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‘Headhunter’ exhibition opens in The National Museum Of Ireland, Country Life.

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Posted by Ciaran Walsh on January 7, 2013 – 12:02 pm
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The photograph shows the 'Headhunter' exhibition being installed in The National Museum of Ireland. It features a half plate field camera (c 1895) and a skull sitting on top of a display case while members of the museum's staff hang the photographs of Charles R Browne in the background. The exhibition was developed by Ciarán Walsh of EYEBALL publishing,web www.curator.ie, an independent curator based in Balltheigue, Co Kerry, Ireland. It was developed with Dáithí de Mórddha of Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir,Blasket Centre, Dún Chaoin, with funding from the OPEW and the Heritage Council.

 

 

The photograph shows the ‘Headhunter’ exhibition being installed in The National Museum of Ireland | Country Life in Turlough Park, Castlebar. It features a half plate field camera (c 1895 provided by Chris Rodmell) and a skull sitting on top of a display case while members of the museum’s staff hang the photographs of Charles R Browne in the background. The exhibition was developed by Ciarán Walsh of www.curator.ie and Dáithí de Mórdha of Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir,Blasket Centre, Dún Chaoin, with funding from the OPW and the Heritage Council. Séamas Mac Philib of  The National Museum of Ireland | Country Life is the curator. The exhibition runs until May 2013.

 

For more information contact  Country Life at  

+353 94 903 1755

or 

tpark@museum.ie

or visit the website at

http://www.museum.ie/en/exhibition/the-irish-headhunter.aspx

 

Headhunters: Special Showing in OPW Headquarters, Trim.

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Posted by Ciaran Walsh on December 4, 2012 – 4:00 pm
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Publicity shot of the 'Headhunter' exhibition in the headquarters of the OPW (Office of Public Works)  in Trim, Co. Meath, in the east of Ireland. The exhibition entitled 'The Irish Headhunter, The photograph Albums of Charles R. Browne' was developed by Ciarán Walsh who runs www.curator.ie, a web orientated media and punlishing company based in Ballyheigue.

 

‘HEADHUNTERS’  IN TRIM

The ‘Headhunter’ exhibition has been touring the west of Ireland since May, starting in the Blasket Centre and moving through Aran, Connemara and on to Meath where it has just opened in  the spectacular building that is the headquarters of the OPW  – by architect Pat Boyle of the OPW and worth a look in itself.  The Headhunter project was developed with support from the OPW.

It is on show there until the 14 December and   this is the last chance to see the exhibition in the Pale. It moves back west in December  when it goes on show in the National Museum of Ireland, Country Life in Castlebar.

 

 

‘Headhunter’ exhibition moves to the National Museum Of Ireland – Country Life in Mayo.

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Posted by Ciaran Walsh on November 19, 2012 – 12:06 pm
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Headhunter Exhibition opens in Ráth Cairn, County Meath.

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Posted by Ciaran Walsh on October 11, 2012 – 10:36 pm
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The Irish Headhunter: the Photographic Albums of Charles R. Browne, an exhibition by Ciarán Walsh and Dáithí de Mórdha. The photograph shows the poster for the exhibition as part of Éigse Dharach Uí Chatháin (celebration of Dharach Uí Chatháin, traditional singer*) in Áras Pobail (Community Centre) in the irish speaking community in Ráth Cairn, County Meath, Ireland. The festival took place during the weekend of 5 October, 2012. The xhibition was developed with funding by the Heritage Council of Ireland and the presented with funding from The Office of Public Works (OPW). A catalogue was published with funding from The Office of Public Works (OPW). The exhibition is now on tour to venues in Irish speaking areas of Ireland. In Decemmber it moves to the National Museum of Ireland. *Darach Ó Catháin is one of the acknowledged masters of the Connemara style of sean-nós singing. Sean nós (which means 'old style') is a highly-ornamented style of solo, unaccompanied singing in the Irish tradition. In 1975 he released an album titled "Traditional Irish Unaccompanied Singing"(Shanachie) which by wide consent is among the best sean-nós recordings ever made. His rendition of "Sail Òg Rua" particularly stands out. Darach also wrote songs from the age of twelve.

Oireachtas na Gaeilge hosts ‘Headhunters’ in Connemara

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Posted by Ciaran Walsh on August 29, 2012 – 10:16 am
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Poster for 'Headhunter' exhibition hosted by Oireachtas na Gaeilge and organised by Ciarán Walsh, www.curator.ie in association with Dáithí de Mórdha, Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhór.  The exhibition takes place from 1 to 25 September 2012 in The Connemara Islands Golf Course, Eanach Mheáin, Leitir Mór, Connemara. It features the photographs of Charles R. Browne, The Irish Headhunter. The event is an exhibition of photographs taken by Browne during ethnographic surveys that stretched from Dingle to Conemara and Mayo. The poster features young boys in traditional dress. It was taken in 1898 in Connemara. For Information: eolas@antoireachtas.ie / +353(0)872370846.

