Thursday, December 25, 2014

if the Arabs cannot act the Christians must..

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It has become clear that Arab countries are either afraid / are controlled by / bought by the Israeli - American cabal....

since the Arabs do not have the courage to act to help the Palestinians then the Christians must act in their stead..
















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Saturday, December 20, 2014

Stop the Arrest of Children

17 December 2014, Two 10-year-old Palestinian boys were arrested for allegedly throwing stones. Mohammed Nabil Taha and Akram Zayed Al-Jamal were visibly shaking and crying while the Israeli border police held them in custody for thirty minutes at Qitoun checkpoint 209 in Hebron. 

According to ADDAMEER*  there 182 children being held  (19 under 16)




ADDAMEER (Arabic for conscience) Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association is a Palestinian non-governmental, civil institution that works to support Palestinian political prisoners held in Israeli and Palestinian prisons.



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Thursday, December 11, 2014

Online Shops in Palestine

Support Palestinian businesses, farmers and artisans by buying from Palestine.


Shop in Palestine 
- Clothing, jewelry, music, videos, books, ceramics, food, artwork, embroidery, and soaps made in Jerusalem and the West Bank. PayPal Verified. Ships globally.

Palestine Shop 
- A small family business located in Palestine, selling products globally to support the Palestinian cause, to provide fundamental support for hundreds of women and families, and to introduce the Palestinian culture and folklore into homes world wide. PayPal. Ships globally.

Atfaluna Society for Deaf Children 
- Unique hand-crafted products made by deaf women and men in the Gaza Strip. Your purchases on our secure web site will help to provide jobs and much needed hope for hundreds of needy deaf persons and their families.

Canaan Fair Trade   |  Canada / US Customers
- A social entrepreneurship firm dedicated to artisan quality products based in Jenin, Palestine. The company sources its agricultural food products from a network of 49 cooperatives organized in the Palestine Fair Trade Association with the membership of over 1700 farm families.

Sunbula 
- A nonprofit Fair Trade organization that supports Palestinian craft producers, women‘s groups, artisan cooperatives and disabled people‘s organizations.

Palestinian Pottery
- Original and authentic Palestinian Pottery is sold only at our factory and retail outlet on 14 Nablus Rd. East Jerusalem (and now on our web site).

Gifts to Palestine
- Gifts to Palestine only deals with Palestinians vendors located in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Our mission is to support Palestinian merchants and products, and we try to incorporate as many local-made items as possible.

Courtesy of Anonymous  |  Please contact us to have your shop added




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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

“Irish Artists’ Pledge to Boycott Israel”


If you are an Irish artist or an artist based in Ireland and would like to add your signature, please contact culturalboycott[at] ipsc.ie

The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) strongly welcomes the Irish artists’ ‘pledge’ to boycott Israeli cultural institutions until Israel complies with international law. This pledge not only represents a significant victory for the ethical responsibilities of international cultural figures; a key factor in the cultural boycott of Israel, but is a ground breaking strategy in supporting Palestinian struggle for freedom and justice.

See Full List of Signatories (534) - Last Updated – 26th June 2016
Visit the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign page




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Sunday, November 16, 2014

At the Bottom of the Night..suicide beckons

Every life lost in the modernisation of China is so sad, so needless, so futile - one such life lost is that of the young poet;-  Xu Lizhi (1990-2014). 

I would like to extend my sincere condolences to his family and friends and also to thank the friends of the Nao project for the translations of poems by Xu Lizhi (许立志)


Here below his death poem together with commentary, background and links to the full article and more of his work.



“On My Deathbed”


I want to take another look at the ocean, 

behold the vastness of tears from half a lifetime
I want to climb another mountain, 
try to call back the soul that I’ve lost
I want to touch the sky, 
feel that blueness so light
But I can’t do any of this, 
so I'm leaving this world
Everyone who’s heard of me
Shouldn't be surprised at my leaving
Even less should you sigh or grieve
I was fine when I came...
and fine when I left.

-- Xu Lizhi, 30 September 2014



我弥留之际


我想再看一眼大海,

目睹我半生的泪水有多汪洋
我想再爬一爬高高的山头,
试着把丢失的灵魂喊回来
我还想摸一摸天空,
碰一碰那抹轻轻的蓝
可是这些我都办不到了,
我就要离开这个世界了
所有听说过我的人们啊
不必为我的离开感到惊讶
更不必叹息,
或者悲伤
我来时很好
去时,也很好

-- Xu Lizhi, 30 September 2014



Commentary 

For those 'employed / indentured slaves', in emerging economies there may seem to be little alternative. Is a return to the poverty / humility / simplicity of a rural backwater so bad?

