Mary, Mary - Exhibition by Mary Musgrove

Clare Arts Office in conjunction with Cultúrlann Sweeney Library Gallery is delighted to present Mary, Mary, by London born-Irish photographer, Mary Musgrove, previously shown at the London Irish Centre, Camden.

Mary, Mary' is set during the period 1921 – 1998, a time when the Catholic Church had significant influence in Irish society.

Mary has used Therapeutic Photography to express a semi-autobiographical account of her own family's generational trauma. This project researches the story of Mary's mother Teresa and her stolen sister, 'Mary' - a journey of understanding and forgiveness. Mary focuses on the Irish landscape, on which many families were destroyed, leading to the largest diaspora of Irish people across the world, many of whom have never fully recovered or returned to their homeland.

Mary, Mary is a 'photovoice' project for victims and survivors of ‘The Mother and Baby Homes’ scandal.