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FILM SCREENING AND TALK ABOUT THE BOYNE RIVER.

 

Artists Anne Cleary and Denis Connolly met Jonathon Turner, researcher in the fields of River Science, Geomorphology and Environmental Change at the UCD Earth Institute, to walk and talk on the banks of the Boyne river. The conversation circles around the geological and glacial forces that formed the Boyne Valley during the last Ice Age, moulding the valley’s steep walls and hummocky topography, and how arterial drainage further modified the form and impacted the flora and fauna of the river. Later they met, walk and talk with a local historian and expert on the mythology of Brú na Bóinne, Anthony Murphy.

 

The film that resulted from these encounters “the Bend on the Boyne” weaves together strands of river science, geography, history and mythology with reflections on the river’s current status and the challenges that rivers are facing in the light of human interaction with the planet. The evening also includes an introduction to the Catchments project that took place on 7 waterways this year, and a talk by local historian Antony Murphy.