In 1994 a touring exhibition,
ISLANDS - OILEÁN
visited Dublin, Galway, Donegal
and the Isle of Achill.

A souvenir brochure was published to celebrate the event.

Take a look at some of the beautiful illustrations and a selection of the poetry from the brochure.

To purchase the brochure........

Summergrazing on Inisclug,
under the weight of a western sky
in the last decade of the 20th century

Dermot Seymour

Between islands

John F. Deane

I stood, reaching my hand up
to grasp his hand;

over the island of Achill
the night sky was vast,

star after star drawing my face upwards,

the depths and silence,
his silence answering;

he hoisted me
onto a plinth of bog earth

where I was lost, suddenly afraid,
watching the star sheen on his face.

(from "The Stylized City", Dedalus Press)

The Hay-Carrier

Paul Durcan

Have you ever saved hay in Mayo in the rain?
Have you ever saved hay in Mayo in the sun?
Have you ever carried above your head a haycock on a pitchfork:
Have you ever slept in a haybarn on the road from mayo to Egypt?
I am a hay-carrier.
My father was a hay-carrier.
My mother was a hay-carrier.
My brothers were hay-carriers.
My sisters were hay-carriers.
My wife is a hay-carrrier.
My son is a hay-carrier.
His sons are hay-carriers.
His daughters are hay-carriers.
We were always all hay-carriers.
We will always be hay-carriers.
For the great gate of night stands painted red -
And all of heaven lies waiting to be fed.

(from "A Snail in My Prime")

To Receive the Catalogue

Islands Oileáin
60 pages, 11.6" x 8.2" - 29.5cm x 21cm
Brochure contains colour illustrations, poems and prose.
Send cheque payable to 'The Island Trust' to:

Rev Diarmuid Ó Péicin,
Milltown Park
Sandford Road
Dublin 6, Ireland

Ireland & UK  10 euro, (£6 Sterling)
Rest of World: 11 euro ($10 US) Surface,  13 euro ($12 US) Air Mail