Neutral States | Allan Hughes at Askeaton Library

Event Details

Event is part of Askeaton Contemporary Arts’ ‘Welcome To The Neighbourhood 2026’.

ALLAN HUGHES’ Neutral States was made in 2011 as an exploration of the legacy of Second World War battlement infrastructure along the Shannon Estuary. Its presentation in Askeaton fifteen years later honours the involvement of Michael Foley, John Guinane and Michael D. Ryan, all of whom had volunteered in the Local Security Force and Local Defence Force in the 1940s. Hughes interviewed each at length on their memories of the time, and photographed many pillboxes, small concrete structures each man was stationed in.
FROM THURSDAY, 18 JUNE
TUESDAY – FRIDAY, 10AM – 1PM, 2PM – 5PM