Níl Cara ag Cumha ach Cuimhne
Grief has no friend but memory.
I inherited my grief.
Generational, Personal, Cultural, Political.
Drawing from Irish mythology, political history, pagan ritual, and personal experience, this work explores how mourning is carried through land, memory, and inherited cultural behaviour. We see grief as a process rather than a singular event.
The loss of loved ones exists beside the loss of language, native ecologies, community structures, women’s autonomy, and relationships to place. Rivers, trees, bogs, mountains, and weather are witnesses along with us. The land holds all our secrets.
Anchor yourself at the casket, at the altar, notice how loss shows up in your own body.
Pagan forms of offering and remembrance embody ritual as a way of allowing grief to exist rather than trying to resolve it.
Lament, Community, Resilience, and Storytelling.
Take your time to bend, look, read, reflect, sit, feel. There is no beginning or end point. Have a drink if you want, and wish others well. Make yourself at home.
