Yvonne Hennessy – Irish Women Modernists and Animation Practice as a Reclamation of Cultural and Artistic Space

Ireland’s geographical position is an important factor to consider regarding animation practices and techniques that were developing in both North America and Europe during the early-twentieth century.  Irish artists and filmmakers travelled widely for education and exhibition of their artworks. Films created by Irish artists were only distributed in Ireland under strict censorship laws. Irish […]

Lisa Scoggin – Grief, Myth, and Music in Tomm Moore’s Song of the Sea

Director Tomm Moore achieved some fame with his first feature, The Secret of Kells, which describes a fictional story of the illustrator of the Book of Kells as a child.  His second feature, Song of the Sea (2014), uses various Irish myths – most notably that of the Selkie – in a relatively modern setting […]

Maria O’Brien – The Secret of Kells (2009), a film for a post Celtic Tiger Ireland?

Maria O’Brien – The Secret of Kells (2009), a film for a post Celtic Tiger Ireland?   The Secret of Kells (2009) (dir. Tomm Moore) is a feature length animated film that plays with myth, truth and fiction to propose an originating story for the Book of Kells, a highly decorated 8th century  insular book […]