 

 

National Heritage Week 2012: The Irish Headhunter moves to Inis Mór, Aran Islands

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Posted by Ciaran Walsh on August 13, 2012 – 1:56 pm
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Poster for National Heritage Week 2012 event organised by Ciarán Walsh, www.curator.ie in Coláiste Ó Direaín, Inis Mór, The Aran Islands, Co Galway, featuring the photographs of Charles R. Browne, The Irish Headhunter. The event is an exhibition of photographs taken by Browne during ethnographic surveys that stretched from Dingle to Conemara and Mayo. The poster features a young boy in traditional Aran costume. It was taken in 1891 and is among the earliest surviving photographs of the Aran Island. For Information:  Coláiste Ó Direáin, Gort na gCapall, Oileáin Árann, Co na Gaillimhe, Éire. (ph) 353 (0)99 61264 (mob) 353(0) 87 6979979. info@odireain.com

 

 

Clár Imeall, TG4, films a feature on ‘The Headhunter’ exhibition in Áras Éanna, Aran.

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Posted by Ciaran Walsh on July 24, 2012 – 3:58 pm
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Clár Imeall TG4 filming 'The Headhunter' exhibition in Áras Éanna, Aran. 'The Headhunter' exhibition was organised and curated by Ciarán Walsh / www.curator.ie as part of an Education and Outreach project funded by the Heritage Council of Ireland, 2012 with funding from the OPW.

 

Clár Imeall, the arts and culture documentary programme on TG4, spent the day recording a feature on ‘The Irish Headhunter’ exhibition currently on show in Áras Éanna, the arts centre on Inis Oírr (Inisheer), the Aran Islands. Directed by Maggie Breathnach of Red Shoe Productions and filmed by Andy with contributions by Ciaran Walsh /www.curator.ie,  Caomháin Ó Conghaile, Inis Oírr, and Deirdre Ní Conghaile who has just completed a fellowship in the University of Notre Dame. The programme will be broadcast in October 2012.

 

Logos for the agencies that have supported the "Irish Headhunter, The Photograph Albums of Charles R, Browne' a project developed by www.curator.ie. The logos feature the Research Collections and Manuscripts library in Trinity College Dublin, The Blasket Centre, Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir, The National Museum of Ireland - Country Life, The Office of Public Works (OPW), The Heritage Council, Áras Éanna Inis Oírr (Inisheer, Aran Islands) and Oireachtas na Gaeilge.

 

 

 

www.curator.ie invites you to meet the Irish Headhunters

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Posted by Ciaran Walsh on April 27, 2012 – 9:44 am
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Ciarán Walsh, www.curator.ie, launches the 'Irish Headhunter Project,' May 2012, the most important photographic archive to come into the public domain in Ireland in a long time. In association with Trinity College Dublin, The Blasket Centre, Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir, Justin Carville, Ciarán Rooney and Séamas Mac Philib, The National Museum of Ireland - Country Life. Supported by the Office of Public Works and the Heritage Council.

 

Ciarán Walsh, www.curator.ie, launches the 'Irish Headhunter Project,' May 2012, the most important photographic archive to come into the public domain in Ireland in a long time. In association with Trinity College Dublin, The Blasket Centre, Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir, Justin Carville, Ciarán Rooney and Séamas Mac Philib, The National Museum of Ireland - Country Life. Supported by the Office of Public Works and the Heritage Council.

 

 

Exhibition Dates 2012 /13

 

Ionad An Bhlascaoid Mhóir
3 May, 2012 – 23 June, 2012

 

Ionad Ealaíne Áras Éanna, Inis Oirr,

1 July, 2012 – 28 July 2012

 

Coláiste Ó Direáin, Inis Mór, Oileáin Árann

18 – 25 August, 2012 | National Heritage Week 2012.

 

Oireachtas na Gaeilge, An Galf Chúrsa, Eanach Mheáin
1 -25 September  2012 

(opening 19.30 Friday 31 August 2012. An Galf Chursa, Eanach Mheáin).

 

Áras Uí Ghrámhnaigh, Ráth Chairn, Baile Átha Buí, Co. na Mí.

05 – 31 October 2012

 

OPW Headquarters, Trim, Co Meath.

26 November  – 14 December 2012

 

Árd Mhúsaem na hÉireann, Saol na Tuaithe, Castlebar

National Musuem, of Ireland, Country Life, Castlebar

January 2012 – May 2013

 

 

2013

 

The Haddon Library, Cambridge University (September).

 

 

 

Catalogue | Catalóg

 

Fiagaí na gCeann Gaelach: Na hAlbaim Ghrianghraf le Charles R. Browne

The Irish Headhunter: The Photographic Albums of Charles R. Browne

by

Ciarán Walsh | www.curator.ie & Dáithí De Mórdha

 

Ciarán Walsh, www.curator.ie, launches the 'Irish Headhunter Project,' May 2012, the most important photographic archive to come into the public domain in Ireland in a long time. In association with Trinity College Dublin, The Blasket Centre, Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir, Justin Carville, Ciarán Rooney and Séamas Mac Philib, The National Museum of Ireland - Country Life. Supported by the Office of Public Works and the Heritage Council.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is this the most important photographic archive in Ireland? www.curator.ie launches the ‘Irish Headhunter Project,’ May 2012.

