Thanks

photo by Jonty

~ THANK YOU! ~

Our deepest thanks to the people, places and things of Marble Arch Caves Global Geopark for hosting DREAMING PLACE. Your generosity helped create a wonderfully fruitful project with an exciting  future. Our 40 days and 40 nights at Marble Arch Caves Global Geopark was really productive as well as an enriching experience. Thank you for helping shape DREAMING PLACE by sharing your wisdom, specialist knowledge, places, things and good craic with us.

As you know, our fieldwork is over, but we are still blogging…..so join us here, at our blog, www.dreamingplace.eu to continue the collaborative adventure!

We are also in the process of creating a short radio series with the multitude of audio recordings from our stay at MAC Geopark and we are working on venues to exhibit our collaborative drawings from this traveling residency.

We will keep you posted as the project develops. We hope you will stay in touch with us as well! We hope to come back to “your neck of the woods” one day!

Special thanks to People: Richard Watson, Martina Magee and the staff of Marble Arch Caves, David Scott of Gortatole Activity Centre, Diane Henshaw, Rose Cremin and Tommy McLaughlin of Fermanagh District Council, Catriona O’Reilly of Cavan County Council, Les Brown of Irish Cave Rescue, Seamus O’hUtacháin of The Burren, Sean Thornton of Carratraw Canoe Centre, Ignatius Maguire of Belcoo, Bridget Maguire of Galloon Island, Miriam de Búrca and Helen Sharp of Outland Arts, Nancy and Gilly (dogs of Crom), Sarah and Naomi of Crom Visitor Centre, Adan and Joe from Galloon Island, Susan Hughes, Alan Milligan, Lorna, Kiera Mc Cluskey and Talie Mau of Fermanagh Visual Arts, Robert and Hannah Northridge of Enniskillen, Margaret Gallagher of Boho, Mary Jane Cassidy of Tawnymakelly who had us in to tea, Farmer John who offered us water, Jonty of the Galloon Old School House, Barbara and Les from Canada, Mac and Carol McIntyre from Buckinghamshire who we interviewed at Rushin House Caravan Park, Jane Gilgun of Minnesota, Andy, Sally and Catkin Rawnsley of the Puzzler Narrowboat, Jim Ledwith of the mummers and all the many people not named above who gave us their advice, opinions and dreams.

Special thanks to Places: the fast flowing rivers, bogs, wild woods, loughs and forests, especially those of Higher and Lower Lough Erne and Upper and Lower Lough MacNean, the uplands of Marlbank and Burren, the hills and Mountains, especially Cuilcagh mountain, GortaMcConnell and Knockninny hill and our many beautiful camping spots.

Special thanks to Things: the cycles, rowing boats, kayaks and canoes, our feet, camping gas, delicious food, diesel van, computers, butterflies, grasses, deer, frogs and hares, limestone, cave systems, starry saxifrage, Dreaming Place groundsheet,  cottages, musical instruments, cups of tea, wild garlic, elderflower fritters, teapots, audio recorders, Irish Gallic, the dialects of Northern Ireland and Éire and the voices of the birds, insects, trees, fires, musical instruments, marshes, paddles, breezes, rivers and rain.

Many thanks,
Anna Keleher and Claire Coté
www.dreamingplace.eu