Abaalmarinta sanadlaha ah ee Golden Fleece waa abaalmarin madax-bannaan oo sharaf leh oo shaqeyneysay tan iyo 2002 iyada oo loo marayo dhaxal samafal oo uu ka tagay toleeyaha, rinjiilaha, farshaxanlaha iyo macallinka, Helen Lillias Mitchell (1915-2000). Abaalmarintu waxay ka faa'iideysaa farshaxanleyda muuqaalka, naqshadeeyayaasha iyo sameeyayaasha, ee ka yimid ama degan jasiiradda Ireland, si ay u cusboonaysiiyaan oo ay u horumariyaan shaqadooda xilli muhiim ah oo shaqadooda ah.
Markii hore waxaa loo jiheeyay xagga farsamo yaqaannada iyo kuwa si maldahan uga shaqeeya farshaxanka muuqaalka, shuruudaha ayaa lagu ballaadhiyey wixii ka baxsan xaddidan sannadka 2018. Tartanka ayaa hadda u furan fanaaniinta ka shaqeeya dhammaan noocyada kala duwan ee farshaxanka muuqaalka iyo farshaxanka ah, oo ku dhammaanaya hal ama in ka badan oo weyn abaalmarinno iyo, meeshii loo arko inay ku habboon yihiin, abaalmarinno dheeri ah. In kasta oo cabbirka sanduuqa uu ku kala duwan yahay sannadba sannadka, haddana guud ahaan wuxuu gaaraa ilaa € 20,000, oo ay u qaybiyaan guddiyadiisa wakiillada iyadoo lagu saleynayo talooyinka guddiga la-talinta.
Si loo xuso abaalmarinta sanadka labaatanaad - iyo in la aqoonsado caqabadda ka dhalatay aafada adduunka - go'aanka waxaa loo qaatay in lagu kordhiyo sanduuqa 2021 abaalmarinta to 50,000, oo ka kooban shan abaalmarin oo € 10,000 ah. Mahadsanid dardaaran dheeri ah oo dhowaan ay siiyeen milkiilaha injineerka iyo farshaxanka, Seán Mulcahy, abaalmarin dheeri ah oo ah since 10,000 ayaa tan iyo markii lagu daray, taasoo keentay lix abaalmarin iyo wadarta guud ee € 60,000. Tani waxay xoojineysaa qancinta wakiillada 'rabitaanka Lillias Mitchell' 'in la siiyo fannaaniinta' dhiirrigelin 'xilliyada baahida gaarka ah ”.
Ku guuleystayaasha waxaa laga soo saari doonaa liis dhowaan la shaaciyey oo, mar labaad, u taagan xirfad-yaqaanno ka kala socda maaddooyin kala duwan. Kuwaani waa Aideen Barry, Bassam Al-Sabah, Fiona Byrne, Izzy O'Reilly, Jennifer Hickey, Laura Fitzgerald, Lorna Donlon, Maria McKinney, Sinead O'Dwyer iyo Tamsin Snow. Beddelka khadka tooska ah ee xafladda abaalmarinta shaqsiga ah, ee la qabto dhammaadka Maarso, ayaa dib loo eegayaa, waxaana lagu shaacin doonaa websaydhka (goldenfleeceaward.com).
Dhaxalka ku jira sanduuqa kalsoonida ee Lillias Mitchell wuxuu ka tarjumayaa noloshii ay si weyn ugu mashquulsanayd dhinacyada farshaxanka iyo farsamada gacanta, iyo sidoo kale faallo ay saaxiibkeed ka bixisay in "wax kasta oo ay samaysay ay ahaayeen kuwo qiimo waara leh"1. Mitchell waxay ku dhalatay Dublin oo ay soo bandhigtay hibada farshaxanka hore, waxaana baray Elizabeth Corbet Yeats2. Laga bilaabo da'da kow iyo toban waxaa baray Lilian Davidson, ka dibna Dermod O'Brien oo ka tirsan dugsiga RHA. Waxay qaadatay koorsooyin farshaxanimo ah oo ka tirsan Kulliyadda Qaranka ee Farshaxanka, laga bilaabo 1937, waxay ku qaadatay sannad Switzerland barashada farshaxanka iyo qaabaynta dhoobada. Sannadkii 1940, waxay ku guuleysatay kaalinta labaad ee Abaalmarinta Farshaxanka RDS Taylor ee gabal cinwaankiisu ahaa St. Patrick Struggling in his Soul for Peace.
Laga soo bilaabo sanadkaas, iyo nolosheeda oo dhan, Mitchell waxay ahayd xubin soo bandhigtay Bulshada Biyaha. Mawduuc nasiib leh, oo ay u guurtay Waqooyiga Wales sanadkii 1943 si ay u siiso barashada qaabeynta dhoobada, waxay is aragtay iyada oo baraneysa dharka tolista iyada oo uu hagayo Ella McLeod, oo ah qof caan ka ah goobta. Markii ay ku soo laabatay Dublin sanadkii 1946, iyada iyo saaxiibkeed, Morfudd Roberts, waxay ku aasaaseen aqoon isweydaarsi tolmo ah Buurta Hoose ee Street, oo ay ugu magac dareen Dahab Dahab ah Qoraalka gacanta ku qoran ee astaanta Mitchell ee loogu talagalay hindisaha ayaa lagu daray astaanta Abaalmarinta Abaalmarinta Dahabka ee 'Golden Fleece Award'.
