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Solas : Awakening Ireland

August 23, 2021 | By Luke Leslie,

A nationwide series of illuminations, which will see many of Ireland’s most beautiful rural locations and urban landscapes immersed in light.

Locations featured in Solas: Awakening Ireland include the GPO and the Mansion House in Dublin, Trim Castle in Meath, Powerscourt Waterfall in Wicklow, Athenry Castle in Galway, Grianán of Aileach in Donegal and many more. These iconic locations and buildings will be illuminated with projections of reimagined, contemporary Irish imagery such as Ogham lettering, phrases and typography.

The displays will be captured on film and set to a specially commissioned spoken word performance and music composition, which calls on the nation to remain hopeful through these challenging times. These illumination films will be presented on SPF TV at stpatricksfestival.ie from March 12th to 17th.

 

Voiceovers : Aoibheann McCann & Patrick McBrearty

Director : Luke Leslie

Director of Photography : Andrew Cummins

Focus Puller : Sam Mulcahy

Second Camera Unit : Kev L Smith

Editor : Peter Madden

Composer ​: Jonathan Casey

Live Cellos : Ailbhe McDonagh

Script Writers : Leah Leslie, Luke Leslie & Gary Duggan

Aerial Unit : The Drone Guys

Festival Producer : Neil Burke

Project Lead : Callum Buchanan

Head of Production : Tony Killeen

Production & Logistics Coordinator : Darren Murphy

Production & Licensing Coordinator : Steph Farrell

Outdoor Event & Broadcast Coordinator : David ‘Spud’ Murphy

Lighting Design and Install : Tom Rohan, EventCo

Lighting Design / Powerscourt Waterfall : Conor Biddle

Project Assistant : Chloe Tully

Still Photographer : Donal Healy

Covid Compliance Officers : Siobhan Buffini & Niall Barrett

Site Managers : Ronan Conroy & Adam Fitzsimons.

Crew : Paul Kelly, Colm Robinson, Susan Collins, Keith Newman, Simon Kennedy, Keith Newman, Brian Murray, Gus McDonagh, Rob Usher Gunter Bleikss, Kevin Dermody, Tony Gunning, Paul Grace, Dougie McConnon, Matthew Kilmurry, & Ulick McAvaddey Lighting EventCo Session Hire With thanks to : Dublin City Council, Office of Public Works, Lord Mayor of Dublin’s Office, Monaghan County Council, Fingal County Council, Galway City Council, Galway County Council, An Post, Trinity College Dublin, Powerscourt Estates, Bunratty Castle & Folk Park, Shannon Heritage, Health 1st Pharmacy Monaghan, Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio, The Courts Service of Ireland

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Home : Carrickmacross Workhouse

August 23, 2021 | By Luke Leslie,

A deeply moving ‘imagining’ of a family’s experience in the Carrickmacross Workhouse during the Famine years

The Carrickmacross Workhouse was one of 130 Workhouses built throughout Ireland between 1841 and 1843 to house the poor, hence the Irish name of Teach na mBocht – The Poorhouse.

The poor had to apply for admission to the Workhouse and successful applicants had to surrender any land before entering as ‘inmates’.

Once admitted, they were subjected to a strict regime: families were segregated and forbidden from seeing each other without permission; their diet was meagre and unvarying; difficult, and often pointless, work had to be undertaken; there was little heat and no comfort.

These deliberately harsh conditions meant that Workhouses quickly became known as the Poor Man’s Jail, and the poor only applied for admission as their last resort.

Home is a deeply moving ‘imagining’ of a family’s experience in the Carrickmacross Workhouse during the Famine years. It describes their ‘fall’ as a result of successive crop failures due to potato blight, leading them inexorably to the Workhouse, and their lives within these walls.

The story also highlights the Earl Grey Scheme under which 4,114 girls between the ages of 14 and 18 were emigrated from Irish Workhouses to Australia as wives and servants of the settlers and convicts there.

This number included 38 girls from Carrickmacross Workhouse.

 

Client : Monaghan County Council

Voice Talent: Leah Leslie

Writer : Leah Leslie

Producer : Mark Leslie

Director : Luke Leslie

Illustrations : Holly Ingram

Storyboards : Matthew Shiell

Animations : Daniel McNicholl, Rafael Araújo de Medeiros & Luke Leslie

3D Models : Iván Pais Nieto

3D Model Textures : Alex Glenn Murray

Original Music : Jonathan Casey

Traditional Vocals : Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin

Violin : Anna Rice

Cello : Ailbhe McDonagh

Recording Studio : Red Box

Special thanks to : Mayo County Library Service, Maggie Land Blanck Collection, and Views of the Famine for their 19th Century Prints. With calligraphy by Christiane Foller.

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Patrick Kavanagh

August 23, 2021 | By Luke Leslie,

An award winning film commissioned by Monaghan County Council to celebrate the poetry of Patrick Kavanagh and the landscape that inspired his craft.

It features stunning readings of favourites such as Raglan Road, A Christmas Childhood and Stony Grey Soil amongst others.

The Patrick Kavanagh Centre is located in a deconsecrated church in Inniskeen, County Monaghan which was re-opened in July 2020 following a €1.2 million restoration and development of a new visitor experience and event space.

