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Selected Photography By Michael Croghan “In Jan 2021 the Irish state body Bord Na Mona ended its harvesting of peat, turning its focus into a climate solutions company. It was in production for over seventy five years with heavy machinery harvesting, powering the national grid, and also had one of the largest private rail systems in Europe. “This unique peat landscape was created and formed after the last Ice Age, not only does it sequester carbon, it also stores it if left untouched. A human matter of urgency with environmental climate concerns. “I have been continually documenting this space since with instinctive poetic photography. In 2026 I am working on completing a photo-book on the subject. I have had several photographs in various group exhibitions shown nationally and internationally, most recently with the Iova Photography Collective group exhibition The Four Elements with my photography art titled Bog Revival.” - Feb 5 - 14, 2026: Bog Revival selected for Iova Photography Collective The Four Elements group show, Hume Street, Dublin. -June 5 - 30, 2024: Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Scotland, International Photography Exhibition 2024, work selected from ongoing bog series for group show The photographs in Ceremony translate an interconnected space, with the ephemeral manifestations of youth, bringing remembrance of a threshold crossed without a ceremony. The realism of the images have an unassuming layer of sensitivity that can translate to that threshold from an innocence to a knowing innocence and maturity. Freedom is ever present and you get a sense of fervent change happening in the temporal structures. These spaces and remnants I find transcend to memories of innocence and exploration of body, mind and spirit. These photographs aim to show how the punctum can inspire personal experiences with unrelated spaces. Ceremony (2023) is available through Photo Museum Ireland or directly from the artist. Was selected for 2023 Dec 7 - 17 Dublin Art Book Fair DABF23 Polyphonic. An
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Artwork 'Mah Lei' (2017), by Mike Muntner Biography: Mike Muntner was born in Brooklyn, New York on a cold December's day. He visited Ireland in 1980 , fell in love with it, and moved over in 1995. He began writing around that time; then drawing and painting when he retired from engineering in 2015. His banjo and singing are more recent pastimes since moving to Tarmonbarry in 2023.
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Artwork 'Sunflowers' by Trish Smyth Biography: Trish Smyth has recently moved to Longford with her husband. Her background is lecturing in Nursing. She has used many of her paintings to illustrate the art and science of caring for the sick. Her mediums are watercolour, acrylic and oil painting, and her main themes are florals, land and seascapes. Trish has held a few art exhibitions for charity and is proud of these achievements. “I believe anyone can paint with some guidance, as art is not only a wonderful hobby but a gate towards creativity.”