Tens of thousands of the young in China are sold the illusion of a better future, glamour enhanced by photoshop in magazines, actors in roles all painted up on television and in film... much of it fantasy, lies and illusion.. sleight of mind. 


Aided and abetted by their American counterparts the Chinese company executives consuming all in their path. The wealthy international corporations engaging in abject dishonesty, studiously avoiding the images and news of the deaths of workers - workers who are treated like dogs at the end of an ornate supply chain.


The reality is that the capitalist system is built on dishonesty, greed and ever increasing consumption, for the majority of workers it is impossible to defeat the system;-



  • you will be paid a fraction of what is ever fair
  • you will work extra hours without pay
  • you will be removed / abused if you complain
  • increasing taxation will dilute your earnings
  • you can easily waste the best years of your life

This is not unique to emerging economies, all over the world people give their lives in an attempt to gain more money to gain more things.. to gain more money to gain more things.

We do not need more consumers consuming and perpetuating the nightmare of rampant consumption; we need more artists and philosophers and writers and poets...  happy to live simply without consumerist trappings. Only then will we get a reset of a system being destroyed by its own greed.



Background

Xu Lizhi (许立志) was a Foxconn worker who committed suicide on 30 September 2014, at the age of 24, in Shenzhen, China. The full article also includes an obituary and explanatory notes.

Please read the full article on Libcom.org entitled ;-

 The poetry and brief life of a Foxconn worker: Xu Lizhi (1990-2014)






Xu's departing poem 

by Li Fei and Zhang Xiaoqi
10 October, 2014

《我弥留之际》

“On My Deathbed”

我想再看一眼大海,目睹我半生的泪水有多汪洋

I want to take another look at the ocean, behold the vastness of tears from half a lifetime
我想再爬一爬高高的山头,试着把丢失的灵魂喊回来
I want to climb another mountain, try to call back the soul that I’ve lost
我还想摸一摸天空,碰一碰那抹轻轻的蓝
I want to touch the sky, feel that blueness so light
可是这些我都办不到了,我就要离开这个世界了
But I can’t do any of this, so I’m leaving this world
所有听说过我的人们啊
Everyone who’s heard of me
不必为我的离开感到惊讶
Shouldn’t be surprised at my leaving
更不必叹息,或者悲伤
Even less should you sigh or grieve
我来时很好,去时,也很好
I was fine when I came, and fine when I left.

-- Xu Lizhi, 30 September 2014



Shy, quiet, introverted, solitary

In 2010, Xu Lizhi went [from his home in rural Jieyang, Guangdong] to work at [a] Foxconn [electronics factory in Shenzhen], beginning life on the assembly line. From 2012 until February of this year [2014], over 30 of his writings were published in Foxconn’s internal newspaper Foxconn People (富士康人), including poems, essays, film reviews, and news commentaries {…} Xu posted the titles of these writings on his blog in a post called “The Maturation Given to Me by a Newspaper,” indicating his gratitude for this platform for his literary aspirations. The first time his friend Zheng (pseudonym) read Xu’s poetry, he was astonished to discover that this young man could be so talented. Henceforth, Zheng always looked for Xu’s writings in the newspaper.
Zheng’s impression was that Xu was a shy boy, “of few words, but not silent.” “Xu asserted his convictions, but he seemed quite solitary – very much the air of a poet.” When Zheng heard of Xu’s suicide, his entire [week-long] break for [China’s] National Day was shrouded in grief. He could not go outside for days.


Turning feelings into poems; fearing they'd be read by family

Most of Xu’s early poems were descriptions of life on the assembly line. In “Workshop, My Youth Was Stranded Here,” he described his conditions at the time: “Beside the assembly line, tens of thousands of workers [dagongzhe]1 line up like words on a page/ 'Faster, hurry up!'/ Standing among them, I hear the supervisor bark.” He felt that “Once you’ve entered the workshop/ The only choice is submission,” and that his youth was coldly slipping away, so he could only “Watch it being ground away day and night/ Pressed, polished, molded/ Into a few measly bills, so-called wages.”

