CLIFDEN ART'S FESTIVAL LECTURE
SEPTEMBER 2022
On the 24th September Níall will be giving a talk as part of the 45th Clifden Arts Festival, the longest-running community arts festival in Ireland which runs from the 15th-25th September.
NIALL ELECTED AS NEW AOSDÁNA MEMBER
APRIL 2019
Niall has been elected as one of six new members of Aosdána.
Founded in 1981, Aosdána was established by the Arts Council to honour artists for their contributions to Irish society and to support them in their artistic endeavours. Membership is capped at 250 living artists from a range of creative disciplines. All members are elected by their peers.
Visual artist Aideen Barry; film and video artist Clare Langan; Man Booker prize winner Anna Burns; writer Doireann Ní Gríofa; and painter and printmaker Margaret Irwin West were also elected.