What does it mean to belong to a place, and how do we shape and get shaped by the land around us?

Lay of the Land brings together artists from Core Creative in an exploration of our many relationships with the land. Through a diverse range of approaches and media, the exhibition considers landscape, memory, borders, belonging, folklore, nature and the traces we leave behind.

From the physical ground beneath our feet to the emotional and imagined territories we inhabit, the works invite us to look beyond the familiar and discover new ways of seeing, interpreting and connecting with the world around us.

You are warmly invited to the exhibition launch of new work by Eileen Mulrooney.

This will mark the first solo exhibition of KCAT artist Eileen Mulrooney, who is from the area and lives in Callan. Working mainly from photographs, Eileen’s landscapes and portraits demonstrate a keen observation and communicate her emotional resonance with these places and people. What could be seen as mundane paintings of friends in a kitchen, swans by the river, or parked cars, become vibrant tableaux, brimming with vitality and movement.

STAC is delighted to be working with KCAT once again for this exhibition.

Mairead Geary is a Landscape Artist from Cobh Co Cork. Natural landscapes and forms are the inspiration for all of her paintings. Mairead take photographs of scenes where she find strata & dramatic masses of dark/light, colour & texture. Her process tends to be intuitive, an ongoing negotiation with my materials, constantly resolving conflicts and tensions through the layering of colours and textual elements.

Debbie Godsell presents a new body of hybrid works that occupy an ambiguous space between image, object, and surface. Combining upholstery, repurposed textiles, sculpture, photography, and printmaking, the works feature layered and manipulated imagery disrupted through padding, stitching, and printing processes.
The artist explores how landscape, folklore, and historical narratives shape cultural identity and collective memory. Drawing on contested and culturally sensitive histories, Godsell examines the stories through which Irish identity has been constructed, paying particular attention to the tensions and omissions embedded within them.

A group show which explores an ever-growing feeling of wonder in the face of the world’s complexity. Paintings by Philip Flanagan, Charles Tyrrell, prints by Stephen Vaughan, Niall Naessens and Lucy & Robert Carter, ceramics by Cormac Boydell and Aisling Roche, plus drawings by Gerda Teljeur, Patsy Tyrrell, Clare Henderson and Lucy Lambe. To quote Ekow Eshun: ‘When we enter an exhibition . . . we cross into a realm of complexity, contradiction and creative richness. We take on the point of view of an outsider, seeing the world anew with the eyes of a stranger’.

Image: Philip Flanagan. Wed–Sat 12–5pm or by appointment.

BARE is an intimate immersive encounter with human exhibits. Audiences may observe, ask questions or enter into conversation. Performers are nude.

Four separate one-hour sessions at 4pm, 5pm, 7pm and 8pm EACH day; 10 audience places per session.

Tickets €10 plus €0.25 online booking fee. Over 16s only; ID required. Booking: Autumn dates: 17–18 and 24–25 October; 7–8 and 14–15 November 2026.

For more information and to book, click here.

Menopause affects half the population yet remains largely absent from visual culture. In this new solo exhibition, painter Éadaoin Glynn explores ageing, visibility and the changing female body. Drawing on an anonymous survey in which women described menopause through images and phrases: “drowning, adrift, grief, rage; but also “metamorphosis, rebirth, freedom”. Glynn responds with paint, allowing it to bleed, pool and leave tidemarks on canvas. The exhibition is accompanied by a publication with texts by critic Cristín Leach and curator Kim Crowley. Éadaoin Glynn and Kim Crowley will be in-conversation at 1pm on Saturday 17 October.

You are warmly invited to the exhibition launch of new work by Eileen Mulrooney.

This will mark the first solo exhibition of KCAT artist Eileen Mulrooney, who is from the area and lives in Callan. Working mainly from photographs, Eileen’s landscapes and portraits demonstrate a keen observation and communicate her emotional resonance with these places and people. What could be seen as mundane paintings of friends in a kitchen, swans by the river, or parked cars, become vibrant tableaux, brimming with vitality and movement.

STAC is delighted to be working with KCAT once again for this exhibition.

An exhibition that explores the innovation of a series of flagship public art commissions initiated by Garter Lane Arts Centre and artist Garrett Phelan between 1995 & 1999.
Phelan, alongside then Garter Lane director Annette Clancy, gave no title to the programme or identified any of the events or encounters that occurred explicitly as art. Bypassing established ways in which art typically appears in public and embracing unconventional approaches and risk taking, the impact of these artworks three decades on still seem revelatory, with an abiding belief in artists to act and find new ways to critique, celebrate and investigate society.

