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Moville looks into its HEART
11.06.08
INISHOWEN got a sneak
preview at the weekend of some of the 15
hand-carved stone seats that will grace Moville's
seafront from August.
A sample of the benches, handmade by Yorkshire
artist Michael Disley, were on display during the
Inishowen Vintage Agricultural Show at the Carrick
Field in Moville on Sunday. |
The crafted seats will
be installed at Moville Green and Pier on August 22,
2008 as part of the HEART Public Art Trail - a cross
border project undertaken by Donegal County Council
in association with Strabane District Council.
HEART (Heritage, Environment, Art and Rural Tourism)
is bringing significant heritage and environmental
regeneration to a total of 12 towns including |
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Moville, Raphoe,
Strabane and Castlederg. As part of the project,
award-winning artists were selected to research
local history and create suitable and sensitive
public art installations.
Michael Disley was at the local vintage show on
Sunday where he unveiled a number of the seats. They
comprise limestone cubes topped with granite while a
number of larger benches are constructed from grit
stone and topped with granite.
A number of the seats have an element of local input
having been hand-carved by Moville people during
Disley's research workshops in the town. The
carvings are mainly inspired by local flora and
fauna as well as the history and culture of Moville. |
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