Stories That Remain Untold (2015)

Exhibition dates
2016
Dunshaughlin Library, Co Meath.
Dunboyne Library, Co Meath.

2015 
The Book Market, Kells, Co Meath.
Oldcastle Library, Co Meath.

  • Killygarry NS - Stories That Remain Untold exhibition
  • The Duchess of Dino - Stories That Remain Untold exhibition
  • Resting Place - Stories That Remain Untold exhibition
  • Waiting for God - Stories That Remain Untold exhibition
  • Keeping Warm Stories That Remain Untold exhibition
  • Terracotta Fire Stories That Remain Untold exhibition
  • Vim - Stories That Remain Untold exhibition
  • Pret a Porter - Stories That Remain Untold exhibition
  • Taking Leave - Stories That Remain Untold exhibition
  • Workhouse Doors - Stories That Remain Untold exhibition
  • Abandoned doll - Stories That Remain Untold exhibition
  • Peeled paint on doorknob - Stories That Remain Untold exhibition
  • Lonely existence - Stories That Remain Untold exhibition
  • Going, Going Gone - Stories That Remain Untold exhibition
  • Contents - Stories That Remain Untold exhibition
  • Nail Kit - Stories That Remain Untold exhibition
  • Recital - Stories That Remain Untold exhibition
  • Peeling Paint Hospital Shower Room - Stories That Remain Untold exhibition
  • Blurred Vision - Stories That Remain Untold exhibition
  • Lodge House Stairs - Stories That Remain Untold exhibition
  • Outdoor Bath - Stories That Remain Untold exhibition
  • Light Switch - Stories That Remain Untold exhibition
  • Suitcases - Stories That Remain Untold exhibition
  • Meath Chronicle Article about Stories That Remain Untold exhibition

Stories That Remain Untold is a photographic project which documented abandoned buildings and their remaining contents within Ireland.

Travelling around Ireland I captured long exposure images of homes, schools, workhouses, hotels, places once lived in, places once loved, places full of history, often with collections of personal possessions left behind bringing together a collection of photographs each of which hides its true past.

Behind each of these images is an unknown history – a story that remains untold — Who lived here? Why did they leave? Where are they now?  Where are their family? So many questions with so few answers.

These unanswered questions are intriguing and leave us to create our own stories about what may have happened or what may have been. This work has inspired other artists to recreate some of these images as paintings and writers to create stories from memories invoked.

Grant-aided by Meath Arts Office