ʻO ka papahana Creative Ireland Shared Island
Kalana Leitrim a me Fermanagh
Malaki a ʻOkakopa 2024
Ma ka waena o Iune, ua kū au ma kahi puʻu ma Leitrim, me ka leo ʻole a me ka hauʻoli, me kahi hui o 45 poʻe. No ʻelua mau minuke, ʻaʻohe mea i ʻōlelo a ʻaʻole hoʻi. Ua hoʻolohe wale mākou i ka mele o ka waena o Irish. No ka poʻe i ʻike iaʻu, e like kēia me ka par no ka papa. I kaʻu hana hoʻomohala, ʻike pinepine wau iaʻu iho i nā kūlana hoʻolohe manaʻo me nā pūʻulu o nā mea leʻaleʻa sonic. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole i haku ʻia ka hui aʻu i kū ai i nā mea hoʻokani kani, akā, he ʻano ʻokoʻa ʻē aʻe, kamaʻāina i ka hana o ka hoʻolohe hohonu i ke ʻano: nā mahiʻai.
Ua hui pū ʻia mākou ma o kahi papahana ʻo Farm Walks hou, i haku pū ʻia e Leitrim Arts Office, Leitrim Sustainable Agriculture Group, Ulster Wildlife Farmers' Group, a me The Dock, a hoʻolako kālā ʻia ma o ka Creative Ireland Shared Island Program. Ua mālama ka papahana i ʻeono mau huakaʻi mahiʻai ma Fermanagh a me Leitrim. Hōʻike ʻia kēlā me kēia huakaʻi i ke kamaʻilio ʻana e kekahi mea pena i kono ʻia e pili ana kāna hana i kēlā mahiʻai, kona mana hoʻomohala, hoʻoilina, a i ʻole nā hiʻohiʻona kūikawā ʻē aʻe.
Ua kono mai na hoa ia'u e komo i ka Farm Walks ma ke ano he Creative Producer/Curator. ʻO kaʻu kuleana he mau hana like ʻole, mai ka ʻimi ʻana i nā meaʻai kūloko no nā meaʻai a mākou i hauʻoli pū ai, a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā kipa pūnaewele ma waena o ka mea pena kiʻi kipa a me ka poʻe mahiʻai hoʻokipa, a hiki i nā logistics āpau e pili ana i ka hana hanana hanana. Aia ma lalo kahi ʻike pōkole o kēlā me kēia huakaʻi me kekahi o kaʻu mau hoʻomanaʻo punahele.

Malaki 2024 – Spa Cottage Organic Farm, Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim
Nā mea mahiʻai hoʻokipa: Yvonne Browne & Michael McManus
Mea Hoʻokipa malihini: Anna Macleod
He punawai sulfur ka Spa Cottage Farm i kaulana i ka mōʻaukala no kāna mau mea ho'ōla. Ua ʻimi mākou i ka Spa Well, kona mau loulou mōʻaukala i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a me kāna kuleana i kēia manawa i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ʻoihana mahiʻai. Ua hōʻike ʻo Anna i kāna mau hana hou e pili ana i ka mālama wai, nā luawai a me nā hana mahiʻai hoʻoilina. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea mai ka ʻāina i kāna hana a hele a puni ka hulu hipa āna i honi ai me ka lichen a me nā kumu kūlohelohe ʻē aʻe.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻia ka papahana ʻo Farm Walks me kahi ʻaina awakea ma The Dock Arts Center ma mua o ko mākou neʻe ʻana i ka mahiʻai. ʻO ka mea mua i hiki mai ʻo koʻu hoalauna ʻo Padraig Gilbride. He 80 mau makahiki, ua ʻaʻahu ʻia ʻo Padraig i kona ʻaʻahu mahiʻai maʻamau o ka ʻaʻahu melemele noʻonoʻo kaumaha, nā jeans, he uliuli kahiko a ua hoʻonani ʻia i kēlā me kēia malu o ka daub, a me nā lua paʻa maikaʻi o nā luawai hou-off-the-farm. ʻO ia ka manawa mua a Padraig ma nā puka o The Dock. Pīhoihoi au i ka ʻike ʻana iā ia. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i hoʻopiha i kahi palapala hoʻopaʻa inoa pūnaewele, ʻaʻole ia he lālā o kekahi o nā hui hoa, a ʻaʻole ia ma kaʻu papa inoa malihini kipa. Ma keʻano he mea hana hanana, pono wau e hoʻohuli iā ia. Akā pehea e hiki ai iaʻu? Hoʻokipa wau iā Padraig a kono iā ia e nānā i ka hōʻikeʻike ʻoiai ʻo ia e kali ana, a ua hauʻoli ʻo ia. I ka pau ʻana o ka papahana, ʻo Padraig wale nō ka malihini e hele i nā huakaʻi mahiʻai ʻeono.
