{"id":34456,"date":"2025-03-12T03:03:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T03:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/toch-dig-launch-event\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T03:03:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T03:03:12","slug":"toch-dig-launch-event","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/toch-dig-launch-event\/","title":{"rendered":"T\u00f3ch | Dig &#8211; Launch Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"DE\">\u2018T\u00f3ch | Dig\u2019 Launch &#8211; Thursday, 20th February 2025 at 7pm, in the Bog of Allen Nature Centre<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"DE\">\u2018T\u00f3ch I Dig\u2019 is a phased intergenerational community engagement project, initiated by three artists&nbsp;<\/span><span>Pamela de Br\u00ed<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">, Shane Hynan and Sheena Malone who are interested in working with communities of place and interest connected to bogs in north Kildare.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"DE\">This event marks the end of Phase I of&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"AR-SA\">\u2018<\/span><span>T<\/span><span lang=\"ES-TRAD\">\u00f3<\/span><span>ch | Dig<\/span><span lang=\"AR-SA\">\u2019<\/span><span lang=\"DE\"> which focused on building an&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">oral history archive through engagement with&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"DE\">peatland<\/span><span lang=\"NL\"> communities in Allen, Allenwood,&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"DE\">Ballyteague, Carbury, Coill Dubh,&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Lullymore, Prosperou<\/span><span lang=\"DE\">s, Rathangan, Robertstown and Ticknevin<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">. During this phase<\/span><span lang=\"DE\">,<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> interviews&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"DE\">were<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> conducted with local people about their experiences, memories and stories relating to the bog.&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"DE\">On the night, these interviews will be presented along with photographic portraits and related artefacts.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">While Phase&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"DE\">I&nbsp;has been firmly rooted in&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">the past,&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"DE\">P<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">hase&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"DE\">II<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> and&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"DE\">III<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> will&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"DE\">move towards the present and then the future of the bog.&nbsp;A short panel discussion will provide insight into the future plans for the project, which will involve young people and<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> encourage a reimagining of the&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"DE\">peatlands,<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> using the oral history archive as a starting point.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"DE\">All are welcome to the Bog of Allen Nature Centre, to celebrate the conclusion of&nbsp;Phase I and look forward to the unfolding of Phase II.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"DE\">Refreshments will be served. For further information contact <\/span><a href=\"mailto:tochdig@gmail.com\"><span lang=\"DE\">tochdig@gmail.com<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"DE\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":34457,"template":"","class_list":["post-34456","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>T\u00f3ch | Dig - Launch Event - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u2018T\u00f3ch | Dig\u2019 Launch - Thursday, 20th February 2025 at 7pm, in the Bog of Allen Nature Centre\u2018T\u00f3ch I Dig\u2019 is a phased intergenerational community engagement project, initiated by three artists&nbsp;Pamela de Br\u00ed, Shane Hynan and Sheena Malone who are interested in working with communities of place and interest connected to bogs in north Kildare.\" \/>\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\/toch-dig-launch-event\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"T\u00f3ch | Dig - Launch Event - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u2018T\u00f3ch | Dig\u2019 Launch &#8211; Thursday, 20th February 2025 at 7pm, in the Bog of Allen Nature Centre \u2018T\u00f3ch I Dig\u2019 is a phased intergenerational community engagement project, initiated by three artists&nbsp;Pamela de Br\u00ed, Shane Hynan and Sheena Malone who are interested in working with communities of place and interest connected to bogs in north [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/toch-dig-launch-event\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CreativeIrl\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mg_3013_wip-smaller-scaled.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@creativeirl\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/toch-dig-launch-event\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/toch-dig-launch-event\/\",\"name\":\"T\u00f3ch | Dig - Launch Event - Creative Ireland Programme\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/toch-dig-launch-event\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/toch-dig-launch-event\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mg_3013_wip-smaller-scaled.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-12T03:03:12+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/toch-dig-launch-event\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/toch-dig-launch-event\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/toch-dig-launch-event\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mg_3013_wip-smaller-scaled.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mg_3013_wip-smaller-scaled.jpeg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/toch-dig-launch-event\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"T\u00f3ch | Dig &#8211; Launch Event\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Creative Ireland Programme\",\"description\":\"The Creative Ireland Programme is guided by a vision that every person in Ireland will have the opportunity to realise their full creative potential. 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