Triskel Arts Centre

CTWN has a base at Triskel Arts Centre and have worked together since 2017

• “Travellers on Film” at the Triskel Christchurch (2018) Special screening of Traveller-related films from the 1940s onwards co-curated by IFI and Minceirs Whiden, followed by panel discussion on Traveller representation in the Media. Panel members : Ann Burke, Southern Traveller Health Network, Kathleen Sherlock, Minceirs Whidden, Maria Joyce, National Traveller Women’s Forum, Brigid Quilligan, Kerry Travellers Health and Development Project)
• Cork Traveller Pride Film screening double bill (2018) Time Traveller and Unsettled from Tinker to Traveller followed by post show discussion on Traveller Representation on the Big Screen by Noelle Mann, Traveller Voice writer
• Thomas McCarthy Traveller Pride Concert at Triskel Christchurch (2019) with support by Kathleen and Davey Keenan
• Thomas McCarthy Storytelling at Triskel Christchurch (2019) for Cork World Book Festival
• Cork Traveller Pride Cinema Screenings (2019) at the Triskel Christchurch: Float like a Butterfly, with supporting short features Traveller Healthy Minds and  4 Lackeens music video
• Online Traveller Pride concert (2021) Sharyn Ward
• Traveller Culture & Pride Thriving against all Odds (2022). Traveller Pride exhibition at Triskel Arts centre Visual Art Exhibition
• Passing on the Songs (2023) Night of Traveller song, with Gradam Ceol winner Thomas McCarthy, Rosie McCarthy (Macroom), Mary Keenan (Ennis), Kathleen Keenan (Tuam) and Trish Reilly (Athlone). This event was the culmination of a project supporting Thomas McCarthy to mentor and pass on Irish traditional and Traveller songs from his extensive repertoire to up and coming Traveller singers, celebrating the oral tradition of passing the songs on.

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