ʻApelila 2024 – Leitrim Village, Leitrim
ʻO nā mea mahiʻai hoʻokipa: Frank Whitney lāua ʻo John Flynn
Mea Hoʻokipa malihini: Christine Mackey
ʻO kēia mau mahiʻai ʻelua e pili ana i ka muliwai ʻo Shannon a ua paʻa i ka mōʻaukala a me ka hoʻoilina me ka hale kākela ʻo Portsham i ka makahiki ʻumikūmālua, kahi māla waina kahiko, ke ala nui kahiko mai Carrick a Manorhamilton, a me kahi pūnāwai kahiko kūikawā ma kapa o ka muliwai. Ua hōʻike a kūkākūkā ʻo Christine i ʻelua paʻi lepo āna i hana ai, ma muli o nā laʻana lepo i hōʻiliʻili ʻia mai kēlā me kēia mahiʻai, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi kaʻina ʻepekema like i kapa ʻia ʻo Chromatography. Ua haʻi ʻo Christine i kāna hana ma ka hana noʻeau, nā ʻanoʻano a me ke kaiaola a hōʻike i nā kiʻi āna i lawe ai i nā ʻano ʻāpala Irish hoʻoilina.
ʻOiai aia nā māla ʻelua ma kahakai o Shannon, ua hoʻomaka mākou i ka lā me ka huakaʻi waʻa e nānā i nā kula mai ka wai. I ka wā i hoʻomaha ai ka waʻa ma ka ʻaoʻao o kāna mahiʻai, hiki mai kaʻu manawa punahele i ko mākou hoʻolohe ʻana iā John e heluhelu ana i kahi ʻāpana pōkole, ua kākau ʻo ia no ka lā, e pili ana i kāna pūnāwai e hū aʻe ana ma kapa kahawai.

Mei 2024 – Mokupuni ʻo Boa, Fermanagh
Mea hoʻokipa: Patrick McGurn
Mea Hoʻokipa malihini: Anna McGurn
Aia ma ke kahakai ʻākau o Lough Erne, mālama ʻia kēia mahiʻai no kona mau ʻāina momona momona, nā mauʻu a me nā ʻano pua ulu. ʻO nā mea hānai hānai, me nā curlews, he mau malihini kipa i ka mahiʻai. ʻO ka mahiʻai a me ka mea pena kiʻi i kono ʻia no kēia huakaʻi he kaikunāne a he kaikuahine. Ua hōʻike ʻo Anna i ke ʻano o ka hoʻohana ʻia ʻana o ka pālolo mai ka mahiʻai e hana i nā seramika a alakaʻi iā mākou i kahi papa hana pōkole kahi e hiki ai iā mākou ke hoʻāʻo e hana i nā seramika iā mākou iho.
Ua hele ʻo Patrick iā mākou ma kona ʻāina me ka ʻike ʻana i nā mauʻu a me nā mea kanu a mākou i hala ai. Ua kono ʻo Anna i ka poʻe i komo e ʻohi i ka pua ma ka huakaʻi a mākou e hoʻohana ai i ka hale hana keramika. ʻO kaʻu manawa punahele ʻo ka ʻike ʻana i kahi laina o nā poʻe e hohola ana ma kahi kula e halihali ana i hoʻokahi pua.
