Richard’s account of our night on the island

As is now the tradition of the Galway Cartoon Festival, we sailed out to pass a day and a night on Inis Oírr, smallest of the famous Aran Islands. We do this (a) because we’re committed to promoting cartooning in the Irish language and the island is a vibrant Gaeltacht (an area where Irish is the everyday speech), but also (b) because it’s heaps of fun.

It’s a way for the team to unwind after the main events over the weekend, but it’s definitely a working holiday. First on the bill was a workshop with our old friends Coláiste Ghobnait, the island’s secondary school, where Caoimhe Lavelle and our guests Dave Coverly and Lucie Arnoux (pictured above) did a wonderful cartoon workshop. I was sorry to miss that, I’d really enjoyed drawing with the students of that school on our last couple of visits, but the events of ...