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Rare footage of Garland Sunday being celebrated in Lahinch in the 1950s forms part of a new, multi-media exhibition by local artist, Anne Maree Barry. Barry, who moved to North Clare five years ago, uncovered the rare, black-and-white footage in the National Archive and has developed it into a short film with an original soundtrack. The footage was originally shot by Paddy O’Neill, formally of Ennistymon and Lahinch. Barry both wrote the lyrics and performed the accompanying soundtrack, with music from Enda Gallery and fiddle from Aindrias de Staic. This film, entitled All Alone, is running in the Red Couch Space in the gallery, and is a companion piece to an exhibition of photographs by Barry in the upstairs gallery. This exhibition is inspired by Barry’s own experiences of rave culture on Red Rock Beach at Howth Head in Dublin in years gone by. Garland Sunday was a festival of music and dance which took place in Lahinch in the …
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