Tarraingt/ Green Rope crafted by Ukrainian and Irish on Sherkin Island

Making Tarraingt / Green Rope over the River Ilen, Skibbereen. Over fifty people helped to craft this rope which measured over sixty metres.

Red twine along the length of the rope marks out each day in the rope’s creation

Images from left to right;  rope making, Michael holds a coil of rope made on Sherkin island, harvesting grass, rope making on the river Ilen, rope making on sherkin island, islanders carry rope onto the Sherkin island ferry

Tarraingt /
Green Rope Project

2022 – Ongoing

The Green Rope Project uses the act of crafting a Sugán rope ( an Irish straw rope) to bring people together.  It is a social sculpture and a hands-on process that creates space for conversation across cultures and identities.

The rope is twisted by many hands from wild plants harvested close by. Rather than just a practical object, this rope functions as a tool for collaboration, creating connections between people, places and ecologies.  As it’s worked on over time, sometimes with over sixty people contributing, the rope extends in length and winds its way back out into the landscape it grew from. 

William is currently working on Sherkin Island funded by Creative Places West Cork Islands , bringing together established islanders and Ukrainian refugees living in temporary accommodation there.

July 2022 Green Rope Makers

Kathy
Viktoriia
Toma
Kai
Jamie
Pa
Nori
William
Lucija
Guilia
Martin
Moze
Linda
Aisling
Jack
Charlie
Jasmine
Mary
Conor
Wayne
Laura
Ann
Jeremy
Peter
Marcus
Eliot
Susan
Tomasz
Chris
Silvia
Raymond
Sheelagh
Sonia
Jean
Louise
Pauline
Laure
Patricia
Caoimhe
Eva
Simon
Didi
Alex
Cuan
Ciaran
Leo
Sophie
Joreen
Una
Ruairí
Simon
Miles
Ber
Grainne
Jack
Sara
Mary
Ruby
Rosita