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As part of Birr Vintage Week, volunteers, members of the festival team, and young people, joined artist Caoimhe Dunn for a week of workshops, creating a carnival procession inspired by the River Camcor, that passes through the town of Birr. Video created by Dominic Palmer.

Young people from around Tullow Road, Co. Carlow joined artist Caoimhe Dunn and dancer Lesley Dempsey for five weeks of workshops with Carlow Regional Youth Service. The young people choregraphed a dance routine and designed their own costumes for a performance on June 15th for Cruinniú na nÓg. Permission has been obtained from all participants in this video. Where it may be removed, the video ...

In 2024, over the month of May, local participants joined artist Caoimhe Dunn in creating new props and Costumes for the Festival of Ferns Parade on June 3rd. The Parade theme was the inauguration of the King of Leinster, Diarmait Mac Murchada, and Participants created an Inauguration Stone for the King as well as props and Costumes for his warriors. This project is funded by Wexford County Cou...

A short video of the Lantern Procession at the Tower & Tales Festival . Artist Caoimhe Dunn joined Tower and Tales Festival to create ‘Solas Na Bealtaine’, Launching the festival on May 3rd. The Festival Eve Lantern Parade lit up the Lismore Millennium Park and Lismore Castle Gardens with a promenade of lanterns made by local families, guided by community volunteers, festival artists, Lismore M...

Living Arts Project - Shadow puppetry 2024

Contact us @ snails_tale 'A Snail's Tale' is a family friendly, gently surreal promenade style street theatre show created and performed by Caoimhe Dunn and Dominic Palmer. Join aging knight Sir Babosa, his scribe, portraitist and muse Isabeau, and their giant left handed snail Mishelle on a softly meandering journey in search of love, music, and luscious lettuce! 'A Snail's Tale'...

In 2024 I returned to Killorglin to celebrate St. Brigid’s day & Imbolc, and to create a brand new piece for the Biddy’s Day Festival parade. Working with a small team, who were learning lantern & willow construction techniques, I created a huge lantern float of a ‘Brídeog’ figure, as well as giant Brigid’s crosses in different styles, for the 2024 Biddy’s day festival parade, joining our previ...

Sir Babosa and his trusty scribe and theme tune minstrel Isabeau put their beloved snail steed into hibernation for the winter. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from 'A Snail's Tale.' Royalty free music by Infraction Link to original piece: th-cam.com/video/isVoNg_tn_k/w-d-xo.html Link to TH-cam channel: www.youtube.com/@UCkRrhwhJ2Ia_ZlkTQ4XFWJA

As Part of The Irish National Circus Festival, I facilitated an outreach project with Mercy School Mount Hawk in Tralee, working with Transition Year students. They created something very special for the National Circus Festival parade 2023. On Sunday 4th of November they brought the Circus Festival serpent to life on the streets of Tralee! Royalty free music used from: th-cam.com/video/BnzKZw4...

In October 2023, I returned to Greywood Arts to celebrate Samhain. Working with a small team, who were Learning lantern & Willow construction techniques, an installation, inspired by the Samhain season, was created in the dark of Glenbower woods. Over 70 adults and young people took part in workshops creating their own lanterns for a parade that led into the woods to the installation accompanie...

In Autumn 2023, as part of Wexford County Council’s Creative Communities Programme, hosted by Wexford Arts Centre, I worked with over 60 adults and young people to create a Halloween lantern parade in Wexford Town. On October 30th, the participants brought their creations out on a Lantern procession from the Wexford Arts Centre, accompanied by the Bloco Garman Drummers.

After 3 years on hold, Biddy's Day festival and Parade were back in Killorglin for 2023. I hosted a workshop at the Sean scoil for local family groups to create bee shaped lanterns for the parade to accompany the beehive made way back in 2020. It was great to see the beehive going out after so long and to meet up with the lads who had made it with me. Many thanks to the Biddy's Day Festival & C...

Taking inspiration from illustrations in medieval manuscripts, A Snail's Tale tells an unforgettable, entertaining story of imaginary creatures once only found in monkish doodles... available for the 2023 season! Get in touch to book Sir Babosa, a knight errant and dashing dare-do-well takes to the road to explore, do good and find love for his snailly steed, Mishelle, who is quite unique - tru...

Greywood Arts Samhain 2022

Kerry Street Spectacle Project 2020 - Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí DRAFT 1

Samhain Greywood Arts Lantern Procession

Straw Memories - Chatting with Martin Shannon from Lumen Street Theatre

Straw Memories - Looking at the Mummers Play

St. Brigid's Day Customs - Living Arts Project

Making a St. Brigid's Cross - Living Arts Project

Celebrating Spring - Making a Brigid's Cross

Making a Notebook

Kerry Street Spectacle Project 2020 - Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí

Kerry Street Spectacle Project 2020 - Photomontage

Jack O'Lantern Making

Lantern Making and Ceol na gCrann - The making of a Creative Communities Project

Queen Maeve's Bunclody Cattle Raid

Makers & Shakers present Queen Maeve's Cattle Raid 19/07/19