Babelgum - Wyllie O Hagan St Patrickâ��s Day Film Festival

How to print a poem - The Wild Swans at Coole

2008-03-03T06:11:29Z

Artists Wyllie O Hagan are inspired by the beauty of the Irish lakes. The Wild Swans at Coole, a poem by William Butler Yeats comes to mind when the beautiful and mysterious birds appear. In this short digital film the artist demonstrates how to print a poem, and what motivates her to do such a thing.

Seal in the moment

2008-03-03T06:15:08Z

Learn from Seal, how to be in the moment. In this video short, we encounter Seal relaxing in Church Bay, Rathlin Island, off the north coast of Ireland. Music by Chan Wai Fat a composer who lives and works in Hong Kong.

Eve plays the harp, an Intense Moment of Calm, Ireland

2008-03-03T06:11:29Z

Eve Mctelenn plays the harp, on Turlough 'O Carolan's resting place, in Ireland. O Carolan - 1670 to 1738 - was a blind itinerant Irish harpist. Tunisian born French woman opens our eyes to this musician. The tune played in this video is called "Kenavo friends" and means "farewell friends". Eve McTelenn was a finalist in Wyllie O Hagan's Inaugural St Patricks Day Competition, March 2007 on YouTube.

The Sligo Garden

2008-03-03T06:11:30Z

"The decision to view this garden as a work of art by the narrator is inspired and the insistence of the objects' integrity by using language usually associated with high art and its aesthetic challenges the viewer to abandon their horror and amusement at this display of contemporary folk art." Sophie Artemis Pitt, September 2007

Amazing grace a celtic tune for a celtic festival

2008-03-03T06:11:43Z

a short movie about celtic harp and about the famous tune "amazing grace"

Aisling Return to Ireland

2008-03-10T15:04:36Z

The Aisling Return to Ireland project was begun by workers in the London Irish Centre and Arlington house, the biggest homeless hostel in Europe which has been home to more Irish men than any other building outside Ireland. The Aisling Return to Ireland project provides supported holidays 4 times a year in Ireland for long-term emigrants, fulfilling what is for many a dream of seeing their homeland again. Their dream is to build a house in Ireland. Aisling Co-ordinator Alex McDonnell, describes the project aims to Wyllie O Hagan in conversation en route through Barnesmore Gap, Donegal, Ireland. Wyllie O Hagan asks you support the Aisling Return to Ireland. Visit http://www.aisling.org.uk

The Feast of St. Patrick

2008-03-10T14:05:01Z

'Everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day!' Or so it seems; in this short we explore the feelings of Irish and Irish descendants in Syracuse, NY about the traditional holiday. Beyond the usual cover of drunken debauchery, St. Patrick's day reveals deeper meanings in Irish culture, particularly in the communication and celebration of the sharing of food and drink. Friends prepare and share a traditional Irish meal - so much more than cabbage and potatoes!

Harry Clarke's Birthday is on St Patrick's Day

2008-03-03T06:12:13Z

Harry Clarke, Irish stained- glass artist and illustrator, was born on St Patrick's Day 1889 in Dublin, Ireland. This short film clip celebrates his birthday and St Patrick's Day. It was filmed in the Honan Chapel and The Crawford Gallery in Cork, with permission, with thanks and with pleasure.

Without Words

2008-03-03T06:15:17Z

Winner of the Social/Environment Award. We live in a world where technology has given us the tools to communicate but not the ability. Without Words is a very personal film about two close friends who have to pay a very high price for our failure as a society to connect.

Flapping - Horse racing on the beach, on the West Coast of Ireland

2008-03-03T06:15:08Z

Geesala beach, Co Mayo is the venue for the Doolough horse race meeting - on the beach. It's held once a year in August. It is very exciting to watch the races with Achill Island forming a spectacular back-drop. In this video O Hagan talks to a bookmaker couple who describe the races - called flaps - in Ireland.

