Críostóir Mac Cárthaigh is a former Director of the National Folklore Collection at University College Dublin. With a background in folklore and archaeology, he has written on different aspects of Irish oral literature, oral history, vernacular architecture, traditional boats and fishing.

The cultural landscape of Atlantic islands and coastal communities is of particular interest to him. He is editor of the study Traditional Boats of Ireland, History, Folklore and Construction (2008).

Frances Bermingham Berrow is an artist, researcher and maker of things, who works in marine, heritage/folklore research and community projects.

In 2002, Frances Bermingham Berrow graduated in Applied Aquatic Science from RTC Galway (now ATU / Atlantic Technical University).

She completed the course ‘Reading the Local Landscape’ in 2014.

Later, Frances completed her post graduate Diploma in Art and Ecology at NCAD – Creative Futures Academy in 2024.

Frances’ work and process, considers Natureculture, where nature and culture are inseparable in our shared human – seaweed histories of the tidal commons. Her work leans on these material connections and environmental histories through time.