Bohemian FC to launch an exciting and innovative new climate action project: The Bohemian Way

Bohemian Football Club is pleased to announce the launch of the Bohemian Way, a project aimed at supporting the development of a culture of cooperative climate action in the communities surrounding the football club through creativity.

The launch will take place on Saturday March 18th at 12pm starting at the Bandstand in the Phoenix Park, featuring music and poetry performances.

The Bohemian Way project is a collaborative effort between Bohemian FC, local community organisations, and environmental groups. The project’s centrepiece is a new free smartphone app, which will also launch on Saturday, that invites users on a guided tour through Dublin 7.

Seán McCabe, the Head of Climate Justice and Sustainability at Bohemian Football Club, said: “The app is full of things for users to discover. The idea is that among the music, poetry and histories, people will also discover practical ways to engage in climate action in their community collectively and, hopefully, sign up to participate.”

The Bohemian Way will feature a trove of new music from artists including John Francis Flynn, Maija Sofia, Oisín Leech, and Louise Gaffney, as well as poets including John Cummins, Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe and Lewis Kenny.

These songs and poems, like all the artefacts on the Bohemian Way, will have to be discovered by the user. They do this by finding the location at which the artefacts are hidden by walking around Dublin 7.

The launch event will feature music performances by local artists and poetry readings by renowned poets.

The event will begin at the Bandstand at the Phoenix Park, where attendees will be treated to music and poetry by Lewis Kenny, Laura Quirke, Louise Gaffney and Kez.

Then participants will be brought on a walking tour through Dublin 7, guided by historian Gerard Farrell, ballad singer Kilian O’Flanagan and, should they so wish, the Bohemian Way app. The event will end at Dalymount Park with more music and poetry from James Lonergan, Dagogo Hart and the Accidental Rapper.

Bohemian FC COO Daniel Lambert said: “We are excited to launch the Bohemian Way project, which reflects our commitment to helping build for an ever more socially and environmentally responsible community in Dublin 7 and beyond.

“Bohs is founded on a spirit of cooperation, creativity and active citizenship. We are fortunate to be able to use the Creative Climate Action Fund to shine a light on all those in our community applying the same spirit to the climate crisis.”

Creative Ireland, funders of the Bohemian Way through the Creative Climate Action Fund, has welcomed the launch of the Bohemian Way project.

Tania Banotti, Director of Creative Ireland, said: “The Bohemian Way project demonstrates how an array of creativity can come together to demonstrate and encourage collaboration in the face of climate change.”

The launch event is free and open to the public, and tickets are available on the Bohemian Way website. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own reusable water bottles and containers to reduce waste.

For more information about the Bohemian Way project, please visit thebohemianway.ie.