The Arts House

Filmmaker Paddy O Shea writer and director of Scealta Gra na hEireann tells us of the tales of love and romance that changed not just the lives of six couples but the story of Ireland…which plays out over a six part series on TG4..Conor Tallon followed Paddy on his journey through hundreds of years of Irish romantic history... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Take a stroll with the first hour of The Arts House and hear Tom Crowley chat about the new season from The Cork Orchestral Society, Michael Waldron chat to Conor about the latest Work of the Week in the Crawford, a look back at the main headlines of Sunday's papers, and a smattering of the music we featured in the first hour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Conor Tallon instantly recognised the  Image of Samuel Beckett  (1994) by Louis le Brocquy....or was it one that looked like it?...It was one night a few years back when Conor spent the night in a studio...as a guest...when he saw it last....the mystery had to be untangled with the help of Michael Waldron: the Crawford's Assistant Curator... As Conor slept he was certainly haun...

Sheena Crowley chatted to Elmarie about The Island of Music, a new website that brings together music makers and creators from across all genres of music. From helping musicians to showcase their music, to selling and renting instruments and connecting pupils and teachers, Sheena has a fantastic vision to give them all a platform. Later in the hour Tadgh Crowley, Senior Curator in The Glucksman Ga...

It’s the first WORK OF THE WEEK for 2021!...so Conor Tallon and The Crawford Gallery's assistant curator Michael Waldron ring in the New Year with this suitably seasonal work of art! A painting that exists somewhere between the abstract and figurative,  Blue Constrictor  (2006) by Elizabeth Magill offers the viewer an image of unending contemplation. The dark silhouettes of both deciduou...

For the final WORK OF THE WEEK of 2020, we’re sharing an image of celebration! And Conor Tallon and Assistant Curator Michael Waldron virtually clinked glasses to the year's end in honour of The Drunken Faun  (1826) by John Hogan. It depicts a mythological figure in the midst of a Bacchanal, an ancient festival to the wine god. Falling backwards in intoxication, the faun is surrounded by attr...

Conor Tallon speaks to Michael Waldron about this weeks featured Work of The Week from the Crawford Art Gallery... Strike up the band! This WORK OF THE WEEK is a real winter warmer. Soon, up Aloft, the Silver, Snarling Trumpets 'gan to Chide  (c.1923) by Harry Clarke gives us the best seat in the house, as we are placed front and centre before the artist’s strange septet or musical ensemble....

Conor Tallon and the Crawford Gallery's Assistant Curator Michael Waldron celebrate this week's WORK OF THE WEEK… cos it’s a kind of homecoming, like! Sun sets over a maritime city, as river waters ripple in the wake of a seagoing vessel. Like the tide itself,  Paddle Steamer Entering the Port of Cork  (1842) is all about comings and goings. Approaching Cork by water was once much more c...

Even more great books for Christmas. Elmarie and Conor were joined by John Creedon and Alice Taylor talking about their new books, completed despite Lockdowns and restrictions. And Joan Lucy from Cork's Vibes and Scribes had fantastic suggestions for holiday reading and gifts. Charlie Ruxton also created a colouring book for children to guide them all around UCC which makes a cute stocking filler...

An Arts House special for Christmas with festive music and lots of chat from the children of Gurrane National School in Innishannon. Catherine Mahon Buckley had news of gorgeous stories from The Everyman Theatre to keep families going over Christmas with filmed storytelling online of your favourite panto stories, and lots of panto characters making an appearance! And we’d music from the children i...

An Arts House special for Christmas with festive music and lots of chat from the children of Gurrane National School in Innishannon. Music from The Bravehearts Choir, Rahan National School, The Ryan Sisters from Bandon, Caroline Fraher from Cobh, and the Cork Light Orchestra from East Cork added to the warm Christmas glow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Conor Tallon and Curator Michael Waldron are looking at Grace Henry's C laddagh Market, Galway ... Around this time of the year on the 8th of December we see the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping calendar in Ireland. Known as the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, in years past the day saw rural shoppers visiting large towns and cities. Although not essentially a Christmas...