At first Xu Lizhi found it difficult to adapt to the constant switching between dayshifts and nightshifts. In another poem, he described himself by the assembly line “standing straight like iron, hands like flight,” “How many days, how many nights/ Did I – just like that – standing, fall asleep?” He described his working life as exhausting, “Flowing through my veins, finally reaching the tip of my pen/ Taking root in the paper/ These words can be read only by the hearts of migrant workers."


Xu once said that he never showed his poetry to his parents or other relatives, "because it's something painful; I don't want them to see that."



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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

All the Way to the Heart..

Now when reviewing the images and content from Palestine and Gaza for the last weeks this image goes all the way through to my heart... :-(

again I must ask my friends, readers and supporters world-wide to drop what they are doing and do something, something for the Palestinians and Gaza.. 

It is simply not acceptable to see the might of an aggressive nation like Israel turn all of that military muscle against a civilian population. 

To my American friends I must say your Government funds Israel, supplies the weapons that kill children, you have consistently voted against UN Resolutions censuring Israel - this must change or you will become an international pariah such as Israel is.

You will not be welcome in Ireland or anywhere else.




A relative of one of the children killed in an Israeli strike on a playground in al-Shati refugee camp mourn at a Gaza City cemetery on 28 July, the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of Ramadan. Ten people, mostly children, were killed and forty injured in the attack. (Anne Paq / ActiveStills)

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Please see

Tuesday, September 09, 2014

Gaza Still needs you..more than ever

on summer beaches sipping clean water all family present, alive and free do not forget the living & the dead of Gaza..




Tuesday, August 05, 2014

Boycott israeli goods

We invented boycott in Ireland - it is one alternative to violence


A boycott is an act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for social or political reasons. Sometimes, it can be a form of consumer activism. Source: Wikipedia

Charles Stewart Parnell 




Speaking at Ennis on 19 September 1880, prominent Irish leader Charles Stewart Parnell said;-

“When a man takes a farm from which another had been evicted you must shun him on the roadside when you meet him, you must shun him in the streets of the town, you must shun him in the shop, you must shun him in the fairgreen and in the marketplace, and even in the place of worship, by leaving him alone, by putting him in a moral Coventry, by isolating him from the rest of his country as if he were the leper of old, you must show your detestation of the crime he has committed”. 

This type of “moral Coventry” was used in the case of Captain Boycott, a County Mayo land agent, who was isolated by the local people until his nerve broke. This led to a new word entering in to the English language, boycotting.

There is a long standing boycott campaign against israeli goods and it is past time that it was universally adopted.  Identifying anything with a 729 barcode is obviously very easy but to be effective the boycott must extend far beyond that. CRH must be brought to heel, but that is for another day...


Additional articles on boycott to follow shortly. Please see the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign on current campaigns;- http://www.ipsc.ie/campaigns/consumer-boycott






From Rafeef Ziadah - theguardian.com, Monday 28 July 2014 09.36 BST


"The attack on Gaza is not a war between two equal sides. It is an onslaught by a powerful military state, armed and supported by the west, against an impoverished, besieged and displaced people. The talk of governments is cheap. As long as talk is all there is, the life of our children remains even cheaper. We must step up our boycott, divestment and sanctions, campaigning internationally to end Israel’s impunity."


NEWS, STATEMENTS
Stand with Palestinian workers in Gaza: a call for trade union solidarity

Posted on July 30, 2014 by The Palestinian trade union movement and the Congress of South African Trade Unions
- See more at: 







Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Bolivia Declares Israel a Terrorist State

Bolivia Declares Israel a Terrorist State

where are the politicians of Ireland.. where?

Read About it from a Google search
http://goo.gl/mzgWfp

 viva Evo Morales




Please Support Gaza

Please support Gaza and the Palestinians. 

Ireland has a long history of supporting the underdog even though for much of our own history we have been on the receiving end of the imperialist jackboot.

This is not about politics, or the relative merits or demerits of Hamas or the PA;-

  • it is about 1.8 million people squeezed into an outdoor concentration camp.
  • it is about children murdered in their beds
  • it is about an illegal blockade
  • it is about illegal settlements
  • it is about a total disregard for UN resolutions
  • it is about one law for israelis and another for Palestinians
  • it is about child arrests and torture
  • it is about justice for the Palestinians




Carnage in Gaza

Please do not sit there in your complacency and think it is only the headcases and the disaffected and the weirdos with nothing better to do that are protesting about Gaza... 