Sannadkii 1951, Lillias Mitchell waxaa taageeray Wasiirka Wasaaradda Waxbarashada, Richard Mulcahy (aabaha dhakhaatiirta abaalmarinta bixisay dhowaan, Seán Mulcahy) inuu ka furo waaxda tolista ee Kulliyadda Qaranka ee Fanka, halkaas oo ay wax ku baraysay illaa ay ka fariisato. Waxay kaqeyb gashay iskuul xirfadeed xagaaga oo kuyaala Iswiidhan si ay usoo iibsato looms iyo barashada farsamooyinka miiqyada iyo tolida, sidoo kale waxay ku safartay dhamaan Donegal, Connemara iyo Kerry si ay baaritaan ugu sameyso hababka mooryaan dhaqameedka, midabeeyayaasha iyo tumaalayaasha. Waxay doorbideysaa fiilooyinka dabiiciga ah iyo dheehyada, Mitchell waxay ku faafisay aqoonteeda uruurinta tiro buugaag ah oo la daabacay. 1975, waxay aasaastay Guild-ka Irishka ee Weavers, Spinners iyo Dyers, oo sii wada inay kobciso farsamooyinkan iyada oo loo marayo aqoon isweydaarsiyo iyo bannaanbaxyo joogto ah.
Iyadoo la sii wadayo ka-qaybgalka nolosha oo dhan Royal Dublin Society, gaar ahaan barnaamijyadeeda farshaxanka iyo farshaxanka, Mitchell wuxuu aasaasay abaalmarin magaceedu yahay 1987, taas oo sannado badan sameysay qayb ka mid ah qaybta dharka ee Tartankeeda Xirfadaha Qaranka (hadda Abaalmarinta RDS Farsamada). Iyada oo laga garanayo waxqabadkeeda ballaadhan ee fanka, waxaa laga dhigay Xubin Nololeed Sharafeedka Bulshada ah ee 1993 iyo Xubin Sharafeedka RHA ee 1995.
Isu soo aruurinta wax soo saar ka badan boqol codsadeyaal la soo xushay iyo ku guuleyste labaatankii sano ee ugu horreysay, Abaalmarinta Abaalmarinta Dahabka ah ayaa bixisay taageerooyin badan oo waqtigooda ku habboon oo ku saabsan hababka hal-abuurka ah Marka loo eego ruuxa dhaxalka ah ee Lillias Mitchell, waxay sameysmayaan koox kaladuwan oo ay kujiraan farshaxanno muuqaal ah, jareyaal, dahablayaal, dhoobada iyo shaqalaha alwaaxa, kuwaas oo dhammaantood sii wada in lagu dhiirrigeliyo meerahooda.
Ku guuleystaha Abaalmarinta Gaarka ah ee ugu dambeeyay, Kathy Tynan, ayaa sidoo kale lagu soo daray Zurich Portrait Prize, halka Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, oo ah ku guuleystaha abaalmarinta Main Award, uu ahaa orodyahan u tartamayay inuu matalo Ireland 2020 Venice Biennale. Kuwa kale ee hore u helay waxaa ka mid ah abaalmarinta ugu horreysa, farshaxanka dharka Helen McAllister (2022), oo caan ku ah qaababka kabaha ay ku xardhan tahay, farshaxan isku dhafan Suzannah Vaughan (2002), ranjiye Clive Bright (2004), iyo Stevan Hartung (2005) ).
Ka dib tobankii sano ee ugu horreeyay hawlgalkeeda, intii lagu guda jiray hal abaalmarin sannad kasta, waxaa la soo saaray qaybaha Amaan, Abaalmarinta iyo Abaalmarinta Gaarka ah. Kuwa ugu horreeya ee hela abaalmarin waxay ahaayeen farshaxanka muuqaalka ah Sean Lynch (2012) iyo naqshadeeyaha dahabka Eily O'Connell (2013), halka Amaanadii hore loo aaday farshaxan-yahan Rachel Joynt iyo farshaxanka muuqaalka ah ee Bridget O'Gorman (labadaba 2015). Ku guuleystaha Abaalmarinta Gaarka ah ee Gaarka ah wuxuu ahaa farshaxan farshaxanno badan Fiona Mulholland (2017).
Codsiyada waxaa laga aqbalaa khadka tooska ah laga bilaabo Ogosto ilaa Nofeembar sanad kasta waxaana qiimeeya guddi khubaro ah oo laga soo kala xulay dhinacyada khuseeya, mid walbana wuxuu adeegayaa muddo saddex sano ah. Gudiga 2021 wuxuu ka koobnaa: Angela O'Kelly, gudoomiye, dahablaha iyo Madaxa Naqshadeynta Jirka iyo Deegaanka ee NCAD; Declan Long, dhaleeceyn faneed iyo agaasime MA Farshaxanka Dunida Casriga ee NCAD; Catherine Marshall, taariikhyahan farshaxan, ilaaliye iyo tifaftire; Ann Mulrooney, hoggaamiye warshadeed hal abuur leh; iyo Audrey Whitty, Madaxa Uruurinta iyo Barashada Madxafka Qaranka ee Ireland.
Susan Campbell waa qoraa madaxbanaan oo farshaxan muuqaal ah iyo cilmi baare.
Notes:
¹Nancy Larchet, oo laga soo xigtay 'Weaving the Past Alive', The Irish Times , 17 Noofambar 2001.
ZabElizabeth Corbet Yeats (1868-1940), oo sidoo kale loo yaqaan 'Lolly', waxay ahayd aasaasihii farshaxanka Dun Emer Industries iyo farshaxanka iskaashiga haweenka (est.1902). Waxay walaalo ahaayeen Susan (Lily) Yeats, William iyo Jack Butler Yeats.