Patrick Kavanagh, one of Ireland’s greatest poets, was born here in Inniskeen in 1904. He died in 1967 and is buried in the adjoining graveyard.

The exhibition centrepiece is a triple-projection titled ‘The Pincer Jaws of Heaven’, designed to “envelop visitors with a cinematic flying journey”, and connect them with the raw power of Kavanagh’s words and the landscapes that inspired them.

Key poetic works are read by Kavanagh, plus an eclectic selection of friends and fellow poets including Oliver Callan, Evelyn Conlon and John McArdle.

This 15 minute short film was recently awarded the prestigious European Heritage in Motion award for 2020 in the best Film & Video category.

The visitor experience at the Patrick Kavanagh Centre honours his life, his writing, and his continuing legacy. Kavanagh’s universal themes of Soul, Love, Beauty, Nature and God are timeless and will resonate in the hearts of readers of all ages for many generations to come.

Client : Monaghan County Council

Starring : Joe Purcell, Mark McAuley and Ava Farrell

Poem Readers : Evelyn Conlon, Joe Purcell, Art Agnew, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Una Agnew, Oliver Callan, Moya Cannon, John McArdle & Patrick Kavanagh

Director : Luke Leslie Cinematographer : Burschi Wojnar

Focus Puller : Mark Hannon

1st Assistant Camera : Sam Mulcahy

Original Score : Jonathan Casey

Musicians : Lynda O’Connor (Violin) Ailbhe MCDonagh (Cello)

Wardrobe : Róisín Kenny

Hair & Make-up : Julie Caulfield

Production Design : James Donnelly

Standby Props : Steven Kingston

Props : Michael Cummin

Locations : Colm Nolan

Post Production : Luke Leslie / Buckled Cranium

Aerial Footage : Theo Jebb / Sonder Visuals

AV Installation: John Anderson

Archive Footage : VideoHive, Shutterstock, iStock & RTÉ Archives

Special Thanks : Art Agnew, Ann Curtis, AMPM Hire, Tom Lennon, Leah Leslie, Noel Murphy at Northern Sound, Castle Leslie Estate, The Inniskeen Village Community & Kavanagh Family.

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Ormond Castle : Elizabeth Berkeley

August 23, 2021 | By Luke Leslie,

Ormond Castle was the medieval stronghold of the powerful Butler dynasty. Thomas Butler 10th Earl of Ormond built an Elizabethan manor house onto the front in 1665, ostensibly to please his English wife. But the iconography of the decorative plasterwork suggests that ‘Black Tom’ Butler expected a visit from his royal cousin Queen Elizabeth I.

The exhibition room is a holding area for guide-led tours. The restored 16th-century ambiance is maintained by reproductions of period woodcuts, paintings, and tapestries. These are arranged in a sequence that follows the story of Tom Butler’s pivotal role in the downfall of the Fitzgerald dynasty. Interactive digital books on Tudor lecterns provide information in eight languages. Digital technology has been used to transform John Derricke’s famous woodcuts into two spectacular animated movies. The emotional tension between Tom Butler, and two Elizabeths – one his wife – the other his queen, is presented from contrasting standpoints, in two complementary audiovisual dramas.

 

Client : OPW – Ormond Castle

Voice Over : Tara Flynn

Director : Luke Leslie

Writer : Leah Leslie & Mark Leslie

Production Manager : John Raftery

Storyboard Artist : Matthew Shiell

Illustrations : Holly Ingram, Alan Dunne, Brian Gallagher

Horse Animations : Ivan Pais Nieto

Original Score : Jonathan Casey

Featuring Traditional Music by Kíla

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Ormond Castle : Thomas Butler

August 23, 2021 | By Luke Leslie,

Ormond Castle was the medieval stronghold of the powerful Butler dynasty. Thomas Butler 10th Earl of Ormond built an Elizabethan manor house onto the front in 1665, ostensibly to please his English wife. But the iconography of the decorative plasterwork suggests that ‘Black Tom’ Butler expected a visit from his royal cousin Queen Elizabeth I.

The exhibition room is a holding area for guide-led tours. The restored 16th-century ambiance is maintained by reproductions of period woodcuts, paintings, and tapestries. These are arranged in a sequence that follows the story of Tom Butler’s pivotal role in the downfall of the Fitzgerald dynasty. Interactive digital books on Tudor lecterns provide information in eight languages. Digital technology has been used to transform John Derricke’s famous woodcuts into two spectacular animated movies. The emotional tension between Tom Butler, and two Elizabeths – one his wife – the other his queen, is presented from contrasting standpoints, in two complementary audiovisual dramas.

 

Client : OPW – Ormond Castle

Voice Over : Stephen Brennan

Director : Luke Leslie

Writer : Leah Leslie & Mark Leslie

Production Manager : John Raftery

Storyboard Artist : Matthew Shiell

Illustrations : Holly Ingram, Alan Dunne, Brian Gallagher

Horse Animations : Ivan Pais Nieto

Original Score : Jonathan Casey

Featuring Traditional Music by Kíla

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