Pierre Krähenbühl, the commissioner-general of the UNRWA, says that initial evidence indicates that the UN school was hit by Israeli artillery shells.

"I condemn in the strongest possible terms this serious violation of international law by Israeli forces," 

"This is the sixth time that one of our schools has been struck. Our staff, the very people leading the humanitarian response are being killed. Our shelters are overflowing. Tens of thousands may soon be stranded in the streets of Gaza, without food, water and shelter if attacks on these areas continue.
We have moved beyond the realm of humanitarian action alone. We are in the realm of accountability. 

I call on the international community to take deliberate international political action to put an immediate end to the continuing carnage."

Thursday, July 10, 2014

Dead Palestinians

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Palestinians corner squeezed
jew pockets bulging with yankee arms 
a puppet president mouthing... 
the words he was given 

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Friday, June 06, 2014

Kudos to Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign

hundreds of Irish artists have pledged their support... read more

Full List of Signatories (511)
Last Updated – 5th September 2014

Astrid Adler – Visual Artist, musician, mime artist
John Arden († March 2012) – Playwright, novelist
Siobhán Armstrong – Musician
Derek Ball – Composer
Robert Ballagh – Visual artist
Margo Banks – Painter
Cormac Begley – Musician
Liam Bradley – Musician
Diarmuid Breatnach – Musician, poet
Cormac Breatnach – Musician
Cecily Brennan – Artist
Ronan Browne – Musician
Conor Byrne – Musician
Roisin Byrne – Visual artist
Séamas Cain – Poet, performance artist
Moya Cannon – Poet
Liam Carson – Scríbhneoir
Clare Cashman – Visual artist
Rhona Clarke – Composer
Siobhán Cleary – Composer
Mickey Coleman – Singer/songwriter
Joe Comerford – Filmmaker
Michael Connerty – Musician (Moutpiece)
Neilí Conroy – Actor
Dorothy Cross – Sculptor
Charles Cullen – Visual artist
Michael Cullen – Painter
Cindy Cummings – Dance artist
Sinéad Cusack – Actor
Margaretta Darcy – Author and playwright
John F. Deane – Writer
Raymond Deane – Composer
Seamus Deane – Author
Renate DeBrun – Painter and printmaker
Damien Dempsey – Singer
Tim Dennehy – Singer/songwriter
Eoin Dillon – Ceoltóir (Kíla)
Keith Donald – Musician
Philip Donnery – Musician
Gráinne Dowling – Visual artist
Kevin Doyle – Writer
Robert Doyle – Musician
Roger Doyle – Composer
Felim Egan – Visual artist
Martin A. Egan – Musician
Naisrín Elsafty – Singer
Róisín Elsafty – Singer
Zahrah Elsafty – Singer
Elaine Feeney – Poet
Stephen Gardner – Composer
Anthony Glavin – Novelist and short story writer
Dearbhla Glynn – Filmmaker
Johnny Gogan – Filmmaker
Carmel Gunning – Musician
Marie Hanlon – Visual artist
Robbie Harris – Musician
Paul Hayes – Composer
Graham Henderson – Musician
Donogh Hennessy – Musician
Rita Ann Higgins – Poet
Michael Holohan – Composer
Andy Irvine – Musician
Ryan Johnson – Musician
Fergus Johnston – Composer
Fred Johnston – Poet
Trevor Joyce – Poet
Bernadette Kiely – Painter
Brian King – Sculptor
Vincent Kennedy – Composer
Trevor Knight – Music/theatre
Conor Kostick – Novelist
Gavin Kostick – Playwright
Dave Lordan – Poet
Donal Lunny –Musician
Pól MacAdaim – Singer/songwriter
Iarla Mac Aodha Bhuí – Scríbhneoir
Mickey MacConnell – Singer/songwriter
