Uisce Sionainn / Flora Liatromensis

Join us on Saturday 16 May from 11am—1pm for Uisce Sionainn / Flora Liatromensis, a performative river walk with Anna Macleod, Katie May Anderson, and Niall Mac Coitir. As places are limited, please book your ticket early!

The Uisce / Flora series of river walks was developed by Anna Macleod with textile designer Katie May Anderson as a transferable model for performative community river walking to celebrate the transformative power of water. The event at The Dock will begin with a talk by Niall MacCoitir on ethnobotany, and the launch of a zine with an essay by Dr. Phillina Sun. Followed by a light lunch.

This event is part of a programme to accompany the exhibition Tír Breac / Speckled Land by Anna Macleod. You can read more about the exhibiiton here.

Niall MacCoitir grew up in a bilingual environment in Dublin with a love of Irish history, culture, and nature instilled into him. After graduating from University College Dublin, he worked for Dublin County Council and now works for Fingal County Council. His books are Irish Trees – Myths, Legends and Folklore (2003), Irish Wild Plants – Myths, Legends & Folklore (2006), and Ireland’s Animals – Myths, Legends & Folklore (2010).

Anna Macleod is a Scottish-Irish visual artist, researcher, and educator based in the Northwest of Ireland. Her work mediates complex ideas associated with contemporary, historical, and cultural understandings of land and water through a variety of visual art media. In 2026, she was awarded the International Atlantic Artist Residency Exchange in Newfoundland with CRUX and Artlink, as well as the Jon Schueler Scholarship from Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Scotland, and the Jon Schueler Foundation, New York.

Katie May Anderson is a freelance textile artist and designer based in Glasgow, Scotland. Katie works on various community arts projects across the UK, primarily in the heritage sector. Throughout all her work, collaboration and co-production are crucial, with participants empowered to engage in creative and collaborative expression, building connections, and skills development. She has worked in numerous heritage sites in Scotland including Stirling Castle, Castle House Museum, and co-ordinated the Charabancs and Cadillacs project, a community quilt for Community Transport Newham. In 2025, she worked with communities on a textile banner for the ‘Grace’ project at Stirling Castle and a textile map for the Edinburgh Deaf Festival.