Aon Mhac Tíre, nó roinnt mic Tíre

aon mhac tíre, nó roinnt mic tíre
(how to say it using English for phonetics
ain whak teerah, no roynt mic teerah)

a new queer Irish epic in three parts
1. A walk.
2. A poem.
3. A duet with a canoe

Part of the CounterPulse festival!

Two Irishmen walk into a theatre: one from America and one from Éire.

Two men walk Irishly into an amharclann.

Two Irishmen walk the border between the Republic and The North, then into a theatre.

This duet traces a border, looking for midlands, mid folks and in-betweeners. It describes the familial lineages of an Irish emigrant and an Irish native, both aerach; both with aspirations to discover or uncover a future by squinting at the past.

mic tíre is a performance in three language sets: Gaeilge, English and Dance.

Ag teacht abhaile. Leaving. Coming and going.

“499 km de theorainn chun siúl – níl a fhios againn cé chomh eile a freagra a thabhairt ar cad atá ag tarlú.”

Eipic Miotaseolaíoch Aerach Éireannach i dtrí chuid; ar dtús an tsiúlóid, den dara an dán agus sa triú dísréad le cadhc.

Cailleann agus faigheann an fheidhmíocht seo i gcleachtais deabhóideach le oilithrigh, laochra agus neasghaolta Bandia.

Baile Átha Cliath, Dún Dealgan, Béal Átha Conaill, Dúthamhlacht, Annaghmakerrig, Cluain Eois, Newtownbutler, Inis Ceithleann, Beéal Cú, Loch Naman, Béal Leice, Béal Átha Seanaidh, Paiteagó, Loch Dearg, An Doire, Port a Doras.

Ag teacht abhaile. Ag fágáil. Ag teacht agus ag imeacht.

Language and Diaspora – Post show discussion

Join us after the show on Saturday, 9:30pm for a discussion with the artists facilitated by Catherine Barry from Irish Culture Bay Area and Emer Martin writer and novelist.

Created by Ruairí Ó’Donnabháin and Mica Sigourney
Production Manager Matteo Casarin

Artistic Mentors
Jack Halberstam, Sher Doruff & Jeroen Fabius
Presented with the support of Culture Ireland.
Produced with the support of Dublin Fringe Festival, TanzHaus Zürich, DAS Graduate School, Young Art Fund Amsterdam, Opera Ireland, Tyrone Guthrie Centre and Ealaín na Gaeltachta and generous crowd funders. SF GFTA.

Aithníonn an eagraíocht an chabhair mhór a thug tacaíocht airgeadais Údarás na Gaeltachta agus An Chomhairle Ealaín trí Ealaín na Gaeltachta, chun an togra seo a chur ar bun.

Premiere Presentation by Dublin Fringe Festival at Project Arts Centre 2017.

photos by Robbie Sweeny