From Daingean with Love….
November 2, 2009
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A selection of the postcards made during the From Daingean with Love … weekends.
The brief of the project was simply; to make a postcard for a town that has no postcards. The project was inspired by the fact that since the recent renaming of Dingle in county Kerry its Irish name ‘An Daingean’, post destined for Daingean, Co. Offaly has found itself being rerouted to An Daingean, Co. Kerry.
Consequently people who have lived in Daingean for generations have suddenly been bypassed by the postman for the more popular seaside destination leading to the loss or delay of their post. From Daingean with Love… hopes to instill a sense of pride in place in this town which finds itself at the polar end of the tourist scale to its coastal counter part.
Participating artists visited the area for a short weekend stay during the Summer months. Given that the people of Daingean are the primary market for the postcards, artists were asked to consider what their postcard would say to the local community about the town.
Participating artists included: Tonya McMullan, Lioubov Kadyrova, Chris Timms, Francis Quinn, Kate Minnock, Shiela Rennick, Peter Prendergast, Emma Haugh, Elaine Hurley and Orla Gargan
The postcards are available in the local post office.
