Entries Tagged as 'macnas'

Macnas Parade 2008 on Flickr

Allan Cavanagh as the Pied Piper
UPDATE: I found the above image on John Morgan’s photostream on Flickr. I love it!
This is the Flickr slideshow for this year’s Macnas Parade Apocolopolis. If you have any photos and you’d like me to post them here email them to me!
Macnas Parade Slideshow on Flickr.

Getting ready for a Macnas photoshoot


UPDATE: Click here for Parade route.
I did a photoshoot for the Macnas last week to promote their upcoming parade for the Galway Arts Festival: Apocolopolis. I’m on a float with a disturbingly shallow wheelbase, but it’s actually quite steady, and once I get past that initial 15 seconds of telling Debbie the director that I can’t do it, it’s fine. I had my own trusty photographer with me that day: my son Naoise, who held his own among the likes of Joe Shaughs and Andrew Downes. The following are all his shots.
The parade is on this Sunday the 20th July. I’ll put a Google Map up of the route when I know what it is!


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Macnas Parade Cartoon


Recently I was asked what I thought about the Galway Arts Festival…
Also, I’ve been asked to perform in this year’s parade. I think I’m one of these guys:


Macnas Seek Artistic Director

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Application form will be available from the Macnas website from Monday 31 March. Good luck if you go for it.

Macnas- Joyful Abandonment now available!

joyful-abandonment.jpgMacnas: Joyful Abandonment is being launched next Tuesday 11th of December in the Warwick Hotel at 6pm by Tom Kenny, himself a Galway institution. It’s available to buy directly from Macnas or you can order it via this website by clicking the link opposite. It’s got artwork by me!