Launch of Nature Squared Exhibition at Tallaght Library
We were delighted to welcome Mayor Francis Timmons yesterday evening to Tallaght Library for the launch of Nature Squared, a public art project by Anne Cleary and Denis Connolly as part of South Dublin County Council for IN CONTEXT 5 — Connect, South Dublin County Council’s Public Art Programme under the Per Cent for Art.
The exhibition is a complex assemblage of snapshots, nature photographs, video footage, maps, and diary entries are woven together to tell the story of an unlikely collaboration between artists, adults with disabilities and teenagers to map plant biodiversity along a 6km stretch of the River Dodder.
Throughout the spring and summer of 2026, members of the Cheeverstown community that supports children and adults with intellectual disabilities and pupils from St. Mac Dara's Community College undertook numerous trips along the river Dodder accompanied by artists Anne Cleary and Denis Connolly with the aim of surveying plant biodiversity along a 6 km stretch of the riverbank, aiming to build a picture of the extraordinary botanical diversity along our waterways, working together with community members.
The exhibition is now open at the County Library in Tallaght until this Saturday 14 November 2026, before moving to the County Hall from 16 – 20 November 2026.
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