Crann - Releafing Ireland

2008-03-05T10:22:21Z

Ireland's native forest cover is minimal, forests were lost many centuries ago. Commercial forestry is large scale business consisting predominantly of non-native conifer monocultures. The Crann 'local project' was an opportunity for people to act at a local level in addressing issues about international deforestation amidst Ireland's almost total dependence on imported tropical woods. The project is an example of a community forestry approach, where sustainable methods are employed, both for ecological and economic long term benefits. The film and photographs documented the beginnings of a new local wood culture in County Leitrim that is suitable for transferring to other areas in Ireland. Jan Alexander, Crann founder is now Chairperson of ProSilva ('for forests') Ireland, see www.prosilvaireland.org. Jan for the past 6 years has been part of this EU organisation of leading foresters who are committed to sustainable, real 'continuous cover forestry', managed using 'close to nature' principles.

Dublin in Second Life

2008-03-13T10:00:18Z

Tourism Ireland launched a new marketing campaign in Second Life; this is the first ever marketing promotion launched by a destination or "real world" tourist board in the internet-based, virtual world of Second Life. Since its establishment in 2003, Second Life has grown significantly and currently has more than nine million registered users or "residents", 1.6 million of whom are considered regular users. Sixty per cent of Second Life's users come from Ireland's four biggest tourist markets: Great Britain, US, Germany and France. Half of those users are aged over 30 -- a key demographic for tourism to the island of Ireland. These "residents" can explore, socialise, participate in activities, trade items and services using Second Life's currency, the Linden Dollar.

God is Green

2008-03-12T13:57:14Z

Wyllie O Hagan adopt God is Green as the official anthem for their St Patrick's Day Film Festival in 2008. Belfast's Alloy Mental are stamping their size 12 boots all over torpid dance music and stale rock music and taking no prisoners. Here we see Alloy Mental's new single God is Green from Skint Records. The film is produced by Triggerset , a collective of freelance media artists.

The Rhubarb Trilogy - Scones for the Rhubarb Jam

2008-03-06T13:01:44Z

It's child's play making scones. Here we see a mother with her young daughter making scones. The scones are for the rhubarb jam we saw being made in The Rhubarb Trilogy - Jam, video You will hear the family speak some simple Irish words and phrases. The family's home is in the Gaeltacht - an Irish-speaking region in Donegal, Ireland.

The Rhubarb Trilogy - Crumble

2008-03-06T13:01:44Z

Here we see a rhubarb crumble being made. The routines of baking in this home are handed down from mother to daughter. In the making of this crumble, we see how children can learn to make their own food. You will hear the family speak some simple Irish words and phrases. The family's home is in the Gaeltacht - an Irish-speaking region of Ireland, in Donegal.

The Rhubarb Trilogy - Jam

2008-03-06T13:01:44Z

Donegal, in the North West of Ireland is where we see a mother and her daughter harvest rhubarb and make jam. This digital short documentary is the first of a trilogy. In the making of this jam, we see how children can learn to make their own food. You will hear the family speak some simple Irish words and phrases. The family's home is in the Gaeltacht - an Irish-speaking region of Ireland.

Tea in Cork

2008-03-05T11:01:29Z

Tea and conversation observed in the English Market in Cork City, Ireland. In the cafe on the first floor balcony you can enjoy delicious tea and cakes, lunch and dinner with food prepared fresh from the market. It's not posh, you can afford to eat there, and the bread and butter pudding is to die for. Music is A cup of Tear by Slainte.

The Poet and The Bear

2008-03-10T10:04:05Z

Ruth's dreams of leaving her rural childhood home for the excitement and culture of Europe's finest Art College takes a surreal and sinister twist.

Checkout

2008-03-10T11:05:50Z

After years of faithful but uneventful service to the biggest supermarket in town - shelf stacker Gary has a day that will change his life forever.

Guinness is bad for you

2008-03-12T16:00:21Z

Director Matthew Hahn writes, "If you must drink and drive on St. Patrick's Day, don't drink Guinness."