'On my first day, I knew that I wanted to live here forever' - Raising a family in the 'pure magic' of an island off the Wild Atlantic Way

Memories of regular sea crossings with her seriously ill husband lingered with Majella O’Neill Collins, the Sherkin artist whose work has been bought by George Clooney, writes Colette Sheridan.

When Sherkin Island-based artist Majella O’Neill- Collins was ferrying her seriously ill husband in and out of hospital, what “saved” her during those traumatic days was the work that she was imagining in her head.

Creativity rubs off on everyone on the ‘Island of the Arts’ by Ailin Quinlan, The Irish Times.

“Sherkin is like a magnet of creativity. It’s very beautiful and it’s completely ruled by the weather. You’ll either love it or you won’t – it’s an immediate reaction,” she (Majella) says.