Tony Mac Mahon – Musician
Lorcán Mac Mathúna – Singer
Alice Maher – Visual Artist
Brenda Malloy – Musician
Jimmy McCarthy – Singer/songwriter
Martin McElhinney – Musician (Coldwar)
Paul Nash – Musician (Coldwar)
Trevor McLave – (Coldwar)
Joe McGowan – Author
Jackie McKenna – Sculptor
John McLachlan – Composer
Joleen McLaughlin – Musician (Henry Sisters)
Karen McLaughlin – Musician (Henry Sisters)
Lorna McLaughlin – Musician (Henry Sisters)
Tina Mc Laughlin- Singer/songwriter
Eoin McLochlainn – Visual artist
John McSherry – Musician
Paula Meehan – Poet
Thom Moore – Songwriter, writer/translator
Sharon (Shaz) Morgan – Musician, photographer
Sami Moukkadem – Musician, film-maker, writer
Hassan Ould Muctar – Musician
Conor Mullan – Musician
Janet Mullarney – Visual artist
Gráinne Mulvey – Composer
Deirdre Murphy – Dancer
Niamh Ní Charra – Musician
Peadar Ó Ceannabháin – Singer
Saileog Ní Cheannabháin – Musician
Treasa Ní Cheannabháin – Singer
Áine Ní Chuaig – Musician
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh – Musician/singer
Liam Noonan – Musician (Digital Disorder)
Dave Murphy – Musician (Digital Disorder)
Keith McGovern – Musician (Digital Disorder)
Ken Deasy – Musician (Digital Disorder)
Pádraig Ó Baoill – Scríbhneoir
Niall Ó Callanáin – Musician
Eamonn O’Doherty († August 2011) – Architect, sculptor
Méabh O Hare – Musician/filmmaker
Jane O’Leary – Composer
Brian Ó hUiginn – Musician
Donal O’Kelly – Playwright/actor
Ciarán Ó Maonaigh – Ceoltóir
Seosamh O Neachtain – Dancer
Eoin O’Neill – Musician
Jerry O’Reilly – Singer
Peadar Ó Riada – Ceoltóir
Gregory Rosenstock – Writer
Pauline Scanlon – Singer
Rossa Ó Snodaigh – Ceoltóir (Kíla)
Paul O’Toole – Singer/songwriter
Michael Quane – Sculptor
Bob Quinn – Visual artist/filmmaker
Jim Ricks – Visual artist
Stephen Rothschild – Painter/printmaker
Mary Russell – Author
Dermot Seymour – Painter
John W. Sexton – Poet
Eileen Sheehan – Poet
Ronan Sheehan – Novelist
Michael Smith – Poet and translator
Moira Tierney – Film-maker
Hugh Travers – Writer
Caoimhín Vallely – Ceoltóir
Laura Vecchi – Painter/writer
John Wakeman – Poet
Hilary Wakeman – Author
Hazel Walker – Visual artist
William Wall – Author
Ronan Wilmot – Actor/director
Steve Woods – Film-maker
Adam Wyeth – Poet
Luke Mercer – Musician (Oddsocks Revival)
Adrian White – Writer
Tom Fitzgerald – Visual artist
Clara Rose – Musician
Conor McGrady – Visual artist
Dermot McLaughlin – Musician
Michael Owens – Singer/songwriter
Anthony Fox – Actor, writer
Conor Grimes – Writer, actor
Stuart Nealon – Poet
Darach Ó Scolaí – Writer
Cahal Johnson – Musician
Michael Gallagher – Photographer
Kevin Spratt (aka Captain Moonlight) – Musician
Cara Dillon – Musician
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh – Ceoltóir
Fiach (Moriarty) – Singer/songwriter
Loreana Rush – Photographer
Alice Hanratty – Painter
Barry McGovern – Actor
Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill – Poet
Lillis Ó Laoire – Musician
Stephen Rea – Actor
Liam Ó Maonlaí – Musician
Ellen Cranitch – Musician
Sharon Shannon – Musician
Seamus Cashman – Poet
Julius Guzy – Painter
Dermot Browne – Painter
Denise Cassidy – Painter
Kevin Crawford – Musician
Gráinne Holland  – Musician (Casadh)
Frainc Mac Cionnaith – Musician (Casadh)
Nioclás Mac Cathmhaoil  – Musician (Casadh)
Barry Kerr – Artist and musician
John Steele – Musician
Conor Biggs – Musician
Robbi McMillen – Singer
Alan O Connor – Photographer
