{"id":26605,"date":"2023-09-02T03:03:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T02:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/portrait-of-mcswynes-castle\/"},"modified":"2023-09-02T03:03:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T02:03:29","slug":"portrait-of-mcswynes-castle","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/portrait-of-mcswynes-castle\/","title":{"rendered":"Portrait of McSwyne\u2019s Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span>The project aims to bring to life the history of McSwyne\u2019s Castle on St. John\u2019s Point, through artistic representation of how it may have once looked. Preserving its memory for antiquity.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>In 2022, a full Conservation Survey was carried out on McSwyne\u2019s Castle and the worst fears were confirmed.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>The Castle sits on an outcrop from the St. John\u2019s Point peninsular which is slowly being eroded by the sea. We are likely to see it completely disappear within 40 years or less. Sea defences could extend the life by a decade, but this would have serious costs, which will be difficult to justify for a short extension of life.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>So instead, the aim is to turn the\u00a0 attention to conserving the memory of the castle. It is planned\u00a0 to run archaeological scans and digs, but to really bring its history to life an experienced archaeologist and artist will be employed to capture drawings of how it stands now and how it may have looked in the past.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>The work brings together artists, archaeologists and conservation architects to deliver for the community.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":26606,"template":"","class_list":["post-26605","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Portrait of McSwyne\u2019s Castle - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The project aims to bring to life the history of McSwyne\u2019s Castle on St.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/portrait-of-mcswynes-castle\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Portrait of McSwyne\u2019s Castle - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The project aims to bring to life the history of McSwyne\u2019s Castle on St. John\u2019s Point, through artistic representation of how it may have once looked. 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