“I grew up in a Dublin suburb and now I live in another one. This isn’t the world of the bustling city – the urban centre. And it isn’t the romanticism of the Irish countryside.”
I grew up in a Dublin suburb and now I live in another one. This isn’t the world of the bustling city – the urban centre. And it isn’t the romanticism of the Irish countryside. It’s a place that doesn’t really have a place in Irish stories about ourselves.
But it is a real place – and lots and lots of people live their lives in the suburbs. Streetlights a bit bent over, estates where kids play out in cul-de-sacs. It can be limiting. But also, it gives a stability and a sense of familiarity.
The sun sets on this Ireland too.
“The head struggles to make sense of it all, but the heart beats along with every haphazard second of it.”
Róise McGagh’s exhibition “sticks and mountains and huge lone birds” is on now at the College Lane Gallery.
Four bands cycled through the stage at the underground candle-lit Bello Bar last Thursday for the first outing of the monthly Off Grid Fusion.
“This singular eccentric is on an exciting trajectory.”