Sarah Clancy – Poet
Maria McManus – Poet and playwright
Tiona McSherry – Musician
Paul McSherry – Musician
Daragh Carville – Playwright and screenwriter
Harry Moore – Artist
Dylan Walshe – Singer/songwriter
Melissa Nolan – Actor
Anthony Kane (aka The Lonely Schizophrenic) – Musician
John Ryan – Author
Dermot Kelly – Photographer
Ciaran Dwyer – Singer/songwriter
Tommy Halferty – Musician
Finian Cunninghman – Singer/songwriter
Eamon Murray – Musician
Rynagh O’Grady – Actor
Padraig Murray – Actor
Michal Leman-Lemanski – Theatre producer/cultural project manager
Sara Horgan – Visual artist
Pat ‘deVerse’ Burke – Traditional Singer/Songwriter
Denise Woods – Director of photography
Paul Flynn – Composer
Glenda Cimino – Writer, actor, director
Shane Cullen – Visual artist
Jaki McCarrick – Writer
Tim Ording  – Singer/songwriter (Melodica Deathship)
Roisin Ni Galloglaigh – Musician
Kevin McCarthy – Visual artist
Joby Fox – Songwriter
Rik Walton – Photographer
Connor Kelly – Poet/musician
Katrin Neue – Dancer and choreographer
Pamela Brown – Poet
Paul Kirby – Visual artist
Barry Hamilton – Filmmaker and director
Luke Fallon – Cartoonist
Ciaran Murphy – Singer/songwriter
Seán Harrington – Architect
Cormac O’Neill – Visual artist
Eamonn Crudden – Filmmaker
Fares Fares – Visual artist/photographer
Brian Dunning – Musician
Paul C. Reynolds – Photographer
Andrew Edgar (aka Zyme) – Musician (Gamepak)
Tim Daly – Lyricist
Gerry Fitzgerald – Musician (The Lee Harveys)
Stephen Cashell - Musician (The Lee Harveys)
Paul O Brien - Musician (The Lee Harveys)
Alice Walsh – Writer
Daniel Lynch (aka Danny Diatribe) – MC (Diatribe & The Crimson Underground)
Garvan McCann (aka The Crimson Underground) – Producer (Diatribe & The Crimson Underground)
Mick Hannigan – IndieCork Film Festival
Arezu Tabarsi (aka Top-Notch) – MC
Mikael Fernström – Multi-media artist
Des Donnelly (aka Drax) – Poet
Seamus Doyle – Musician
Shane O’Shea (aka Naphta) – DJ/Producer
Diarmuid Slattery (aka Diarmo) – DJ/Producer/Musician
Graham Montgomery – Musician
Daragh McCarthy – Filmmaker
Kevin Barrington – Poet
Joe McGill – Painter, sculptor and poet
Robbie Perry – Musician
Hugh McFadden – Poet, literary critic and editor
Catherine Ann Cullen – Poet
Martin Naarendorp (aka Ras Tinny) – Deejay
Leon Guilfoyle – Musician (Lluther)
Hytham Martin – Musician (Lluther & Eyesclosed)
Eoghan O’Neill [1] – Sculptor
Eoghan O’Neill [2] – Musician (Early House)
Kevin Rowsome – Musician
Khaled Ajamia – Filmmaker
Rónan Guilfoyle – Jazz musician/Composer
Dylan Tighe – Musician, theatre director and writer
Seán Murray – Filmmaker
Brian Fleming – Musician
Darragh Jáuregui-Hogan – Composer and musician
Jim McKee – Artist, singer and songwriter
Pa Curran – Singer/Songwriter
Katie O’Kelly – Actor and playwright
Keith O’Brien – Composer
Benjamin Dwyer – Composer and guitarist
Bernadette Hopkins – Artist
Mary Costello – Writer
Kimberly Campanello – Poet
Vincent Doherty – Traditional singer and musician
Jane Jermyn – Ceramic artist
Karl Parkinson – Writer/Poet
Colin Dunne – Dancer
Anthony Jackson – Hip-Hop Artist
Sebastian Clare – Writer and Voice Artist
Kathryn Maguire – Artist
Brian Kavanagh – Artist
Mollie Barrow – Artist
Liosa Ni Chiarain – Artist, Tatooist, Singer/Songwriter
Tom J. Byrne – Artist
Sue Cosgrave – Author and poet
Philip Fogarty – Musician
Anna Lardi – Musician
John Nee (aka Little John Nee) – Writer/Performer
