Follow our Cartoon Trail from An Taibhearc to Portershed A Dó and see a fine selection of cartoons that, for weird reasons of our own, we have translated into Irish.
Here are their captions in English:
| No. | Translation | Name | Country | Location | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | “No one could have predicted it ending like this!” | Mick O’Hara | Ireland | Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, Middle St | €65 |
| 2 | “It’s categorically prohibited to use smart devices at the wheel” “What?” |
Gatis Šļūka | Latvia | Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, Middle St | €65 |
| 3 | “Open Wide!” | Gatis Šļūka | Latvia | Cava restaurant, Middle St | €65 |
| 4 | “Oh yeah… We don’t touch energy suppliers” “Professional courtesy?” |
Mark Winter | New Zealand | Designs of Ireland, Cross St | €65 |
| 5 | “Woah, it’s huge” “So powerful” “Look at the size of it” “Mm… hmm” |
Sarah Boyce | Ireland | Thomas Dillon Jewellers, Cross St | €65 |
| 6 | “I don’t know much about art, but you can ask me anything about heat pumps” | Kipper Williams | UK | Tigh Neachtain, Cross St | €65 |
| 7 | “Never mind the jockey what’s the bloody horse on?” | Jim Cogan | Ireland | Tigh Neachtain, Cross St | €65 |
| 8 | “Stop doing that!” | Dave Coverly | USA | Tigh Neachtain, Cross St | €65 |
| 9 | “We’ve decided not to have parents” | Teja Fischer | Germany | Tigh Neachtain, Cross St | €65 |
| 10 | “That’s right, dear. Our ancestors had tails” | Dave Coverly | USA | Tigh Neachtain, Cross St | €65 |
| 11 | Art – Not Art | Phil Witte | USA | Nelly’s, Cross St | €65 |
| 12 | The Adventures of Lady No-Kids “Anyway, I’m gonna follow this goose and see where I end up.” |
Will McPhail | USA | Judy Greene, Kirwan’s Lane | €65 |
| 13 | “Psst… anything for a woman-sized wrist?” | Sarah Boyce | UK | Bernie Keogh’s Gallery, Cross St | €65 |
| 14 | “And how is a delicate flower like you going to handle such a great big machine?” | Miriam Wurster | Germany | Portershed 2, Market St | €65 |
| 15 | “Your resume mentions a penis. Tell us about that.” | Will McPhail | UK | Portershed 2, Market St | €65 |
Yes, we did say in the programme that we’d be showing cartoons specifically about Galway on this year’s Trail. But there was far much more great work submitted to our four open exhibitions than we had room to show, so we thought this would be a good way to squeeze a few more of them in.
