CATA

ALL Collective

CATA Project Website Launch

Thursday 27th September

6pm

Faber Studios, Henry St, Limerick City.

The ALL collective invites you to the launch of our new CATA Project website. Come along to share a glass of wine with us and others involved in the project. The reception will be followed by a short artist talk by ALL and an open dialogue discussion involving all those present and interested in the CATA Project. This launch will showcase the ALL Collective’s creative process and establish the CATA Project website as a valuable 

on-line resource for those with an interest in both socially engaged art and the River Shannon. 

ALL have engaged with many  diverse people throughout this process and would like to take this opportunity to thank everybody who has been involved and provide those interested in the River Shannon with an opportunity to network and collaborate. ALL will facilitate during the evening to help groups and individuals with any ideas they have stemming from the CATA Project. This event will conclude the ALL Collective’s involvement in the CATA Project 

We hope that you can join us to celebrate the River Shannon and 

continue to promote it is a place of beauty, culture and pleasure.

Saturday 26th May

Shannon Rowing Club

Sarsfield Bridge Limerick city.

12 - 4.00pm

CATA - Come And Talk About  Conference


An afternoon event of talks, interviews and presentations followed by an open floor discussion designed to bring together members of the public with a common interest - the River Shannon in Limerick City.

CATA - Come And Talk About 
Art Links Limerick (ALL) present an afternoon of talks by multiple speakers on the subject of water and the River Shannon in Limerick city. The afternoon will include brief and engaging presentations and an open dialogue session with the audience and speakers. The aim of this afternoon of talks is to encourage people to learn about the river and water, network with others involved in the river, and discuss the past, the present and the potential of the river Shannon and water in Limerick city.

Admission is free but there are a limited number of seats so booking is recommended.

Please e-mail us at artlinkslimerick@gmail.com to secure your place.

Part of our continued research on water in Limerick city...

While ALL are continuing to talk with and wish to connect with as many people in Limerick city about their interests and issues with the River Shannon, something strange in their research has grabbed their attention. 

Through our ongoing research ALL have come across old newspaper articles of a sighting of a river monster in the Shannon 90 years ago in 1922. 

This old article, published in 1976, can be seen here on our website to the right.

Wondering about this river monster, ALL have been researching all we can find about the river Shannon in Limerick city, in the library, talking to Limerick people, and a lot of online research.

With all our research we came across two more old newspaper articles of a sighting of a river monster in the Shannon  90 years ago in 1922. The first article features a letter written by an actual eye witness of the event, a Steven O'Gorman, living in England at the time of writing the letter. 

This old article, published in 1978, can also be seen here on www.fustar.com Wondering about this river monster, Art Links Limerick have been researching all we can find about the river Shannon in Limerick city.

So far we have found some interesting and confusing potential links online. Youtube is a great resource, we use it to watch movies, music videos, tv programs and lots of people and their cats. 

The great thing about Youtube is that anyone can upload 

footage, and Art Links Limerick have come across some 

very interesting uploaded videos of the river 

Shannon in Limerick city.

We have three videos so far with people along the river in limerick city apparently looking at a large unidentifiable object in the water. 

The videos appear to be uploaded by their friends. While we cant see what’s in the water in these videos, Art Links Limerick would really like to get in touch with these people and ask them exactly what their experience was.

These videos seem very recent, and Art Links Limerick are asking the people of Limerick have they seen anything in the river recently?  Or do you know who these people are? Can you identify them and ask them to contact us? If you have seen anything, or know anything about this creature or the people in the video please contact us. 

We’d also really like to contact anyone who knows of the sighting of the creature that is reported in the Limerick Leader article from 1922. Email artlinkslimerick@gmail.com, or contact 087 9417959.

You can find all of Art Links Limerick research and Information from the Value of Water Interactive Public Studio on Our Value Of Water Page. Watch the mysterious Youtube videos further down this page, and click on the image to enlarge the image and read the articles here.

Are these Limerick sightings of River Creatures?

Take a look at these video we found while searching the internet for more info on the supposed Limerick City River Monster. Do you know of videos like these? Do you know the people in the videos? 

Contact us at artlinkslimerick@gmail.com if you do.