The community hall in Mullaghbane village, Armagh was the setting for
the launch of the Nerve Centre's and the Rural Development Council's (RDC)
animation project.
'Rural
Reanimation' has been funded under RDC's Peace II scheme which aims to
foster creative opportunities around issues of cultural diversity in rural
areas. The launch night (Thursday 13th November) was attended by
a large crowd who saw for the first time this example of their children's
creativity.
The Mullabane project: 'A Townland Tale' uses animation and live footage
of this isolated rural community to tell a local folklore tale set in
the townland of Carricknagavna/Carraig Na nGamhna. This was part
of a wider project also in association with RDC, which has fostered a
sense of 'pride of place' among the community, alongside the placing of
permanent stone markers denoting all of the townland names in the Parish
of Forkhill.
The Nerve Centre's contribution consisted of recording and animating a
local tale which has been passed on through the oral tradition.
Garricknagavna man Micheal Quinn and his grandson Connla take it in turns
to relate the story, which has been animated using models created by local
children. Gary Rosborough, Nerve Centre Animator in Residence, stayed
in Mullaghbane for a week during August to complete this work.
Pictured
at the launch of Townland Tales, top left are (l-r) Una Walsh, Karen Murphy
and Nerve Centre representative Sharon Concannon.
(Right) Children from the Mullaghbane Community Association who took part in the animation project.