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Talk to the Land

UK artists Mel Jordan and Andy Hewitt, founders of the Partisan Social Club, have been on the trail of 19th century Cork philosopher and radical social reformer William Thompson, who not only inspired Marx, founded the idea of social science and wrote the first ever feminist text by a man in the English language, but who attempted to form a communal living experiment in West Cork in the 1820s.

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Barbara Knežević

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2025/10/02

“On the one hand, you can identify with them. You can see the hand of a human being. But, on the other hand, the time frame is so huge that you can’t really comprehend it.” Barbara Knežević’s practice explores the meaning and purpose of objects. When she learned of the Lepenski Vir archaeological discovery on the banks of the River Danube in the former Yugoslavia, now Serbia, and the curious monumental sculptures, half humanoid and half fish, created there 10,000 years ago, connections between

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Samir Mahmood

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2025/07/18

“I like to think that pain has the potential to transform in some way, and it all depends on how you look at it.” Samir Mahmood reflects on his move from a background in medicine, particularly health promotion, to his practice as a visual artist, in which he explores the connection between the material and the transcendental, often using his own body as a starting point. From early collages, Samir, whose origins are in Pakistan, has moved to miniature painting, adopting some of the skills and

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Deirdre O’Mahony

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2025/06/25

“The thing that we can do as artists is to create public space so that the complex reality that farmers are dealing with can be heard and seen.” Deirdre O’Mahony’s intensively researched collaborative projects, which can encompass film, installation, performance, feasts, pedagogical platforms and more, engage with the politics of land and landscape, often through the lens of food and farming. Now, she thinks she’s found a way to make the EU’s policymakers listen to what farmers are saying about

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Looking back: 5 years with Miguel Amado

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2025/02/05

“My work is about people. It’s being a companion to the artist and a companion to the public. To develop something together, in dialogue, across a long period of time, that enables our personal development, but also enables us to engage in the social discussion of the moment.” From volunteering at a festival in Coimbra, Portugal, as a politicised 18-year-old, to being the first ever Portuguese person to attend an MA in curatorship at the Royal College of Art in London, to his vision for a further

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35:05

Mythlantics with Alice Rekab

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2024/12/05

“It’s this idea of needing to narrate your existence, and how you look and where you come from, and the complexity of yourself, and it’s having to do that in circumstances where you’re not sure exactly if every part of who you are is welcome.” Alice Rekab’s Clann Miotlantach / Mythlantics is on in Sirius Arts Centre. The exhibition is, held both in the conventional gallery spaces of the institution and, for the first time, in its basement. Rekab is an Irish/Sierra Leonean artist based in Dublin who

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Changing Tides: Chapter 3

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2024/11/04

In the summer of 2024, works started on an extensive three phase restoration project at Sirius Arts Centre. Led by JCA Architects and Moroney Conservation, the works to the building began with restoring some of the features that architect Anthony Salvin designed for the RCYC clubhouse all the way back in the 1850s. In the third and final instalment of Changing Tides, join conservation architect Gareth O’Callaghan to hear all about the exciting and ambitious works, some of which are completed, and

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01:21:30

Changing Tides: Chapter 2

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2024/11/04

“The architects of these buildings are looking back to the Italian renaissance; this building is a revival of a revival, if you know what I mean. This is an Irish building which is copying a Roman building of the renaissance, which is copying a building of Ancient Rome.” Historian Tom Spalding is the man whose meticulous research proved that the Royal Cork Yacht Club, constructed in 1854 on the site of a pavilion first constructed for the visit of Queen Victoria, was designed by English architect

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01:04:24

Changing Tides: The evolving history of SIRIUS arts...

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2024/11/04

“It was something that was broken, and I had to fix it.” In 1987 Peter Murray, then curator at Crawford Art Gallery in Cork city, embarked on an extraordinary journey: his goal was to purchase and restore the then-derelict former Royal Cork Yacht Club building in Cobh and to transform it into a cultural venue. Over time, this vision crystalised: SIRIUS Arts Centre was to become an artist’s residency of international appeal, forging transatlantic connections. Peter Murray’s voyage was by no means a

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Care, curse, comfort

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2024/07/22

"What is New Atlantic Triangulation? It's in my own experience as a black woman from Brazil with West and Central African heritage, who got Irish citizenship, reflecting on Atlantic triangulation historically has meant, and what I would like it to become. It's connecting these territories through my body and through experiences of people I know and share with." Thaís Muniz’s first solo show, 'Rites of Care, Curse & Comfort,' features prints, performance, installation, and textiles, some newly

