Seanie Barron: Only in Askeaton (2022)

For decades, Seanie Barron has been making walking sticks in a workshop at the back of his house in Askeaton. His creations often appear flamboyantly eccentric, yet all are made with an intuitive practical understanding of nature and the Irish countryside.

He roams fields, lanes, bogs and tracks, always looking for a promising branch to shape. His unique vision searches for surreal forms embedded in wood, ranging from UFOs to motorbikes, ice skaters and swimmers, foxes and seahorses and much more…

Screenings include: Cork International Film Festival 2022 (Audience Award Winner), Fastnet Film Festival 2022, Tulca Festival of Visual Arts 2024

Produced by Askeaton Contemporary Arts