Leanne McDonagh: 'I wanted to photograph people in a way that hadn't been done before'

Artist Leanne McDonagh tells Marc O'Sullivan Vallig about the importance of education and the tradition of creativity in her community

Artist Leanne McDonagh. Picture: Darragh Kane

Leanne McDonagh balances her career as an artist with her occupation as Traveller education co-ordinator at Munster Technological University. “It’s a new role, within the Access Service,” she says. 

“What I do is I create projects and go into secondary schools. I work specifically with Traveller kids. And the projects are designed to get them thinking about progressing into further and higher education.”