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Aughty film premiere, Gort Community Centre, 2012.

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Former school houses , Sliabh AughtyDoire Gualann, Lough Atorick , Sonagh Old.

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Ballinakill National School, Loughrea, Monday 26 March 2012.

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Sonnagh Old, abandoned school , Monday 13 February 2012

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Sonnagh Old, schoolmasters house , Monday 13 February 2012.

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Eileen Thomas cottage and organic farm Lough Atorick.

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Benders, on the land of Eileen Thomas, summer habitations for Wwoofers.WWoof is a world wide system for voluntary workers on organic farms.

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SARSFIELDS WAY by Dermot Moran

Dermot Moran is a local historian, community activist and spokesperson of the Barroughter & Clonmoylan Bog Action Group.

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Paddy O Donoghue is a well known East Clare musician, composer and a founding member of the famous Tulla Cil Band.

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The Sliabh Aughties is one of the most important habitats in Ireland for the endangered bird of prey, the Hen Harrier.

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The lesser horseshoe bat is one of the many protected species to be found in the Sliabh Aughty region which is one of the most important sites in Europe for the species.

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The traditional music session in Shortts Bar, Feakle has run unbroken every Thursday night for nearly 40 years.

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Tom Flanagan and Megs Morley would like to thank the people and friends of the Sliabh Aughty region for their time, interest and contributions to the project.

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Additionally we would like to thank the following people for their support, knowledge and contributions to the project:

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Tom Flanagan & Megs Morleys collaborative work is an ongoing investigation of the language of cinema and its relationship to political power and collective memory. Their series of moving image works examining real and imagined politically complex sites and attempts to intervene into collective understandings of the present, by exploring the space between images, memory, knowledge and power.

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CREDITS

ISBN: 978-1-909751-22-4Edited by Tom Flanagan and Megs MorleyDesigned by Pure DesignsPrinted by Nicholson Bass

Published with the support of Galway County Council and Fundit.ie campaign supporters 2014.

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Additional Film Credits:Aughty was commissioned by Aughty Public Art Projects curated by Dr ine Philips , supported by Galway County Council, Clare County Council and The Arts Council of Ireland.

Original Music: Phantom Dog Beneath The Moon (Aaron Hurley & Scott McLaughlin)www.myspace.com/phantomdog Record Label www.rustedrail.com/Caoimhe Morley, solo piano original works.

2014 the artists and the authors

The documentation of the Hen Harrier and Lesser Horse Shoe bats was carried out under licence from the NationalParks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) and under the supervision of the local Conservation Rangers.

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