File of black and white photographs taken at a fundraising event for actor Ray McBride.
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Files of printed colour and also black and white photographs of work staged by Macnas at various locations in Galway, Ireland and internationally.
Assorted photographs from events produced by Macnas between 1985 and 1989. Includes an image marked as being a launch/promotional event from the 1985 Galway Arts Festival. Pictured include Padraic Breathnach with the Spanish Ambassador to Ireland and members of Macnas in costume; Photographs from Daffodil Day event, with scenes from the Macnas workshop of construction of the daffodils; images of Wren Boys and characters dressed as mummers and straw boys, playing musical instruments; prints and contact sheets from shoot of Macnas members in Victorian black mourning clothes at the scene of a funeral for cigarettes (possible anti-smoking campaign). Also black and white photograph of Padraic Breathnach pictured in the Claddagh during a Macnas parade, arms lifted in the air, wearing a white Macnas-branded vest.
Also black and white photographic print of Padraic Breathnach, visible from the waist up within a giant shoe, being pushed by Macnas performers, with two girls with bicycles looking on.
File of mostly black and white photographic prints from various Macnas events in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Includes colour print of Macnas performers that featured in a National Geographic feature article on Ireland in 1994; image of a child sitting on a cut out wooden map of Ireland; contact sheets of various Macnas workshop images, and related Macnas images of the time.
Colour and also black and white photographs from scenes from parade of 'the Whale' in Galway by Macnas, as part of 1989 Galway Arts Festival. Includes promotional/photocall images taken of Ollie Jennings of Galway Arts Festival, with Prof. Colm Ó hEocha, President, University College Galway (NUI Galway) along with other props and performers from the parade, as mermaid characters and sea-themed parade. Numerous shots from around streets of Galway city, Fisheries Field, and also of the construction of models and props for use in the parade by Macnas.
File of colour and also black and white photographs taken during the production of Táin by Macnas in Galway, as part of the Galway arts Festival, July 1992. Includes marketing and promotion shots taken in advance of production, featuring Macnas members and characters in costume. Some are pictured on top of an elevated area, waving large flags.
Colour photograph from the production of Táin by Macnas in Seville, 1992. Includes images from full production on set and of various scenes and characters, as well as of Macnas staff and company members during set-up and installation of set and props prior to production. Also group shots of cast and Macnas company members. Close up headshot images of cast members in costume also included.
Colour and also black and white photographs taken during Macnas touring production with U2 as part of the 1993 U2 Zooropa tour. Macnas produced a number of 'big heads' based on members of U2. Includes a photoshoot on location in Dublin, on the corner of Cope Street and Crowne Alley. Also images taken on tour at various stadium venues (contact sheet images) and also images of Macnas and members of U2, such as the Edge, are pictured.
Files of colour and also black and white photographs from the Mac Eolas community arts scheme devised by Macnas.
File 1 includes photographs of President of Ireland, Mary Robinson, her husband Nick, and others pictured with members of Macnas/Mac Eolas at the launch of Mac Eolas. Also pictured are scenes from Macnas launch, of a school setting with members and children in costume and pictured with Macnas characters such as the Fir Bolg, within a classroom scene.
File 2 includes photographs taken at another Mac Eolas event, possibly during Galway Arts Festival. Images include of main speaker, Michael D. Higgins, Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht, and other members of Macnas, such as Padraic Breathnach, performance by band The Saw Doctors. Also includes photographs from Mac Eolas events with young people and children in as part of the community arts events. Includes photographs of groups of boys on city streets and outside a terraced house. Also images of set-up/make-up of those participants in the Mac Eolas events.
File 3 - Box file of photographs taken at Mac Eolas events by Macnas, including at an event marked being at the Warwick Hotel, Salthill, 1 May 1993. Other locations for events with crowd scenes and performances with local young people and children at Fisheries Field and elsewhere unidentified.
File of black and white photographs, including promotional shots for the Macnas production of Three and a Half Wonders as part of the Galway International Arts Festival, July 1994. Includes contact sheet of wider photoshoot with cast members.