Iune 2024 – Ballinaglera, County Leitrim
ʻO nā mea mahiʻai hoʻokipa: Carol lāua ʻo Gavin Durkin
Mea Hoʻokipa malihini: Deirdre O'Mahony
ʻO kēia kahi mahiʻai pipi a me nā hipa me nā pua puaʻa a me kahi apiary. He wahi ia no ka mahiʻai kaiaulu a hōʻike i ka hiki o ka mahiʻai no ke kūkulu kaiāulu a me ka maikaʻi.
ʻO ka manawa hoʻolohe i ʻōlelo ʻia ma luna o kēia mahiʻai. Heluhelu mai ʻo Deirdre i nā huaʻōlelo iā mākou ma ka hele wāwae. Ma hope o kā mākou kamaʻilio ʻana e pili ana i ka ʻūhū ʻana o nā pā a me nā manu nalo, kono ʻo Deirdre iā mākou e hoʻolohe wale. Noʻu, ʻo ke kū mālie ʻana me 45 poʻe i loko o kahi puʻu he mea hoʻoneʻe loa ia. ʻO kēia lā kekahi o kaʻu mau manawa ʻai punahele. Hana ʻo Carol, ka mea mahiʻai i kāna meli ponoʻī. ʻO kekahi o nā mea hana meaʻai aʻu i hoʻohana mau ai i ka wā o ka papahana, ʻo Leitrim Hill Creamery, e hana i kā lākou Goat's Milk Ice Cream ponoʻī. Ma mua o ka hele ʻana, ua lawe mai ʻo Carol i nā hue o kāna meli i ka ʻai ʻai a ma hope o ka ʻaina awakea ua mālama ʻia nā mea a pau i ka ice cream, lawelawe ʻia i loko o kahi cone hana lima.
Kepakemapa 2024 – Marlbank, Marble Arch, County Fermanagh
Mea hoʻokipa: Aidan McGovern
Nā Mea Hana Kiʻi: Edwina Guckian, Tara Boath Mooney a me Gerry Bohan (Nā lālā a pau o ka Leitrim Hawthorn Collective)
Aia i loko o ka Killykeeghan Nature Reserve, ua hoʻokipa kēia wahi liminal i ka hui ʻana o ka heather upland heath, rush grasslands, peatlands a me nā wahi o ka limestone calcareous. ʻO nā lua swally ma ka ʻāina e alakaʻi aku ai i nā Caves Marble Arch aia ma lalo. Mālama mau ʻia nā hipa ma waena o nā pūʻulu lāʻau hawthorn ma kēia mahiʻai mauna. Ua kamaʻilio ʻo Edwina e pili ana i kāna hana e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻāina, ka mahiʻai, nā hana kuʻuna a me nā kaiāulu. Ua heluhelu ʻo Gerry Bohan, he kanaka mahiʻai i kahi moʻolelo pōkole mai kāna puke, ʻO ka lāʻau Clainings. Ua hana ʻo Tara Boath Mooney i ke kī hawthorn a mākou i inu ai i kona hōʻike ʻana i ka moʻolelo, ka mōʻaukala a me nā mea hoʻōla o ka hawthorn. Ma hope mai, lawe mai ʻo ia i kāna apothecary mobile a hoʻāʻo mākou i nā ʻano tinctures hawthorn.
ʻEkolu manawa aʻu i kipa aku ai i kēia mahiʻai: hoʻokahi manawa me nā hoa no ka huakaʻi hoʻolālā; hou, me nā mea pena kiʻi no kahi kipa pūnaewele; a ʻo ka hope, no ka Farm Walk ponoʻī. I kēlā me kēia manawa, haʻalele wau me he mea lā ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia au me nā vibes maikaʻi. ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona nani loa, a ʻo ka manaʻo kilokilo e puka mai ana mai ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ana maʻa i ka lepo ma lalo a hoʻopuni ʻia e nā hawthorns kahiko.

