The G8 meeting at Lough Erne last June prompted Terence Reeves-Smyth to revisit Devenish Island, one of Ireland’s most celebrated ecclesiastical sites
Devenish was founded in the 6th century and its rise as a great monastic centre, which was to last over a thousand years, lay in its strategic location on Lower Lough Erne, a few miles north of Enniskillen, on what was then the boundary between Connaught and Ulster and the pilgrimage route to Lough Derg. It became famous as a place to hold parleys, earning the soubriquet ‘Isle of the Assemblies’, so it was perhaps historically appropriate that the venue for the recent G8 summit was only a few miles to the north.
‘Culture is about sharing; Nationalism is about ownership.’ Hughie O’Donoghue encapsulates the chasm between the two concepts, in conversation with Brian McAvera
The study of fragments is second nature to Jason Ellis, writes Paula Murphy of the sculptor’s collection from last year.
As Irish Design 2015 is launched worldwide, we republish here Jennifer Goff’s assessment of the legacy of internationally acclaimed arch Modernist Eileen Gray