A short film shot in July 2022 by Denis Connolly with Anne Cleary and photographer Kevin O’Dwyer exploring on foot what remains of the medieval roadway used by pilgrims for centuries as they travelled along the Esker Riada - a continuous raised glacial ridge on the landscape formed over 12,000 years ago - on their way to Clonmacnoise. Kevin brings Anne to visit many pieces of the historic jigsaw that is County Offaly.

Eco Showboat artists Anne Cleary & Denis Connolly are navigating Ireland’s inland waterways meeting local artists, scientists and communities to spark climate action. In 2022 they travelled south to north from Limerick to Enniskillen using only solar power. In 2023 they are undertaking a zero carbon journey to the east - along the Shannon, Grand Canal and Barrow - from Askeaton on the Shannon’s Atlantic estuary to Howth Harbour on the Irish Sea…
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The ECO SHOWBOAT has received the Arts Council Open Call Award for 2021, an SFI Discover Award, the Limerick Arts Strategic Award and is supported by Creative Ireland, Waterways Ireland, Dublin City Council, the Local Authority Waters Programme, Offaly County Council and local authorities and universities right across the country.
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