{"id":290,"date":"2012-07-10T07:15:48","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T07:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisisbanter.com\/?p=290"},"modified":"2012-07-10T07:15:48","modified_gmt":"2012-07-10T07:15:48","slug":"irish-culture-and-the-way-it-might-not-look-at-you-banter-032-july-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banter.test\/irish-culture-and-the-way-it-might-not-look-at-you-banter-032-july-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Culture and the Way It Might Not Look At You (032, July 2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Banter<\/a>‘s annual\u00a0odyssey to Donegal for the\u00a0Earagail Arts Festival<\/a>\u00a0lead us to the late, great painter Derek Hill’s kitchen (complete with a Picasso on the wall) at\u00a0the\u00a0Glebe House and Gallery<\/a>\u00a0in Churchill just outside Letterkenny for the\u00a0Glebe Cultural Summit<\/a>.<\/p>\n Our contribution to the Summit was Irish Culture and The Way It Might Not Look at You. <\/strong>This\u00a0saw film-maker\u00a0Lenny Abrahamson<\/a>, performer\u00a0Little John Nee<\/a>, Dublin Fringe director\u00a0R\u00f3ise Goan<\/a>\u00a0and writer and broadcaster Sinead Gleeson<\/a>\u00a0taking part in a lengthy, intriguing, entertaining and provocative look at how Irish culture, from books to films to theatre, has dealt with – or has not dealt with – the issues and stories of the Irish boom and bust. Thanks to Derek O’Connor, Paul Brown and all at the Earagail Arts Festival for their help with this one.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n