash:  Heritage Council supports www.curator.ie project

 

The Heritage Council has just confirmed significant support for a photographic project developed by Ciarán Walsh | www.curator.ie. Working with co-curator Dáithi de Mórdha of Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir, they have put together the ‘Headhunter’ project, an education and outreach project that features one of the most important photographic archives to have ever come into the public domain. In its letter the Heritage  Council states that a project like this is ‘critically important in the current climate for the contribution it makes to cultural tourism, education and/or quality of life.

The project has also received significant financial support from the Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir and the Visitor Services Section of The Office of Public Works (OPW).

It will be launched in Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir in May of this year before commencing a tour of some of the most important cultural venues in Ireland.

Reproduced above, with the permission of the Board of Trinity College Dublin, is the first photograph ever of the Great Blasket Island community.

More info: +353 (0) 66 401 1080 | +353 (0) 87 237 0846

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