Philip Casey – Poet, Novelist
Edel Meade – Musician
Honor Heffernan – Singer/Musician
Edward Boyne – Poet
Jürgen Simpson – Composer
Jackie Askew – Visual artist
Richard Geraghty - Filmmaker, photographer, musician
Maeve McCarthy – Visual artist
Katherine Duffy – Poet
Harry Bradley – Traditional musician
 Peter Cummins – Musician (The Fleadh Cowboys)
Sile Denvir – Musician
Tiarnan O Duinnchinn – Traditional musician
Siobhán Peoples – Traditional musician
Katie Theasby – Singer
Fiona O’Dwyer – Visual artist
Fiona Kelleher – Musician
Paul Bradley – Fiddle player
John Carty – Musician
Eimer Casey – Musician
Ger Costelloe – Singer/Songwriter
Kate Thompson – Author
Leonard Barry – Musician
Mick Blake – Singer/songwriter
Liam P. Bradley – Musician
Paddy Kerr – Musician
Donogh Hennessy – Composer and performer
Paula Leyden – Author
Conor Caldwell – Musician
Philip Crickard – Musician
Noirin Lynch – Singer
Ger Ryan – Actor
Roisin Broderick – Musician
Thierry Masure – Fiddle player
Tara Baoth Mooney – Singer and musician
Clodagh Downing – Actor
Celine Kiernan – Author
Melissa Joan Diem – Poet, writer and visual artist
Denyse Woods – Novelist
Colm Mac Con Iomaire – Ceoltóir / Musician
Fionnbharr Ó Súilleabháin – Fine art photographer
Eleanor Methven – Actor
Eoghan McGrath – Visual artist
Ian Lynch – Singer/musician (Lynched)
Mael Coll Rua – Poet
Guiseppe Torre – Digital artist
Kinbria / Sorrellium – Musician, Recording artist, poet
Paul Larkin – Film-maker and author
Una Keane – Musician
Kevin Liddy – Writer, director
Mary Murphy – Author, illustrator
Bairbre Flood – Musician (Yearning Curve)
Lawrence O’Donnell – Musician (Yearning Curve)
Laura Ann Brady – Musician
Amanda Feery – Composer
Jose Miguel Jimenez – Actor and theatre director
Niamh McCann – Actor
Rory Pierce – Composer, cellist
Will Irvine – Actor
Gina Moxley – Actor/writer/director
Joanna Thompson – Artist
Alan Holly – Animation filmmaker
Jim Maginn – Photographer
Steve O’Sullivan (AKA Evil Uncle) – Musician
Tob Swift – Musician
Ella Clarke – Dance artist
Gary Lawlor – Musician (The Druids)
Mick Dunne – Musician (The Druids)
Mick O’Brien – Musician (The Druids)
Paddy Mangan – Musician (The Druids)
Noni Stapleton – Actor
Dahí Jim – Singer/writer
Dee Roycroft – Writer, actor
Michael Coult – Traditional flute player
Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin – Musician
Mary Barnecutt – Musician/writer
Paul Murnaghan – Visual artist
Oonagh Kearney – Filmmaker and writer
Rossa Mullin – Filmmaker
Grace Weir – Visual Artist
Joe Walker – Visual Artist
Pat Walker – Visual Artist
Tamara Him – Photographer
Thomas Mallon – Musician (Astralnaut)
Seoidin O’Sullivan – Artist
Jessica Traynor – Poet
Paul McCloskey – Visual artist
Mel Healy – Novelist
Brian Cross – Photographer/Film-maker
Margo Harkin – Filmmaker
Steve Wall – Musician
Kevin Curran – Author
Adrienne Geoghegan – visual artist/writer
Sean O’Reilly – Writer
Anamaria Crowe Serrano – Poet
Doireann Ní Ghríofa – Poet/File
Séighean Ó Draoi – Sculptor
Patricio Casssinoni – Artist and photographer
Afric McGlinchey – Poet
Dave Fleming – Musician
John Conneely – Musician
Jessamine O’Connor – Poet
Petr Pandula – Musician
Lia Mills – Writer
Ceara Conway – Visual artist
Steve Hanks – Musician
Christodoulos Makris – Poet
Derbhle Crotty – Actor
Margo Carr – Actor, comedian
John Joyce – Musician
Kathleen Joyce – Musician
Aindrias Stack – Actor, musician, storyteller
Robin Parmar – Sound artist and poet
