An Poc ar Buile
Clodagh O’Leary
Photo Ireland
English/Irish
Softcover
Edition of 200
32 pages
148 × 210 mm
2024
ISBN Not Available
Puck Fair is an annual event held in Killorglin, County Kerry, with a history dating back over 400 years. The fair centers around the capture of a wild goat, which is crowned ‘King Puck’ and placed on a high platform in the town square. The origins of Puck Fair are steeped in local legend and historical accounts, with various theories explaining its inception as a combination of pagan, Christian, and economic traditions.
The most popular story of the fair’s origin features a lone goat breaking away from its herd who are fleeing towards the mountains in order to warn the inhabitants of Killorglin about Cromwell’s advancing Roundheads who were pillaging nearby Shanara and Kilgobnet at the foot of the Mcgillycuddy Reeks. This story forms the basis for the traditional ballad ‘An Poc ar Buile’. Over the centuries, the fair has evolved from a market for livestock and goods into a vibrant celebration of Irish culture, featuring live music, parades, traditional dances, and amusement rides.
About the Artist
Clodagh O’Leary is a self-taught Irish photographer from Kerry working under the handle 1eurofiddy. She uses both film and digital photography in her work. The bulk of her work consists of street photography with a particular focus on the changing face of Ireland, drawing inspiration from both old and new with a unique blend of social realism and iconography.1eurofiddy has exhibited work at two Dublin Culture Night events with the Iova photography group and has exhibited and sold prints and zines at The Library Project, Templebar.
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About the Series
TLP Editions are an ongoing collection of contemporary photographic projects in the form of accessible and inexpensive publications by PhotoIreland. These A5 sized booklets present a standard format throughout the series, with 36 pages each, a cover with a text block of under 140 words that introduces the project, and the title and the artist name only available on the contra cover. The project creates a node of opportunities as it allows photographers to enter the publishing arena, while facilitating access to contemporary artistic practices to the general public.
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About the Publisher
Founded in 2009, PhotoIreland was conceived as an organisation to stimulate a dialogue around photography in Ireland by developing a varied array of initiatives and events with a strong participative approach.
photoireland.org
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