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Posted by Ciaran Walsh on April 25, 2012 – 10:51 am
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Ciarán Walsh, www.curator.ie, launches the 'Irish Headhunter Project,' May 2012, the most important photographic archive to come into the public domain in Ireland in a long time. Co-curator Dáithí de Mórdha. In association with Trinity College Dublin, The Blasket Centre, Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir, Justin Carville, Ciarán Rooney and Séamas Mac Philib, The National Museum of Ireland - Country Life. Supported by the Office of Public Works and the Heritage Council.

 © The Board of Trinity College Dublin

 

www.curator.iepresents the ‘Irish Headhunter Project,’ an exhibition by Ciarán Walsh and Dáithí de Mórdha

 

in association with

Trinity College Dublin, The Royal Irish Academy, Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir / The Blasket Centre,  Mairéad Ní Ghallchóir (Áras Éanna, Inis Oírr, Árann), Jane Maxwell (TCD), Tim Keefe (TCD), Justin Carville (IADT Dún Laoghaire), Ciarán Rooney (FILMBANK Colour Management) and Séamas Mac Philib, The National Museum of Ireland – Country Life.

Funded by the Office of Public Works (OPW) and The Heritage Council.

 

 

Ciarán Walsh, www.curator.ie, launches the 'Irish Headhunter Project,' May 2012, the most important photographic archive to come into the public domain in Ireland in a long time. In association with Trinity College Dublin, The Blasket Centre, Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir, Justin Carville, Ciarán Rooney and Séamas Mac Philib, The National Museum of Ireland - Country Life. Supported by the Office of Public Works and the Heritage Council.

 

 

Introducing

Charles R. Browne, the Irish ‘Headhunter’

 

How did one explain the presence of a primitive (white) race living in the back yard of the United Kingdom – at the height of the British Empire? Scientists based in Trinity College Dublin attempted to do just that by documenting the physical characteristics and habits of  communities in the remotest parts of Ireland. Starting in Aran in 1891, they moved along the west coast and finished up in Carna in 1900. The whole thing was recorded by Charles R. Browne and his associates on a new generation of portable cameras using plates and rolled film, the latest in photographic technology at the time. They took more than photos however, they were the Irish ‘headhunters.’

Alive or dead the head of the Irish native was at the centre of all of their research, cranial capacity (brain size) and physiognomy being regarded as the key to unlocking the mystery of the origins of the Irish race. Specimens – the skulls of dead islanders – were collected and lodged in the Museum of Comparative Anatomy in TCD. Live heads were also taken … with a camera. These anthropometric portraits were contextualised with photographs of “the occupations, modes of transport, and habitations of the people, also several of the antiquities of the district, and a set of views showing surface of land and nature of coastline, etc.”

‘Charles R. Browne The Irish Headhunter’ exhibition will present in exhibition, for the first time ever, the photographs collected by Charles R. Browne. These are held in the Research Collection and Manuscripts Library of Trinity College Dublin. They have been scanned and reproduced especially for this exhibition and it is the first time most of them will have been seen in public.

This is probably the most important photographic archive to come into the public domain. It is supported by written reports – ethnographies – that are held in the Royal Irish Academy. Browne’s archive is singular in terms of its depiction of life on the west coast of Ireland in the 1890s. The anthropological inquiry – and the headhunting – that motivated it is one of the best kept secrets in Ireland.

Information: Ciarán Walsh +353(0)872370846.

 

 

Ciarán Walsh, www.curator.ie,Philip Lavelle, 1894, a photograph from the Irish Headhunter Exhibition, curated by Ciaran Walsh." The Irish Headhunter project is an exhibition of photographs collected by Charles R. Browne between 1891 and 1900. They are held in the Research Collections and Manuscripts library in Trinity College Dublin.It is presented in association with Trinity College Dublin, The Blasket Centre, Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir, Justin Carville, Ciarán Rooney and Séamas Mac Philib, The National Museum of Ireland - Country Life. Supported by the Office of Public Works and the Heritage Council.

meet the Irish Headhunters

 

The photographs are reproduced with the permission of the Board of Trinity College Dublin.

The Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy are published with the permission of the Royal Irish Academy ©RIA.

 

The ‘Headhunter’ project has been made possible with financial support of  the

Office of Public Works (OPW) and

The Heritage Council (Education and Outreach Grants 2012).

 

Ciarán Walsh, www.curator.ie, launches the 'Irish Headhunter Project,' May 2012, the most important photographic archive to come into the public domain in Ireland in a long time. In association with Trinity College Dublin, The Blasket Centre, Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir, Justin Carville, Ciarán Rooney and Séamas Mac Philib, The National Museum of Ireland - Country Life. Supported by the Office of Public Works and the Heritage Council.


 

 

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