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Buttercup

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2024/04/05

In this episode of SIRIUS Podcasts, we join artist Sarah Browne, whose practice involves film, publishing and performance, to discuss her film installation Buttercup, which utilises the accessibility tools of audio description and captioning to explore the poetics of language interacting with image. Buttercup focuses on a particular childhood photograph, depicting a child wearing a Communion dress on her family farm, next to her father and her pet cow, the eponymous Buttercup. Buttercup is

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From the bend in the river to the harbour’s mouth

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2024/02/09

“A harbour, because of its particular geography and how industry has developed, and commerce and trade, lends itself to these bigger industrial and economic forces coming into play, and that´s what´s happening as you´re getting further down the river.” Aoife Desmond on two of her films showing at SIRIUS, both exploring the relationship between humans and nature: one feature poetically tracing the River Lee from source to sea, and a short companion piece commissioned by and filmed at SIRIUS that

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The Revolution

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2024/02/09

After centuries of British rule and in just a few short years, Ireland gained independence. Join the final instalment of In and Out of Empire to find out what that meant for the people of Cobh, in the company of historians Kieran McCarthy and John Crotty.

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The Sea

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2024/02/09

The Royal Cork Yacht Club is the oldest yacht club in the world dating to before 1720, and its members were bound by a seafaring code of honour. But its members were also a wealthy elite class of Anglo-Irish aristocracy. Join RCYC archivist Paul McCarthy to learn more about the tradition of sailing in Cobh and later, following the RCYC's move from its Cobh clubhouse, in Crosshaven.

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The Women

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2023/12/12

The lives of the women of Cobh, including members of Cumann na mBan, servants who worked for the Royal Cork Yacht Club and the affluent wives and daughters of members of the club are explored in this history podcast, which examines the building that Cobh's Sirius Arts Centre is now housed in.

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The Building

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2023/12/12

Historian Tom Spalding gives a glimpse back in time at the building of the Royal Cork Yacht Club clubhouse, now the Sirius Arts Centre. Did English architect Anthony Salvin design the building? Why did Cobh change its name to Queenstown after a royal visit that lasted just seven minutes? And how did any of this happen in the immediate aftermath of a devastating famine and a cholera epidemic? Also featuring Dr Alicia St Leger, RCYC archivist Paul McCarthy, and some echoes of history scripted by

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In and Out of Empire

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2023/12/12

This podcast series explores the history of the building that houses the Sirius Arts Centre in Cobh: the former RCYC clubhouse, constructed with the aid of the Smith-Barry family on the site of the visit of Queen Victoria, has been at the centre of a town divided by class and allegiance, one that has a fascinating past both in and out of the British Empire. In and Out of Empire was commissioned by SIRIUS and researched and produced with support from Cork County Council's Commemorations Grant Scheme

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Landmarks of Rebellion Part Two

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2023/12/10

In Part Two of Landmarks of Rebellion, we stop at a street that was renowned for its Republican sympathies, discuss an ambush that had tragic consequences for an innocent man, visit a safe house with a secret tunnel, and discover what Cobh people thought of the famous James Connolly on two visits that he made. Landmarks of Rebellion is a Sirius Podcasts Production recorded, presented and edited by Ellie O´Byrne under the direction of Miguel Amado. Special thanks to Kieran McCarthy for sharing his

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Landmarks of Rebellion

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2023/11/12

The town of Cobh in Cork Harbour is steeped in history. Every step you take, from its quaysides to its narrow winding streets and mighty cathedral, is a step back in time. Landmarks of Rebellion is a two-part series by Sirius Podcasts where we are joined by local historian Kieran McCarthy. In Part One of Landmarks of Rebellion, the Cobh landmarks we visit give a fascinating insight into the Cobh IRA's ability to get their hands on British weapons between the 1916 Rising and the War of Independence

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Landmarks of Rebellion Trailer

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2023/11/12

A new two-part series on the history of Cobh landmarks is coming soon to Sirius Podcasts

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Episode Eight: Postscript

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2023/09/10

Having interviewed all four artists and many participants from the Creative Enquiry Arts and Older People residencies, Ellie O'Byrne takes a look at some common themes, from the importance of retaining our individualism in the ageing process to emphasising time, trust and process over product in creative engagements with older people.

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