Centre Culturel Irlandais: Songs of Peace: Francis Ledwidge Sven Anderson, Patricia Burns, David Farrell, Clare Langan, Mick O’Dea, Niamh O’Malley, Sasha Sykes →

25/01 - 13/05 Opening night: Thursday 25 January, from 6.30 to 8pm

Tuesday to Sunday from 2pm to 6pm
(late opening on Wednesday until 8pm)
Closed on Mondays, bank holidays, 7-8 Feb, 16-18 March and 10 April

The Irish poet, naturalist, activist, nationalist and soldier, Francis Ledwidge, died in Ypres in 1917 shortly before his thirtieth birthday. A century later, curator Sabina MacMahon has selected work by seven visual artists in response to the life and work of Ireland’s soldier poet. Ledwidge’s final volume of poems ‘Songs of Peace’ illustrates his poignant longing for the countryside of his home county of Meath. This intimate connection with landscape together with the conjoined themes of love and loss are explored in different ways by each artist presented in the show – an ode to the contemporary relevance of the poet’s oeuvre.

This exhibition is presented in conjunction with the Solstice Arts Centre, Co Meath.

The curator Sabina MacMahon will give a guided visit of the exhibition at 6pm on the opening night (reservation recommended). Our artists-in-residence Lian Bell and Stephen Brandes invite you to come and visit their studios during the course of the evening.