{"id":11637,"date":"2022-04-21T15:06:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T14:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/eilis-dillon-cuimhni-clainne-visual-art-commission\/"},"modified":"2022-04-21T15:06:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T14:06:42","slug":"galways-great-read-eilis-dillon-cuimhni-clainne-family-memories","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/galways-great-read-eilis-dillon-cuimhni-clainne-family-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"Galway&#8217;s Great Read: Eil\u00eds Dillon; Cuimhn\u00ed Clainne \/ Family Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of &#8216;Galway&#8217;s Great Read 2020&#8217;,<span><span><span><span><span><span> Galway Public Libraries has commissioned visual artist Ruth O&#8217;Donnell <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>to create a new unique artwork to commemorate and celebrate the life and work of<span><span><span><span><span><span> one of the West of Ireland\u2019s most versatile writers, Eil\u00eds Dillon, in the centenary year of her birth.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Eil\u00eds Dillon\u2019s lineage is steeped in history, literature and art. 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