Aileen Lambert

Placenames

Placenames, by artist Aileen Lambert, is the title of a series of ten short digital video works created in response to placenames/townlands and their meanings in Fingal. Locations include, Naul, Rush, Skerries,Coultry,Tobarsool, St. Margarets, Balstrathan and more. The video work, on DVD, is accompanied by a publication pack featuring images of each of the places featured in the video works, notes from the Placenames Commission, and an A2 brochure/map.Placenames was screened at the Seamus Ennis Centre, Naul in 2012 and featured a talk by by Donall Mac Giolla Easpaig, MA, Chief Placenames Officer, Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs on the Fingal placenames featured in the project

The Placenames film, postcard pack and map is available from the arts office. Please contact Caroline Cowley, Public Art Co-ordinator by email or phone 01 870-8449.