the quirkyness of sligo.....introducing michael quirke-sligo


a great wood carver,keeping the irish language alive and traditional........once a butcher,he transformed his butchers into a place to create and inspire....he talks in this video of using a line or two from my music for some art to come....i know this man well!







Channel: Howto
Uploaded: January 2, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Author: peaceandparty

Length: 00:02:12
Rating: 5.00
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Tags: genius ireland sligo carving chat wood michael quirke garavogue artists irish art language

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jjmurph2001 (February 27, 2008 at 6:22 am)
We met Michael Quirke at his shop in Sligotown in 2005. What a wonderful experience to talk with this marvelous artist and gentleman. We purchased an exquisite carving of Queen Maeve and heard Quirke's terrific retelling of her tale.

Thanks for this post.
John and Brenda
adfgfds (January 3, 2008 at 4:07 am)
Truly Amazing!

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