Carmel McCreagh – Singer/Writer
Seamas Mac Annaidh – Scribhneoir (Writer)
Allen Kiely – Photographer
Cathal Synnott – Musician
Ronit Lentin – Novelist
Adrian Kenny – Writer
Lou McMahon – Singer/Songwriter
Aoife Scott – Singer
Frances Black – Singer
David Carmody – Musician
Vanessa Gildea – Filmmaker
Barbara O’Meara – Visual artist
Daniel Doyle – Sculptor
Pat Nolan – Actor
Rory Tangney – Artist
Mark O’Halloran – Actor
John Buckley – Visual artist
Gari Deegan – Singer/songwriter
Izumi Kimura – Pianist
Tim Wallace-Murphy – Author
Raymond Beggan – Photographer, musician
Pat Boran – Poet
Michael Budd – Blacksmith and sculptor
Bernard Clarke – Radiophonic artist
Don Lydon – Musician
Nicki Griffin – Writer
Raymond Keane – Actor, writer, director
Desmond Traynor – Writer, musician
Van Poynton – Filmmaker
Liam Cagney – Writer
Elder Roche – Musician
Cormac O’Leary – Visual artist
Brian Hogan – Ceoltóir (Kíla)
Colm Ó Snodaigh – Ceoltóir (Kíla)
Tim Fleming – Cinematographe
Gregory Daly – Musician
Darragh Graham – Musician (Hermitage Green)
Darragh Griffin – Musician (Hermitage Green)
Dan Murphy – Musician (Hermitage Green)
Barry Murphy – Musician (Hermitage Green)
Dermot Sheedy – Musician (Hermitage Green)
Ollie Plunkett – Musician (The Lost Messiahs)
Ian Wilson – Composer
Seán Hillen – Artist
Wissam Abdel Samad – Photographer
Mary Ryan – Actor, singer
Krystyna Rawicz – Poet, artist
Sueanne Moore – Artist
Cian Finn – Singer/Songwriter
Lorraine O’Brien – Musician
Andrew Glenn – Artist
Medbh Gillard – Artist
Ciarán MacUilliam – Musician (Primordial)
Michael O Floinn – Musician (Primordial)
Simon O’Laoghaire – Musician (Primordial)
Philip McFadden – Sculptor & artist
Patrick Bradley – Painter & sculptor
Audrey Doherty – Milliner and Raqs Sharqi artist (Eastern Dance
Joe O’Byrne – Writer/director
Sarah Hayden – Writer
Daithi Brophy – Painter
Mary Kelly – Visual artist
Ronan Tully – Theatre artist
Vincent Wood – Composer and musician
Niall Vallely – Musician
Karan Casey – Singer
Dan Acheson – Musician (The Wood Burning Savages)
Wally Cassidy – Photographer
Fatin Al-Tamimi – Photographer
Deirdre Mackel – Artist
June Butler – Artist
Paul Walls – Artist
Carl Taylor – Artist
Colm Keegan – Writer, poet
Kathleen McCreery – Writer, actor, director
Colin Stanley – Musician (Big Bag of Tricks / Queen Elvis)
Johanne Webb – Actor, director
Siobhán Peoples – Musician
Paul Brady – Singer/songwriter
Breandán Clarke – Visual artist
Colin Darke – Visual artist
Brian Brannigan – Singer/songwriter (A Lazarus Soul)
Mary Coughlan – Singer
Áilbhe Hines – Performance artist / Community arts activist
John Dorman – Architect, artist
Aodán McCardle – Poet / Performance artist
Jenny Bassett – Drama and movement practitioner
Jim Roche – Architect
Micilín Mac An Rí – Musician (The Blaggards)
Jesse Jones – Visual artist
Elizabeth Clyne – Architect
Fergal Gaynor – Writer
Tom O’Dea – Artist
Mark Price – Architect
Peter Clyne – Filmmaker
Conor O’Reilly – Composer & musician
Roisín O’Donnell – Writer
Mary Byrne – Architect
Wissame Cherfi – Filmmaker
Jackie McKenna – Sculptor
Cora Venus Lunny – Musician
David G. Buckley – Singer/Songwriter
Martin Tourish – Musician/ Composer
Ali Morrison – Musician
Sokol Koka – Musician
Declan McHale – Irish dancer
Édaín Ní Dhomhnaill – Visual artist
Sorcha Fox – Actor
Ben Williams (Mark Benjamin Williams) – Musician


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