12/08/2025
Last weekend the Gap Arts Festival in Ballythomas once again was a tremendous success with over nine hundred people, young and old, enjoying a variety of events, from an outdoor family movie to talks on local history, tales, lore, and Crypto currency.
The three nights the in-house production of the play Shep were packed out. ‘So many people turned up on the last night,’ said festival director Garrett Keogh, ‘that we had to take the actors’ chairs from the dressing room to seat the audience.’
Supported by Wexford County Council in partnership with Creative Ireland, The Gap organised a series of foraging and jam-making workshops using the local fruits and flowers, elderflowers, fraughans and blackberries.
Elizabeth Howard, Creative Engagement Community Officer at Wexford spoke to the lunchtime gathering. ‘The Wexford Arts Office recognises the great work of The Gap Festival,’ she said. ‘And the importance of creatively approaching engagement with the language, in projects like Subh Dubh and Imeartas Focal, a project hosted by Sylvia Cullen in neighbouring Askamore. ‘It was fitting that the festival was bookended by the participants of two workshops and their creations,’ Keogh said. ‘The Grand Finale and the Mentees Gig show how the Gap facilitates ownership of this festival by the community.’
A special thank you to Aileen Crossley, who stepped in at the last minute and operated the Gap's live Cartoon Booth
