Minister Humphreys approves over €156k in funding for cross-border cultural projects under Cooperation with Northern Ireland Scheme 2017
The Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD, has today (Tuesday) announced €156,300 in funding to support cultural projects with a significant cross-border element under the Cooperation with Northern Ireland Scheme 2017.
Twenty-two projects are benefitting, within maximum funding of €15,000. Projects range from exhibitions, workshops and festivals and all involve bodies on both sides of the border cooperating in a cultural context.
Speaking today Minister Humphreys said:
“The Cooperation with Northern Ireland Scheme 2017 provides a platform for cultural exchanges and joint projects from organisations on both sides of the border and has produced some fascinating and valuable projects over the years.
“The island of Ireland shares a cultural resonance and output that can surpass political challenges. Funding projects of this kind, such as those included under this scheme, is particularly important in the context of Brexit and the challenges that it may bring to cultural organisations and audiences across the border.”
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Please see below full list of organisations funded:
| Applicant | County | Project Description | Amount of funding |
| Castleblayney Community Enterprise CLG | Monaghan | Establishing and enhancing the shared culture of Castleblayney and Cullyhanna through music, heritage and folklore
|
10,000 |
| Bardic Educational Arts & Media (BEAM Creative Network) | Tyrone | Arts based project promoting Irish Culture which will develop cultural links between Donaghmore and Clones
|
7,000 |
| Oireachtas na Gaeilge | Galway | An Arts Fair bringing together artists who work through the Irish language and Irish language Officers
|
1,800 |
| Tipperary County Museum | Tipperary | Siege Ireland resource material as part of phase 2 of the Clonmel & Derry North project
|
5,000 |
| Children’s Books Ireland | Dublin | CBI Book of the Year Award 2016-2017 and shadowing scheme
|
15,000 |
| Dublin Cinemagic Film & Television Festival for young people | Dublin | 10th Anniversary Cinemagic Dublin Film & Television Festival
|
15,000 |
| Theatre Forum CLG | Dublin | Tourbook Live events: an online showcase platform for artists, production companies and venues
|
5,000 |
| Music Generation Limerick City | Limerick | Connecting marginal communities in Limerick & Belfast through Hip/Hop
|
7,000 |
| EVA International | Limerick | A project that seeks to develop the technical resources within the Irish visual arts sector on a North/South basis
|
6,000 |
| NYAH Co Cavan Traditional Arts | Cavan | A Three -day celebration of Irish Culture , embracing youth, diversity, community, new horizons, shared spaces, safer communities, cultural expression and new friendships
|
7,000 |
| Voluntary Creativity CLG | Dublin | Outreach Workshops bringing people & artists together from diverse communities
|
5,500 |
| Echo Echo Dance Theatre | Derry | Various dance related events
|
4,500 |
| St Mary’s Primary School | Down | Training in IT programs to produce a short film
|
4,500 |
| Newry, Mourne & Down District Council | Down | The Old Irish Goat Art exhibition
|
1,700 |
| Townhall Cavan Arts Space in participation with Cavan County Council | Cavan | An event to celebrate the artistic, cultural & musical heritage of the whole island of Ireland focused on the festival of Halloween
|
8,500 |
| Marsh’s Library | Dublin | Mapping the treasures of the eighteenth century Irish libraries
|
8,000 |
| The Hunt Museum | Limerick | Collaboration with four museums to access their knowledge, learning & experience of designing & delivery of playful museums programming for under 5s
|
7,000 |
| Gallery of Photography | Dublin | Reframing the border: a cross border community based arts initiative
|
13,000 |
| Fermanagh Omagh District Council | Fermanagh | Light installation in Pollnagollum waterfall cave
|
6,800 |
| Irish Georgian Society | Dublin | Cross border summer school in Armagh & Monaghan
|
5,000 |
| Irish Museums Association | Dublin | Consultation seminar looking at the potential implications of the exit of the UK from the EU on the museum & cultural sector
|
5,000 |
| Inniskeen Enterprise Development Group Ltd | Monaghan | The Patrick Kavanagh Centre & Seamus Heaney home place celebrate the work of two of Ireland’s finest artists
|
8,000 |
156,300