Conor Tallon spoke to Charlie Ruxton about a simple Christmas gift that brings UCC to colourful life! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the Christmas Build-Up we always try to give as much time as we can to books and we began in this hour with two new books from Corkonians . Amanda Neri write a book of Lockdown Limericks, and Bibi Baskin has a new book of hopefulness, meditation and joy just in time for Christmas. Conor Tallon also talked to Michael Waldron of the Crawford for this week's Work of the Week, and producer Pat Talb...

Francis Bindon,  Portrait of Jonathan Swift , c.1735, ‘I’m as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth.’ This week's Work had the brief of....being brief...due to time pressure on the show...Imagine Conor Tallon's surprise when Curator Michael Waldron told him it would be Swift indeed! For this WORK OF THE WEEK we’re marking the anniversary of one of Ireland’s most celebrated writers...

In this hour we spoke to Linda Kenny about the Everyman Sunday Songbook Andy Williams Christmas Special. Brian Murphy had news of a festive celebration being broadcast in aid of charity from Carrigaline. Conal Creedon chatted to Conor about The Second City Trilogy broadcasts of his plays. We’d music from the Carrigaline Gospel choir, Cork songwriter Colm Fitzpatrick and more. A catch-up of some of...

In this hour we spoke to Danielle O Donovan of Nano Nagle Place about their Winter Events. The Songstress Marguerite O Connor chatted about celebrating The Christmas Jingle in Cork for 2020 and making sure it goes ahead raising lots of money for charity. Jess Leen has a new charity single out for Alone, called “Christmas of 79”. Michael Waldron and Conor looked at this week’s Work of the Week in t...

Conor Tallon had a chat with Conal Creedon about the trilogy that took him on an unexpected journey around the globe...from New York to China. The second part 'When I Was God runs this week in The Everyman Theatre where all 3 parts are live streaming weekly on Thursday nights as part of their Play It By Ear series. Anyway...It’s FAI Cup Final day and referee Dino Keegan is retiring from the game....

The West Cork Literary Festival couldn’t happen this year and has really been fantastic for the way it has supported writers right the way through the year instead. In a very deliberate way they’ve run so many events online and created imaginative events to bring writers and readers together.   The run-up to Christmas is no different, and Eimear O Herlihy who is the director of the festival t...

Conor Tallon and curator Michael Waldron explore Kinsale Revisited  (2000) - a drypoint print by David Lilburn in which features of the County Cork town, including The Spaniard and Charles Fort’s star-shaped form. In this aerial map-like view, much of Kinsale addresses the coastal inlet that has long defined it as a strategic harbour. Reflecting on his work, Lilburn considers that “the porous...

Corcadorca this week celebrate SHOW2020 online. It runs from Wednesday to Friday and one of the playwrights featured this year is Irene Kelleher, who is showcasing a new play called "Safe Passage". In the same week her very first play "Mary and Me" is being broadcast as a radio play on RTE, and another play "The Misfit Anthology" is being broadcast as part of the Everyman Theatre's Play it by Ear...

Cork Opera House celebrates a superb line-up of the best in Irish contemporary bands and artists with "The Opera House Sessions featuring Coughlans Live". The first event in this series features artists like Niamh Regan, Lorraine Nash, Paddy Dennehy, and Malojian and is hosted by 96FM's Michael Carr. He spoke to Conor Tallon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Imagine a live concert played exclusively for you and your invited friends and family - wherever they are in the world! That's the way to bring people together virtually at Christmas, with Vladimir Jablocov, as he plays a stunning concert right to your living room. He chatted to Elmarie Mawe on Cork's 96FM about taking his famed Viennese Christmas concerts online. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

An early work by Dorothy Cross,  Simeon’s Hut  (1986) anticipates the artist’s later tendency to incorporate found objects, such as boats, animal or shark skins, in her oeuvre. Comprising a mix of materials, the work can be read from the gravity of lead at its base, with gilded steps leading upwards towards a narrow, vertically placed shaft of timber surmounted by a modest hut. If we are...

Ger Wolfe has a brand new album out on November 26th called "Morning Star" and to mark the release of the first single from it he joined Elmarie Mawe on The Arts House. Available directly from Ger's website or through sites like Bandcamp! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.