Grants awarded in June 2005
Theatre and dance, Film, Music, Visual art, Literature
Theatre and dance
| Name |
Amount in Euros |
| Ennis Players request for grant towards the cost of participating in the World Festival of Amateur Theatre, running from July-August 2005 in Monaco |
3,000 |
| Ms. Mary Nunan request for grant towards the cost of participation in the new work commissioned for the Howl Arts Festival in New York in August 2005 |
1,290 |
| Bernard Farrell request for grant towards the cost of attending the play "Many Happy Returns" and giving lectures on Irish theatre, the Gate and the origins of the play in California in November |
468 |
Subtotal: €4,758
Film
| Name |
Amount in Euros |
| Irish Film Institute request for grant towards the cost of the Reel Ireland Programme, a touring package of Irish film aimed at bringing Irish cinema to a large worldwide audience |
30,000 |
| Municipal Cinemas of Uherske Hradiste request for grant towards the cost of Irish participation in the Summer Film School Festival including film, music and literature in the Czech Republic in July 2005 |
12,000 |
| Cork Film Festival request for grant towards the cost of Irish participation in Arcipelago, the 13th Festival of Short Films and New Images in Rome in June 2005 |
3,150 |
Subtotal: €45,150
Music
| Name |
Amount in Euros |
| Camerata Ireland request for grant towards the cost of tour of the United States by the orchestra of Camerata Ireland, with soloist and Artistic Director Barry Douglas in October/November 2005 |
15,000 |
| Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann request for grant towards the cost of the 33rd Annual North American Concert Tour in October 2005. |
10,000 |
| Carlow Young Artists Choir request for grant towards the cost of participation in the 2005 New Millennium Festival "A Vision of Peace Concert" at the University of Toronto, Canada in July 2005 |
5,000 |
| Finnish-Irish Society request for grant towards the cost of performance by Irish musicians and music groups at the Irish Festival in Finland, September-October 2005 |
4,000 |
| Zagreb Concert Management request for grant towards the cost of Irish participation in the 39th International Folklore Festival in Croatia in July 2005 |
3,000 |
| Jugendblasorchester Buren und Umgebung request for grant towards the cost of a music and cultural exchange between St. Mary's Brass and Reed Band and the people in Buren, Switerland in September 2005 |
1,000 |
| Craobh na hÉireann den Comhdháil Cheilteach request for grant towards the cost of Irish participation at the International Celtic Congress in Oban, Scotland in July 2005 |
855 |
| Roger Doyle request for grant towards the cost of a solo piano performance in Amsterdam as part of the 30th Anniversary concert of the "Klap op de Vuurpijl" Festival in December 2005 |
470 |
Subtotal: €39,325
Visual art
| Name |
Amount in Euros |
| The George Moore Society request for grant towards the cost of organising and supporting an exhibition of Irish visual art at the John David Mooney Foundation, Chicago in October/November 2005 |
20,000 |
| Irish Museum of Modern Art request for grant towards the cost of exhibition of Irish Art from the IMMA collection to mark the opening of "The Rooms", the Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, in May-October 2005 |
9,150 |
| The Ark, Cultural Event for Children request for grant towards the cost of exhibition of the Ark Programme "Leonardo" for children, including interactive sculptures, at the Machmit Museum, Berlin in August/October 2005 |
8,900 |
| Mark Curran request for grant towards the cost of the presentation of "The Breathing Factory", a one-person exhibition in Venice, November-December 2005 and in Montreal, January-February 2005 |
6,800 |
| Goteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art request for grant towards the cost of Gerard Byrne's participation in the third edition of Goteborg Biennial, Sweden in September 2005 |
5,000 |
| Niamh Lawlor request for grant towards the cost of residency in China from July-September 2005 involving a solo exhibition hosted by the 411 Gallery, Hangzhou City |
3,000 |
| Eoghan Mc Tigue request for grant towards the cost of exhibiting work in India as part of the programme "Colab and the City" in November/December 2005 |
2,200 |
| Katie Holten request for grant towards the cost of a solo exhibition at the Van Horn Gallery in Dusseldorf, Germany in July-September 2005 |
2,000 |
| Brian Henderson request for grant towards the cost of a solo exhibition of paintings at the Dirt Contemporary Art Space, Cape Town, South Africa from September-December 2005 |
1,400 |
Subtotal: €58,540
Literature
| Name |
Amount in Euros |
| Edward Kelly request for grant towards the cost of lecturing in Irish Studies in the University of Szeged, Hungary from September 2005 to August 2006 |
15,900 |
| Beckett International Foundation request for grant towards the cost of series of commemorative events for the centenary of Samuel Beckett’s birth throughout 2006 |
10,000 |
| Dr. Niall Enda Keogh request for grant towards the cost of a lecture series at three Russian Universities over the academic year 2005/2006 and to organise Irish cultural events |
8,350 |
| The Margarita Rudomino All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature request for grant towards the cost of Irish participation in the Collective Memory in Ireland and Russia Conference in the State Library for Foreign Literature, Moscow in November 2005 |
4,800 |
| Faroese Arts Festival 2005 request for grant towards the cost of the poet Seamus Heaney and piper Liam O Flynn participating at the Festival in the Faroe Islands in August 2005 |
2,800 |
| Prof. Dr Stefan Zimmer request for grant towards the cost of an event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Prof. Gearóid Mac Eoin (Old & Middle Irish) taking his Ph.D in Bonn in July 2005 |
1,400 |
| Pat Boran request for grant towards the cost of participating in the 44th Sturga Poetry Evenings in Macedonia in August 2005 |
500 |
Subtotal: €43,750
