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Annie Nolan, Nolans Veg, Finavarra

I drove to Finavarra, near Newquay, this morning to visit Annie Nolan, who runs a farm and a fruit and vegetable shop from the contents of her farm. She was the last person I wanted to visit before christmas, and I was supposed to go [...]

Eggs & Butter- Kay Kelleher, Athlacca, Limerick

I went to visit Kay yesterday in Athlacca, Co Limerick. I had made contact with Kay through my mother-in-law who has proved a useful source of contacts to access women in rural settings. Kay lives in her family farm which is now run by her [...]

Whelans quarry site visit

I met Brian, manager of the quarry, and loads of other quarries around Co Clare, this morning at 8am to go into the quarry. It was drizzling and windy, therefore good weather in Co Clare terms. We drove in and first of all, I had [...]

Eggs & Butter: Nancy Gavin, Lavalla

So I went to visit Nancy Gavin, Lavalla, near Ballynacally, Co Clare. I had no idea where this was but it turned out to be only 15 mins from Ennis. Nancy is in her 70's and has 6 kids, and 14 grandchildren. She has a [...]

Whelan’s Quarry

This is a quarry, now closed 10 years, on the Lahinch road, on way to Lahinch from Ennis. After many phone calls and the cumbersome process of obtaining new public liability insurance, I now am finally able to officially visit the space. I could have [...]

Eggs & Butter- work to date

In terms of the brown paper roll I have made I filmed it as the best way I could manage to view it: https://vimeo.com/476022833 Its still not easy to indicate scale here, I suppose about 20 foot long now? I envisaged it as a possible [...]

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