The Boyne Ramparts: Ecology, Sound, & Written Word

This workshop is part of the Take Me to the River project. Click here to find out more. 

Date: Sat 8 Jun 
Time: 8pm - 10pm 
Location: The Ramparts, Navan. Further details will be given following booking. 

Your guides on this late evening walk are Eimear Clowry Delaney (Wild About Navan), actor/writer Grace Collender, Terence Cassidy (Bird Watch Ireland), and design practice Cineál. Surrounded by the dusk chorus, explore ecology along the Ramparts, Navan through sound, written, and spoken word. 

Using listening and field recording exercises with Cineál, tune in to the banks of the Boyne, and explore the surrounding natural ecologies with Terence Cassidy as he identifies the birds; their song, sounds, meaning and intent. Sharing collected stories from this local waterway, Grace Collender will facilitate creative writing exercises, recording our experiences of the river, its sounds and systems. As we walk, Eimear Clowry Delaney will identify Irish language names of plants, trees, animals, and fields, evocatively describing the local habitat and biodiversity of this bountiful watercourse. 

This event will appeal to nature lovers with a curiosity and desire to explore our natural urban amenity in a creative way and identify sounds we may otherwise miss at the closing of the day. Participants will be encouraged to draw, write and share their own relationship to the river, old and newly discovered. 

Immersed in poetry and local sounds of this rich resource, we will consider our responsibility to place and identify the environmental challenges surrounding the water that demand our intervention. 

Sounds, written words, and observations contributed by participants will be collected for inclusion in the ‘Creative Catchment Map’, and exhibited at Swift Cultural Centre, Trim in October.

No previous artistic experience necessary. This workshop is accessible but includes walking over pebbled terrain. There are no facilities at The Ramparts. The workshop will conclude in darkness, please bring a torch as lighting will be limited. Participants will receive appropriate details before attending. If you have any questions, please contact Deirdre at deirdre.rogers@solsticeartscentre.ie