Travelled 4,500 miles
dug 160 sacks of soil
5 sacks per county
endless telephone calls
seeking permission to dig

"It was a difficult piece, I found it emotionally very draining.I dug up soil in every county in Ireland.Imagine moving six tons of soil"

"from the soil comes life and in it decay is cloaked and transformed. In this unspectacular nondescript substance is the essence of our identity; as individuals, as citizens of a nation state and as creatures of a random plan."

Caitriona O'Reilly, Arts Officer Cavan.