Suir River Café welcomes you to explore the watery world of the Suir as we travel with it on its journey’s past, present and future. You are welcome to come and navigate your way through our artistic installations, multimedia creations and community mapping from the 1st to 9th July in the former Birthdays shop, O’Connel St., Clonmel as part of Junction Festival. This café will welcome your ideas and thoughts on the river and how we can integrate the river more into our communities and our lives. We hope to rekindle our connection with the river which has shaped not only the landscape but also our towns and our past livelihoods - our Sense of Place. “Lay of the Land” is a series of workshops delivered by the Landscape Interface Studio, Kingston University as part of the Suir River café initiative. The project, designed to engage with the wider community, to map, reveal and celebrate the River Suir, will develop a ‘shared vision’ for the future. This is a collaborative café between South Tipperary County Council Heritage Office, local artist in residence Lyn Mather, Kingston University and Junction Festival.
Whats in store: The café will be a kind of ‘show and tell’ about the River Suir where people are welcome to share their river memories and stories. Creative art-based workshops based at the River Suir Café will allow those who have a connection with the River to contribute to a model of their River. This is a chance for the wider community to describe the lay of their land, in their own neighbourhood and offers contributions linked to memory, location and ownership.
Pop-up workshops: Further outreach ‘pop-up’ workshops and mapping sessions will engage with locals in Ardfinnan, Cahir, and Carrick. These will identify potential projects and opportunities that the River Suir offers. All workshops will be recorded and ideas will be used as the basis for future legacy projects.
Pop-up workshops will take place in: Carrick-on-Suir in Ormond Castle on Tuesday 5th July 2-5pm Cahir in Cahir Castle on Wednesday 6th July 3-6pm Ardfinnan Thursday 7th July in the Community Centre 6-9pm including a guided river walk.
Reconnect with the river and come and join the adventure where you can share stories and experiences, wishes and dreams. The café will be a space to reflect and to contemplate memories and to create a shared vision of how we can help the river flow into the future. Come and be inspired or inspire! Your river needs you! The café is part of the Waterways Forward interreg IVC project and funded under the European Regional Development Fund.
