This Café welcomed the public to explore the watery world of the river Suir, and travel with it on its journeys past, present and future. The public was invited to navigate its way through the artistic installations, multimedia creations and community mapping, where ideas and thoughts on the river and how they can integrate the river into our communities and our lives would be explored. The curators hoped to rekindle a connection with the river that has shaped not only the landscape but also our town and our past livelihoods. By reconnecting with the river and joining the adventure, the public could share stories and experiences, wishes and dreams. The Café was a space to reflect and contemplate memories, create a shared vision of how we can help the river flow into the future and be inspired!
CATCH OF THE DAY AT THE SUIR RIVER CAFÉ 8 July 2011 The day to be remembered that Ralph O’Callaghan, Carrick boatman, fisherman and friend, took me upriver to Clonmel to deliver poem and story for kindred souls at the River Suir Café. Shades of our forebears sailed with us and within us by every weir and pool and current on that day that Ralph and I went to Clonmel by water to land a poem I’d made called Going By Water inscribed in time and in a book for both the living and departed.
Michael Coady
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