My Story is Their Story, written and performed by Kathleen Keenan
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Original composition written and recorded by Kathleen Keenan, commissioned as part of the For Our Grand(m)Others project developed by artist Mark Storor in collaboration with residents of Gilmartin Road, Tuam.
For Our Grand(m)Others is funded by Creative Places Tuam, an Arts Council initiative managed by Create, the national development agency for Collaborative Arts
A Song for Gilmartin Road, read by For Our Grandmothers collaborators
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A Song for Gimartin Road; story developed by Mark Storor with collaborators from the For Our Grand(m)Others project based in Gilmartin Road, Tuam.
For Our Grand(m)Others is funded by Creative Places Tuam, an Arts Council initiative managed by Create, the national development agency for Collaborative Arts
“Walking Whid/ Walking Story” – a journey through Tuam with Oein DeBhardúin
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Join Oein DeBhardúin, inaugural recipient of Creative Places Tuam’s Thinking on Tuam residency on this journey through the town, hearing about the stories, folklore, legends and history of Tuam, the Traveller Community and its relationship with Tuam. A transcript of the walking tour is available here. You can download the tour by clicking on the download button on the top right hand side of the picture.
This Walking Whid is inspired by the history and story of Tuam. We would like to credit Michael Waldron & Tuam Tidy Town’s Tuam Heritage and Nature Trail published in 2015 for text referenced in the Whid. Other resources used for this work were sourced from an assortment of Journal of Tuam Society (JOTS) publications, and Oein’s memories of stories told.
