“Idir an Dá Linn / Meanwhile / Between the Two Lakes”

Rooted in collective reflection, Idir an Dá Linn is a collaborative project that responds to the legacy of Glenbower Lake. Through community storytelling, performance, and artistic installation, the project honours the lost lake while reimagining our relationship with the woodland that remains.
About the Project
“Idir an Dá Linn” explores the space between absence and presence, loss and renewal, the lost lake and the one yet to be reinstated. Centred on Glenbower Lake, which was dramatically drained in 1988, the project engages local residents across generations in the creation of a community keen, drawing from the Irish tradition of lamentation to process ecological grief and collective memory. The community will be invited to contribute their memories of the lake and current relationship with the wood over the course of the exhibition to form part of a bilingual publication and short film.

Funded by:
Create – the National Development Agency for Collaborative Arts, the Arts Council of Ireland, Cork County Council, Creative Ireland, and Community Foundation Ireland and is a partnership between Glenbower Wood and Lake CLG, Greywood Arts and Nocht Studio.

Bígí linn. All welcome.

📍 Programme of Events
Keening Walks (Development Workshops)
Mondays, 11th & 18th August | 6:30–8:30pm | Meet at Greywood Arts
Join us for twilight walks with Mícheál Ó Catháin as we shape a collective caoineadh pobail, a community keen for the lake.

Exhibition Opening
Saturday, 16th August | 5pm | Greywood Arts
An immersive exhibition of sound, image and memory recreating Glenbower Lake. Developed through storytelling walks and workshops with the community, facilitated by Basil Al-Rawi and Philip Ryan.

Community Performance: Wake for the Lake
Sunday, 24th August | Water Heritage Day | 5pm | Meet at Greywood Arts
A culminating community performance along the former lakeshore, leading through Glenbower Wood to a shared Gather Round picnic at the woodland entrance.