ʻOkakopa 2024 – Boho, County Fermanagh
Mea hoʻokipa: Trevor Irwin
Mea Hoʻokipa malihini: Maria McKinney
Chef malihini: Phillip McCrilly
Ua kālele kēia huakaʻi i nā pā pā, ko lākou mōʻaukala, ka hoʻoilina, a me ka hoʻokele ʻana, a me ko lākou koʻikoʻi no ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā ʻano like ʻole a me ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā hale noho a me nā alahele holoholona hihiu. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia kahi hōʻikeʻike a Neil Foulkes ma ke kope kope a me ka hoʻomoe pā. Ua kamaʻilio ʻo Maria McKinney e pili ana i kāna hana e pili ana i nā hana mahiʻai a me ka mahiʻai o kēia manawa, e kālele nui ana i ka hānai pipi. Ua hoʻohiwahiwa ʻo ia i ka poʻe mahiʻai me nā kiʻi o nā kiʻi kiʻi i hana ʻia me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mauʻu ʻōpala. Ua hoʻomākaukau ʻo Philip McCrilly i ka ʻaina awakea no mākou e hōʻike ana i nā huahana kūloko.
Ua hoʻohana au i ka hapa nui o ka lā e kōkua ana iā Phillip ma ka lumi kuke. Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo ia i kahi papa kuhikuhi hoʻolalelale a ua noʻonoʻo kekahi hapa oʻu inā e hilahila kā mākou mau malihini i nā kīʻaha i kūpono i kahi hale ʻaina hōkū Michelin ma mua o kahi hale kaiāulu ma Boho. Ma mua o ka ʻaina awakea, ua hāʻawi ʻo Pilipo i kahi hōʻike e pili ana i kāna hana ponoʻī me ke kiʻi a me ka meaʻai a hoʻolauna i ka papa kuhikuhi. Ua hoʻonanea ʻo ia i ka lehulehu, ʻoiai ua hoʻāʻo kēlā me kēia malihini i kēlā me kēia kīʻaha, ʻo ka hapa nui e hoʻi mai no kekona a i ʻole ke kolu. ʻO ka poʻe e leʻaleʻa nei i ka meaʻai kūloko a me ka puʻuwai puʻuwai, he manawa punahele ia iaʻu.
Ma hope o ka huakaʻi hope, ua noʻonoʻo kekahi hoaaloha i hele mai inā paha wau i ʻike i ka inoa o kahi mea āna i hālāwai ai ma ia lā. I koʻu hoʻāʻo ʻana e hōʻemi i ka mea āna e kamaʻilio nei, nīnau wau: "He mahiʻai lākou a he mea pena paha?" "ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, "ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka ʻokoʻa." Ua hōʻike mau kēia iaʻu ma o ka papahana - pehea ka nui o nā mea pena a me nā mahiʻai i like. ʻO kēia ka mea i manaʻo ʻia ai ka hui ʻana o nā mea pena kiʻi a me nā mahiʻai he hana kūlohelohe a maʻalahi.
Ua haʻalele au i ka papahana me ka manaʻo i ka pōmaikaʻi o mākou i ʻIlelani no ka nui o ka ʻāina i ka lima o ka poʻe i loaʻa mai ko lākou ʻike ma o nā hanauna o ka ʻike a manaʻo lākou e kiaʻi ia no ka wā e hiki mai ana. Hāʻawi kēia papahana iaʻu i ka manaʻolana ma o ka hana like ʻana, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia o ke kūʻokoʻa o ka meaʻai, ke ʻano olaola a me ka hoʻohana ʻāina kūpono.
ʻO Natalia Beylis he mea pena kiʻi kani a me ka mea hana hoʻomohala i hoʻokumu ʻia ma County Leitrim.
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