Stone, Sky, Syllable

A series of talks/interviews centred on the Sligo megalithic landscape in a cosmic and formative context; a world both strange and familiar, a scene of exploration, naming, renaming, transformation and translation.

The speakers:

Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich

Born and reared in Wexford Town. Completed a PhD in the field of Old Irish Tutored in both German and Old Irish as well as various aspects of early Irish and early Irish literature. Conchubar worked as a Placenames researcher at the Placenames Branch (and Logainm.ie) since 2000. Chief Place names Officer for the Department of Community and Rural Development and the Gaeltacht.

Isolde Carmody

Isolde Carmody was born in Dublin in 1977 to a family of professional musicians. Her upbringing and education included access to books of Irish myths, legends and fairy-tales, family visits to megalithic monuments, and a thorough dinner-table discourse. A writer and performer, Isolde moved to County Leitrim from Dublin in 1999. She has worked extensively around the North-West and beyond in community theatre and collaborative arts. Isolde has an academic background in literature, philosophy and Early Irish language and literature.

Leo Enright

Leo J. Enright (born 18 March 1955) is an Irish radio broadcaster and news reporter, known for his work on space exploration. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the School of Cosmic Physics at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. A Fellow of the World Press Institute, Leo completed a Workshop on Molecular Evolution at the Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution. In 2008 he shared in a Thea Award for his work as science advisor on "Cosmos at the Castle", an interactive exhibition at Blackrock Castle Observatory exploring extreme life on earth and in space.

The talks are curated by Pádraig Meehan, tour guide and researcher. Padraig is currently the chairperson of the Sligo Neolithic Landscapes Group.