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Lease from James Biron of Harold’s Cross to Thomas Holmes of Essex St. West, Dublin, gentleman, of a premises on the Wood Quay and Lower Exchange St., City of Dublin for 999 years at £42 a year. Includes plot of the property.

Audio recordings of oral history interviews with artists, participants, and members of the Galway International Arts Festival. The oral history archive began recording in 2018 with new recordings being created and added to the archive annually during the Festival. The recordings feature interviews with each artist about their work within Galway International Arts Festival and generally about the history of their respective artistic practice.

Recording of oral history interview with Lara Foot, Artistic Director of Baxter Theatre Company, South Africa. The company performed "The Life and Times of Michael K", adapted from the novel by J.M. Coetzee and directed by Lara Foot. Produced at the Black Box Theatre in July 2023 as part of the Galway International Arts Festival, Galway. Interview was conducted at the Black Box Theatre, Galway.
Access to Audio: https://digital.library.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms/asset/87796

Recording of oral history interview with visual artist, Diana Copperwhite. Copperwhite's exhibition, entitled "Onomatopoeia", was part of the Galway International Arts Festival at the Festival Printworks Gallery, 17 - 30 July. The interview discusses the exhibition "Onomatopoeia", other recent and previous exhibitions by Copperwhite, as well as her work, processes, influences and artistic style. The interview was recorded at the Hardiman Hotel, Galway.
Access to audio: https://digital.library.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms/asset/87797

Interview with Enda Walsh as part of the Galway International Arts Festival Oral History Project. Interview with Enda Walsh discusses his early career and work as a playwright, family life, early plays including Disco Pigs with Cillian Murphy and Eileen Walsh, Sucking Dublin, Misterman, Bedbound, his work at the Galway International Arts Festival, the series of installations called Rooms, co-created with Paul Fahy, productions of his plays by Druid Theatre Company, Galway, and related discussions regarding writing and plays of Enda Walsh.
Interview conducted at the Hardiman Library, University of Galway.
Access to Audio: https://digital.library.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms/asset/87798

Recording of oral history interview with Lachlan Binns, Director, Co-Founder and Acrobat, and with Darcy Grant, Artistic Director, both of Gravity and Other Myths. from, Adelaide Australia. The interview features discussion on the establishment and growth of the company Gravity and Other Myths, its style of performance, circus, New Circus, and spectacle; the experiences of the company performing at the Galway International Arts Festival on numerous occasions, the work of the company members; as well as on future plans and creative work. The interview was recorded at Archives and Special Collections, University of Galway and conducted by Dr. Barry Houlihan, Archivist.
Access to Audio: https://digital.library.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms/asset/87799

Recording of oral history interview with photographer Lorraine Tuck. Tuck's photographic exhibition, "Unusual Gestures" was part of the Galway International Arts Festival 2023, at the Festival Gallery, Galway. "Unusual Gestures" is a photographic exhibition that tells the story of a family living with autism spectrum disorder [ASD], and intellectual disability. In the interview Tuck discusses the themes of the exhibition; discussion of specific photographs; curating the exhibition; personal family experiences of autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability, and in wider Irish society; and discussion of other exhibitions of photographs by Lorraine Tuck. The exhibition is curated by Photo Museum Ireland. The interview was conducted at Archives and Special Collections, University of Galway by Dr. Barry Houlihan, Archivist.
Access to audio: https://digital.library.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms/asset/87800

Oral history interview with photographer Sarah Hickson, whose exhibition of photographs "Sounds Unseen" were part of the 2018 Galway International Arts Festival, exhibited at the Festival Gallery, Market Street . Interview was conducted at the gallery by archivist, Dr. Barry Houlihan. Between December 2015 and May 2016, photographer Sarah Hickson made a number of visits to the temporary refugee camps of Northern France to photograph ‘The Calais Sessions’ – a live music project among musicians living in the UK, the ‘Jungle’ camp in Calais and the Grande–Synthe in Dunkirk.
Access to audio: https://digital.library.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms/asset/87806

Recording of oral history interview with artist Dean Kelly and on his curated exhibition, "The Art of Protest" held at Kenny's Gallery, Galway, as part of the 2018 Galway International Arts Festival. Kelly discusses the artworks within the exhibition, the work of curating, as well as his own artworks and practice. Interview conducted at Kenny's Gallery by Dr. Barry Houlihan, Archivist.
Access to Audio: https://digital.library.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms/asset/87804

Recording of oral history interview with artist Jennifer Cunningham, whose exhibition "After the Future" was held at the Connacht Printworks Festival Gallery as part of Galway International Arts Festival, 2018. Interview conducted with Cunningham at the gallery by Dr. Barry Houlihan, Archivist.
Access to audio: https://digital.library.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms/asset/87805