St. Brigid's Weekend Events

You are invited to the opening of ‘Art of Strength’ – an exhibition of portraits by photographer Emily Quinn celebrating Irish women past and present 

📅 When: Friday, January 30th

🕗 Time: 6.00 pm

⏱ Duration: 2 hours

📍 Where: Ranelagh Arts, 6 Ranelagh 

Each portrait features a notable Irish woman dressed by an Irish designer and portraying an iconic Irish woman in history,from Queen Maeve to Constance Markievicz.  resulting in a project that pays homage to the strength and power of Irish women throughout the centuries in celebration of St Brigid’s Day. 

For St Brigid, Emily chose model Aine O’Gorman. “On a car journey coming home from Kilkenny, we chatted for two hours, and Aine told me all about her climate activism, her passion for the earth and nature – it’s a passion that flows through every fibre of her being, so I knew she had to be St Brigid. I then learned she is a great-granddaughter of stained-glass artist Harry Clarke, so we chose a chapel in Belvedere College, where some of Clarke’s stained glass is on display, as he went to school there. Peter O’Brien dressed Aine, and it’s made for a very dramatic and captivating shot.”

🎬 Friday Film Club is Back!

📅 When: Friday, January 30th

🕗 Time: 8.00 pm

⏱ Duration: 1 hour

📍 Where: Ranelagh Arts, 6 Ranelagh 

Ranelagh Arts Friday Film Club presents four short films in Irish and English:

• Dead Man No Good

• Bog

• Eabha

• Gaidhlig

  
  

Coffee Morning and Readings

📅 When: Sunday, February 1st

🕗 Time: 11.00 am

⏱ Duration: 1 hour

📍 Where: Ranelagh Arts, 6 Ranelagh 

Readings from poems and prose about and inspired by St. Brigid including those of Seamus Heaney. Anne Haverty and Deirdre Mulrooney will lead the readings. Tea and coffee will be provided. All welcome.