Freedom Wall Paste-Up Events

Come along and help us stick things to walls! 

Sunday 05 October 2025, 13.00  

Freedom Wall, Lower Merchants Road 

Wednesday 08 October 2025, 15.30 

Children’s Freedom Wall, Eyre Square Centre

Friday 19 September 2025, 19.00 - 20.30

Children’s Cartoon Workshop in Charlie Byrnes Bookshop 

Installation 

Building A Wall  To Break Down Barriers

It began as the shared dream of some NGOs – Europeans Without Borders, Cartooning for Peace, Reporters Without Borders – but soon found the hearts of young volunteers, many from underprivileged neighbourhoods outside Paris. They were inspired to create a wall of cartoons celebrating the vital role of a free press.

Following their example, we will cover walls in cartoons to raise awareness of this important freedom. Contributors draw on paper or send us images, we print these enlarged and paste them up on two walls – one for professional cartoonists from many countries, the other for local and visiting children.

This event is part of the Galway Cartoon Festival programme. Beginning on Culture Night, it will continue throughout AATE Festival 2025 and the Baboró International Arts Festival for Children.