Onsight 2024/25: Silent Objects/Spoken Lives Launch

1 May, 12:30pm to 1:30pm
National Museum of Ireland Country Life, Turlough Park, Co Mayo
Tickets: Free
https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Country-Life/Events/2025/Q2/Poetry-Day-Ireland-Poetry-trail

Get ready for the Onsight 2024/25: Silent Objects/Spoken Lives Launch - where art is brought to life through powerful storytelling and immersion.

Mayo County Council Arts Service and the National Museum of Ireland, supported by Poetry Ireland, are excited to launch OnSight 2024/25: Silent Objects/Spoken Lives on Poetry Day Ireland 2025.

Three poets, Geraldine Mitchell, Martina Evans and Sean Borodale have been invited to engage with artefacts from the Irish Folklife Collection at the National Museum of Ireland, Turlough Park. The commissioned poetrs were asked to explore how the layers of an artefact's character and context, which are sometimes lost when they go on display, can be restored through poetry. On May 1st, the resulting poetry trail will be launched with light refreshments, a panel discussion and readings from the three poets.

OnSight is a partnership initiative between Mayo County Council Arts Service and the National Museum of Ireland, Turlough Park. The project is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland and Poetry Ireland.

Tá ríméad ar Sheirbhís Ealaíon Chomhairle Contae Mhaigh Eo agus ar Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann, OnSight 2024/25: Silent Objects/Spoken Lives a sheoladh le tacaíocht ó Éigse Éireann, ar Lá Filíochta na hÉireann 2025. Tugadh cuireadh do thriúr filí, Geraldine Mitchell, Martina Evans agus Seán Borodale, déantáin ó Bhailiúchán Shaol na Tuaithe ag Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann, Páirc an Turlaigh a fhiosrú. Iarradh ar na filí coimisiúnaithe cén chaoi ar féidir sraitheanna carachtair agus comhthéacs déantáin, a chailltear, amanna, nuair a chuirtear ar taispeáint iad, a athchóiriú tríd an bhfilíocht. Seolfar an bealach filíochta a bheidh mar thoradh air an 1 Bealtaine le sólaistí, díospóireacht phainéil agus léitheoireacht leis an triúr filí.

Tionscnamh comhpháirtíochta é OnSight idir Seirbhís Ealaíon Chomhairle Contae Mhaigh Eo agus Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann, Páirc an Turlaigh. Tacaíonn an Chomhairle Ealaíon agus Éigse Éireann leis an tionscadal.

Poetry Day Ireland is an all island celebration of poetry taking place on Thursday 1st May 2025 with the theme of 'May Day'. Visit poetryday.ie to find events near you and learn how to get involved!