Clare Arts Office in conjunction with Cultúrlann Sweeney is delighted to present Wild Irish Plants in Autumn, an exhibition by Sheelagh Keane.

Sheelagh grew up in County Clare and has always loved the wild flowers – particularly on the Loop Head peninsula in summer, when the light makes the flowers glow. She aims to have her work rooted in close observation of the natural world. Her botanical paintings combine botanical illustration with a sensitive approach to colour, form and detail, celebrating the beauty of native plants, fruits and flowers.

Róisín is a new exhibition by Elinor O’Donovan exploring the life of her ancestor Charlotte Grace O’Brien (1845–1909), a writer and campaigner who advocated for Irish women emigrating to America. Through film, archival material and installation, O’Donovan traces O’Brien’s journeys between Ireland and New York and explores connections between migration, women, ecology and Irish national identity. The exhibition culminates O’Donovan’s Sample-Studios Spike Island Summer Residency, delivered with Spike Island and Sirius Arts Centre.

linn gallery presents From Chioggia to Clonmel, featuring contemporary art from the historic Venetian town of Chioggia. This reciprocal exchange follows a 2025 visit to Chioggia by Clonmel RATS, Random Artists Tipperary South. Bringing the dialogue full circle, Chioggia-based artists now showcase a diverse range of styles in Clonmel.

Opening Reception: Fri 23 Oct, 6pm. All welcome.

Image: Canal Lombardo Chioggia, Eddi Pezzetta (Watercolour).

BARE is an intimate immersive encounter with human exhibits. Audiences may observe, ask questions or enter into conversation. Performers are nude.

Four separate one-hour sessions at 4pm, 5pm, 7pm and 8pm EACH day; 10 audience places per session.

Tickets €10 plus €0.25 online booking fee. Over 16s only; ID required. Booking: Autumn dates: 17–18 and 24–25 October; 7–8 and 14–15 November 2026.

For more information and to book, click here.

Exhibition runs 10/09/26-12/11/26.

Cork Printmakers present hay boy, gay boy, a solo exhibition by interdisciplinary artist Maitiú Mac Cárthaigh.
Mac Cárthaigh’s work explores the rural sexual imaginary. Within this, Mac Cárthaigh’s practice focuses on rural gentrification, homonormativity, greenwashing, and the material economies of space and place. They approach work through a Country Boy’s Make-Do methodology, drawing on a Co-Op materiality. Mac Cárthaigh’s practice examines how we construct different kinds of rural space with a materiality not rooted in rurality but with things that come in off the back of a lorry to be bought off the shelf.

Ormston House is delighted to present Alt-West / Alt-Thiar, an exhibition by the Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence (O.J.A.I.). The exhibition opens with a performance on Culture Night, Friday, 18 September from 6.30–7.30pm, and remains open until 9pm. Admission is free and no ticket is required.
The Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence (O.J.A.I.) was founded in 2015 by Chris Dreier and Gary Farrelly. This exhibition results from an invitation by Ormston House for the O.J.A.I. to direct their focus on Limerick and the Mid-West of Ireland. The resulting body of work is the culmination of a two-year investigation.

University College Cork Museum Studies Students and Cork Public Museum are proud to present ‘Life, Death, Legacy: Ireland’s Connected Bronze Age’. This exciting, student-curated exhibit explores the dynamic world of the Irish Bronze Age and shows how people from the past were not so different from us now.
‘Life, Death, Legacy’ offer visitors a thought-provoking experience using ancient artefacts from the Munster region. Themes such as feasting, death, luxury and metalworking are shown using burial urns, jewelry, and weapons, making it an unmissable exhibition. The exhibition opens on May 29th and is free for all visitors.

Exhibition runs 10/09/26-12/11/26.

Cork Printmakers present hay boy, gay boy, a solo exhibition by interdisciplinary artist Maitiú Mac Cárthaigh.
Mac Cárthaigh’s work explores the rural sexual imaginary. Within this, Mac Cárthaigh’s practice focuses on rural gentrification, homonormativity, greenwashing, and the material economies of space and place. They approach work through a Country Boy’s Make-Do methodology, drawing on a Co-Op materiality. Mac Cárthaigh’s practice examines how we construct different kinds of rural space with a materiality not rooted in rurality but with things that come in off the back of a lorry to be bought off the shelf.

