Keekill Boat launch
‘Born Of The Land’
In Keekill, Killeany, Cloughanover, Co. Galway lies a hidden treasure. Clay buried in the soil. Recorded in the 1911 census fourteen Keekill families lived off the land, harvesting clay, shaping it into bricks, firing it in pits and shipping it on Lough Corrib to Galway and Cong.
The year 2020 finds the local landscape much changed, with many ‘blow-ins’ occupying new homes and commuting for work elsewhere. In a series of workshops, the local neighbourhood was invited to learn how to dig for clay, how to process it and shape and form it into clay vessels.
‘Born Of The Land’ is a community clay art project created by local ceramicist, Veronika Straberger, to honour the history of those who came before and to mark the changes brought on by a new migrant community.