Over the course of our two-month cónaitheacht ealaíontóirí ar Ghaeltacht Oileán Chléire, increasing governmental restrictions were put in place to control the spread of COVID-19. This meant that we had limited opportunities to get to know muintir an oileáin. When we found out that the national lockdown would prevent the island’s annual community Hallowe’en celebrations from going ahead, we took a break from our own projects to collaborate on this zine, in order to document & celebrate Samhain on Oileán Chléire ag an am aisteach seo.

Designed & published in seven days, the bilingual, full colour, 30-page zine features the island's uncanny landscapes, the community in disguise, a hand-drawn map of mysterious Chléire place-names, curses, cures, poetry and more. It will be delivered to island residents this morning, in time for Hallowe'en! Each zine comes with four unique postcards, made by us, featuring mallachtaí (curses), beannachtaí (blessings) agus leigheasanna (cures) from Oileán Chléire.

The zine was delivered to residents of Oileán Chléire on the morning of Hallowe’en, Saturday 31st October 2020.
Researched, written and designed by Vicky Langan, Brigid O’Dea, Noah Rose.

Míle buíochas / Many thanks:
Ruairí Ó Donnabháin, Máirtín Ó Méalóid, Séamus Ó Drisceoil, and the community of Oileán Chléire.
Logainmneacha ó Eamonn Lankford agus Conchúr Ó Siocháin.

This work has been made as part of the Oileán AiR residency programme.

Le tacaíocht ó / proudly supported by: Engaging Communities Grant - Cork County Council Arts Office, Comharchumann Chleire Teo, Ealaín na Gaeltachta and CREATE.

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Ireland: €5 + postage
Europe/International: €5 + postage.
All proceeds from the sale of this zine will go to MASI (www.masi.ie)