Tabhair tacaíocht d’ealaíontóirí áitiúla!
Support artists you know, who are local, who need your support!
Ceol! Leabhair! Music! Books!
le Paul Ó Colmáin:
New work: Jazz Book, a limited edition artbook of lino prints of Jazz Greats
also: i ndomhain a lino print series.
Children’s book
Behind Every Hero – Fionn MacCumhail & the Scottish Giant
by Paul Ó Colmáin, illustrated by Dubhaltach Ó Colmáin.
A re-telling of an old tale for young ‘uns and old ‘uns alike!
To purchase a copy and see photos of the launch click the link above.
…agus Suantraí
The latest album, an t-albam nua, "...agus Suantraí " – an album of calming, restorative, lullaby-like songs – buy it immediately!
The Silence Unravelling
From Eblana Press, a book of haiku & tanka, by Paul Ó Colmáin,
The Silence Unravelling
“These haiku and tanka are fresh, accurate, insightful and clear. They delight in our one and only world; they lift the heart, and quiet the mind.” Theo Dorgan
Children’s book
…agus Suantraí
The Silence Unravelling
The books & cds are also available in the wonderful
Forest & Flock, Bantry
Working Artist Studios and Ballydehob Post Office.
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We’ve just uploaded Episode 6 in the Podcast: Into the Mythic – Ancient Irish Stories for Modern Times. Peeling back the layers from our ancient myths, what are they trying to tell us? Why do we still tell them? On all the usual podcast platforms.
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Pop-Up Gaeltachts!
Fite Fuaite, An Sciobairín & Béal an Dá Chab, Artichoke (Ballydehob)
Ag reáchtáil Tob-Ghaeltacht —- Hosting a Pop-Up Gaeltacht
in 49, North St., Skibb. the final Thursday of the month at 2.00pm.
And in Artichoke, Ballydehob, the final Saturday of the month, 12.00 – 1.30 pm
For those who are fluent, hesitant or even without any Irish. Fáilte roimh chách.
Comhrá, craic, ceol…Conversation, Craic and some music, even!
Next:
Sat. 25th May. 2.00pm (Ballydehob) and
Thurs. 30th May 2.00pm (Skibb)
Ranganna Gaeilge
Irish classes for beginners and intermediate levels on Thursday mornings. 11.00: ard-rang; 12.00 beginners. In Working Artist Studios, Ballydehob. Contact me for details 086 053 1255.
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Haiku of the week
Like foaming breakers,
blackthorn sprays over store walls.
Blackbirds surf the foam.
For more about haiku, click here. Then, browse my Haiku of the Week Archives
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Having fun at The Given Note, a morning of poetry and song in Working Artist Studios for the Ballydehob Folk Festival. Another great festival. More here.
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Sceitimíní orm faoi seoladh mo fhíseán beochana nua agus EP nua!
Very excited at the launch of my new, animated music video and EP!
Roghnú Oifigiúil!
Official Selection for the Fastnet Film Festival 2024!
Illustrations, story and music by Paul Ó Colmáin.
Big thanks to Colm Rooney.
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Uisce faoi thalamh. Hidden. Buried.
In practising my Art, I am attempting to uncover an artefact in this bog that belongs to me.
“…glimpsed with atavistic instinct…”
Our language, Culture and Landscape are all connected. I cannot separate them.
“…gan teanga: gan anam..”
Like the Early Christian Irish monks, I seek to describe and marvel at Nature and express my response to it. Then to explore that response. To imagine and re-imagine.
My visual art, poetry and music and language are intertwined.