‘Róisín’ – Elinor O’Donovan: Sample-Studios Spike Island Summer Resident Film Screening

When

• 6 October 2026

Where

Triskel Arts Centre, Ireland

About

This preview of Elinor O'Donovan's new film takes place in advance of her exhibition of the same name, which opens in Sample-Studios Gallery: The Lord Mayor’s Pavilion on 10 Oct, following the Sample-Studios Spike Island Summer Residency 2026. Róisín explores the life of Charlotte Grace O’Brien (1845–1909), O’Donovan’s great-great-great-great aunt. O’Brien was a writer, activist and plant collector who worked on behalf of Irish women emigrating to the US in the late 1800s. The film uses a voice-over based on a script written by O’Donovan, illustrated by browser windows.