Alan Counihan
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Have you been to ‘Queen Maeve’s Vulva’? Ireland’s oddest placenames
- Heritage
- November 17, 2018, 06:00
A koan is a paradoxical riddle without a solution. It’s also an apt definition of many of Ireland’s placenames. These encoded glimpses into our cultur(...)
What are the strange artworks popping up all over Mayo?
- Art & Design
- January 6, 2018, 05:00
I’m out on the headland at Kilcummin, in north Co Mayo, looking for art. It’s a bright, cold winter’s day, and signage has guided me through the tiny (...)
Death to elitism: Askeaton's artistic challenge
- Art & Design
- July 21, 2016, 06:00
The antidote to all that is elitist and contrived about contemporary art is to be found in the sleepy, bypassed town of Askeaton over the next 10 day(...)
A bus brings Mad Max to Carlow | Visual Arts round-up
- Art & Design
- June 9, 2015, 04:00
Echt – Bedwyr Williams **** AIB Éigse Open Submission 2015 **** Post-Electric: Gimme More; Exchange; and Database ***** Visual, Carl(...)
