{"id":20230,"date":"2022-06-25T03:02:48","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T02:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/banagher-pillar-sculpture\/"},"modified":"2022-06-25T03:02:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T02:02:48","slug":"banagher-pillar-sculpture","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/banagher-pillar-sculpture\/","title":{"rendered":"Banagher Pillar Sculpture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><span>The Banagher Pillar was carved over a thousand years ago, possibly in the eighth century, and rediscovered in the old graveyard in the heart of the town <em>c.<\/em>1850. In recent decades it has inspired local artists including a local pottery. The pillar is now stored in the National Museum in Dublin.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span><span>The idea behind this project is to instigate a collaborative process of discovery, exploration, connection and design with the local community in Banagher to devise an appropriate response to the Banagher Pillar for the town. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>Members of the local community including students from Banagher College-Col\u00e1iste na Sionna will travel to the National Museum in Dublin and examine the pillar possibly hearing from a relevant expert from the Museum\u2019s staff and discuss its significance.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>The same group will also travel to Clonmacnoise and look at the stonework there that was probably made in the same workshop as the Banagher Pillar. The Shannon links Clonmacnoise with Banagher.<\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>Informed by what the group discovers, and by the experience of life in Banagher, sculptor, Ciaran Byrne will work with the local community to devise themes and motifs for a new pillar, to be carved from stone as the original pillar.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span>An exhibition will be organised based on the research and proposals generated by the community engagement aspect of the project. 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