An exhibition that explores the innovation of a series of flagship public art commissions initiated by Garter Lane Arts Centre and artist Garrett Phelan between 1995 & 1999.
Phelan, alongside then Garter Lane director Annette Clancy, gave no title to the programme or identified any of the events or encounters that occurred explicitly as art. Bypassing established ways in which art typically appears in public and embracing unconventional approaches and risk taking, the impact of these artworks three decades on still seem revelatory, with an abiding belief in artists to act and find new ways to critique, celebrate and investigate society.

Ormston House is delighted to present Alt-West / Alt-Thiar, an exhibition by the Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence (O.J.A.I.). The exhibition opens with a performance on Culture Night, Friday, 18 September from 6.30–7.30pm, and remains open until 9pm. Admission is free and no ticket is required.
The Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence (O.J.A.I.) was founded in 2015 by Chris Dreier and Gary Farrelly. This exhibition results from an invitation by Ormston House for the O.J.A.I. to direct their focus on Limerick and the Mid-West of Ireland. The resulting body of work is the culmination of a two-year investigation.

Menopause affects half the population yet remains largely absent from visual culture. In this new solo exhibition, painter Éadaoin Glynn explores ageing, visibility and the changing female body. Drawing on an anonymous survey in which women described menopause through images and phrases: “drowning, adrift, grief, rage; but also “metamorphosis, rebirth, freedom”. Glynn responds with paint, allowing it to bleed, pool and leave tidemarks on canvas. The exhibition is accompanied by a publication with texts by critic Cristín Leach and curator Kim Crowley. Éadaoin Glynn and Kim Crowley will be in-conversation at 1pm on Saturday 17 October.

Clare Arts Office in conjunction with Cultúrlann Sweeney is delighted to present Wild Irish Plants in Autumn, an exhibition by Sheelagh Keane.

Sheelagh grew up in County Clare and has always loved the wild flowers – particularly on the Loop Head peninsula in summer, when the light makes the flowers glow. She aims to have her work rooted in close observation of the natural world. Her botanical paintings combine botanical illustration with a sensitive approach to colour, form and detail, celebrating the beauty of native plants, fruits and flowers.

Exhibition runs 09/10/26-21/11/26.

Transmissions opens at The Courthouse Gallery & Studios with Beth Fox’s Grateful Patients, an experimental two-channel film installation examining belief, trust and misinformation. Bringing contemporary wellness disinformation into conversation with the story of a nineteenth-century medical charlatan, Fox explores how comforting narratives persist, and how technology, media and mediated identities influence behaviour, culture and our sense of what is real. From 9 October 2026, Ennistymon.

Róisín is a new exhibition by Elinor O’Donovan exploring the life of her ancestor Charlotte Grace O’Brien (1845–1909), a writer and campaigner who advocated for Irish women emigrating to America. Through film, archival material and installation, O’Donovan traces O’Brien’s journeys between Ireland and New York and explores connections between migration, women, ecology and Irish national identity. The exhibition culminates O’Donovan’s Sample-Studios Spike Island Summer Residency, delivered with Spike Island and Sirius Arts Centre.

linn gallery presents From Chioggia to Clonmel, featuring contemporary art from the historic Venetian town of Chioggia. This reciprocal exchange follows a 2025 visit to Chioggia by Clonmel RATS, Random Artists Tipperary South. Bringing the dialogue full circle, Chioggia-based artists now showcase a diverse range of styles in Clonmel.

Opening Reception: Fri 23 Oct, 6pm. All welcome.

Image: Canal Lombardo Chioggia, Eddi Pezzetta (Watercolour).

Margo Banks gives us the creatures we know but seldom see: a fox in the undergrowth, hares scattering, bees humming.
Her marks are quick and wonderfully alive. Orange flickers through the fox. A blue vein runs through hares. Banks leaves space around her animals, as though they might move beyond the edge at any moment.
There is humour in this work, and tenderness too. ‘Wild at Heart’ invites us to pause, look closer, and notice the lives unfolding all around us.

Body of Light presents the visionary work of master artist Romio Shrestha, whose paintings bridge the sacred tradition of Tibetan thangka with a contemporary visual language of light, consciousness, and healing. Drawing on the timeless concept of the “body of light”—a luminous state of awakened awareness found across mystical traditions—Shrestha creates works that invite contemplation and inner reflection.

Across mountains and seas two cultures created visual masterpieces as pathways to the divine, maps of the cosmos, and instruments of transformation.