"Idir an Dá Linn: Meanwhile; Between the Two Lakes" is a community‐led, interdisciplinary project that seeks to recover and recreate the lost narrative of Glenbower Lake.
Over 30 years have passed since the controversial destruction of Glenbower Lake, a watershed event that not only reshaped the local physical landscape but also severed important cultural and ecological ties. The loss of the lake in 1988, and the scar that remained, compelled the Killeagh community to rally together and purchase 30 acres of Glenbower Wood to reinstate it; a prospect that remains as distant to the lake that was lost. "Idir an Dá Linn," creatively explores this liminal space in which the Killeagh and East Cork community occupies, caught between the solastalgia for the lost Glenbower Lake and the future nostalgia for its potential reinstatement.
Through meaningful collaboration, this project offers space for reflection, dialogue, and shared creation, to address the loss of such a significant character of our community and raise broader questions regarding our role in ecological stewardship of such a vital piece of community heritage.
This project aims to document and re‐examine that history through oral histories, video interviews,
community‐based storytelling workshops, artefact collection, and a performance in Glenbower Wood.
community‐based storytelling workshops, artefact collection, and a performance in Glenbower Wood.
The community-led site specific performance involving keening, the traditional Irish form of vocal lament for the dead, integrating the Irish language, is currently being developed with the support of local artist Mícheál Ó Catháin.
A short film and a community-produced zine capturing the journey of this project and story of the lost Glenbower Lake, co-created with artists Basil Al-Rawi and Philip Ryan, will be showcased publicly during Heritage Week at Greywood Arts.
"Idir an Dá Linn" is supported by Create Ireland through an Artist in the Community Project Realisation Award, Creative Ireland and Cork County Council through the Creative Communities Programme, and Cork County Council's County Cork Heritage Grant Scheme 2025 and Scéim Deontais Ealaíon Chomhairle Contae Chorcaí 2025.