Grants awarded in June 2007

Theatre and dance, Film, Music, Visual art, Literature

Theatre and dance
Name Amount in Euros
Daghdha Dance Company, participating in the Da Dao Live Arts Festival, Beijing, Macao, Hong Kong and Xiamen, China 9 -23 Oct.2007. 25,000
Michael Greaney, participation at the Trachtenwoche International Dance Festival in Neustadt, Germany from 27 July - 8 Aug. 2007. 5,000
Dance Theatre of Ireland, performing at the Busan International Beach Dance Festival, South Korea from 2 -4 Aug. 2007. 20,000
Ten 42 Production, performing "Iscariot and Magdalen" on tour in Romania and Moldova, 26 Sept. - 15 Oct.2007. 15,000
Fishamble Theatre Company, presenting a premiere production "The Pride of Parnell" at the Tricyle Theatre, London,  5 - 22 September 2007. 40,000
Fearghus Ó Conhuir, performing in several major cities around China from 9 -23 Oct. 2007. 11,600
Irish Theatre Institute, bringing international presenters to a  networking event with Irish producers and artists to Dublin in October 2007. 18,500
The Gate Theatre, performing at the Beckett Season in New York 27 Nov - 9 December 2007. 100,000
Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre, performing a tour to different venues around the U.K. to perform "James Son of James" Jan - May 2008. 100,000
Ballet Ireland, performing the Nutcracker in 14 venues in the UK  from 6 Nov. - 1 Dec. 2007. 25,000
Operaestate Festival Vento - Commune di, inviting Fearghous Ó Conchúir to stage "MATCH" as part of the festival's contemporary dance programme on 25 August 2007. 1,500
Ouroboros Theatre Ireland Ltd, the tour "Making History" to Paris, Leuven, Viterbo and Rome from 17 - 22 Sept. 2007. 30,000
Aindrias Stack, participating in the Festival Hub in Melbourne as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival. 2,500
Beezneez Theatre Company, performing the production "Unforgiven"in the Gatehouse Theatre in London, from 30 Oct. - 3.Nov. 2007. 3,000
Dublin Playback Theatre Co performance and workshop Sao Paulo 16-19August 2007 5,000
The Studio Theatre, Geraldine Hughes' performance in "Shining City" as well as the playwriter's (Conor McPherson) attendance at discussion and workshops in Washington DC, 7 Nov -  16 Dec 2007. 2,000
Tinderbox Theatre Company performing in an International Theatre Festival organised by the Teatr Polski in Poznan from Oct 15-21 Oct 2007. 15,000


Subtotal: €434,100

Film
Name Amount in Euros
Galway Film Fleadh, inviting international festival programmers to the Galway Film Fleadh, July 2007. 4,000
Fresh Film Festival, participation in the 9th Seoul International Youth Filmmaking Camp in South Korea from 19 - 24 July 2007. 3,000
Melbourne International Film Festival, inviting ONCE film director John Carney to the Melbourne International Film Festival 25 July - 12 Aug 2007, Australia. 4,000
Irish Association- Associacao Irlandesa, showing Irish films by Jim Sheridan in the Cinemateca Portuguesa, Museu Do Cinema, Lisbon from 12 -17 Oct. 2007. 2,500
Women in Film, participation in a one-day- festival of film by Irish women in the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris, France from 28 -30 Sept. 2007. 3,000
Screen Directors Guild of Ireland, performing in association with the Directors Guild of America, the Annual Directors Finders Series in September 2007 and screening of the selected film in Los Angeles on September 14th. 7,000
Nicky Gogan, screening arthouse and experimental Irish short films and animation at the ISAFF Open Cinema Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia on 19 Aug. 2007. 2,800
Samhlaiocht Kerry Film Festival, attending the Film Market at the Venice Film Festival 2007 from 3 8 Sept. 2007. 2,000
The Cork Film Festival, inviting 5 international film curators and programmers to Cork Festival to view new Irish shorts and film works from 14 - 21 Oct. 2007. 7,000
Fresh Film Festival – particiaption in the 9th Seoul International Youth Filmmaking Camp 19-24 July 2007 3,000
Cara Holms – film screening at Ladyfest Berlin August 2007   850


Subtotal: €39,150

Music
Name Amount in Euros
Finnish-Irish Society, participating in the 22nd Irish Festival in Finland which will take place 28 Sept. - 7 Oct.2007 in Helsinki, Finland. 6,000
Cullen Pipe Band, participation at the Glasgow International Piping Festival 6 -12 Aug.2007. 2,000
Tyneside Irish Culture Society Ltd, organisaing the 21st Tyneside Irish Festival to include Irish Trad, Music, Literature, Drama, Storytellers and Dancing, Tyneside U.K., 11 - 21 Oct.2007. 4,000
Irish Festivals Inc, participation of the Irish band LIADAN at the 27th Milwaukee Irish Fest celebrating "Celtic Women" from 16 - 19 Aug.2007. 4,000
Elizabeth McGloughlin, participation at the World Youth Choir concert tour in South Africa and Namibia 9 July - 4 Aug.2007. 1,200
Irish Music Society Oulu, participation of Irish musicians at The Oulu Irish Festival in Finland from 4 - 7 October , 2006. 3,000
Garrett Wall, launching a recently recorded work at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 3 - 9 Aug., UK. 1,000
Jane O'Leary, presenting a commissioned work at various events at the Chicago Cultural Centre and other venues, USA 21.Oct.2007. 1,400
East Coast Irish Pipers, an annual gathering of Irish, American and Canadian pipers to preserve Irish piping tradition in New York on 26.-28.Oct.2007. 650
KM Friendship Ireland, performing classical music and Irish traditional music in schools in Japan during the time from 25 Oct. - 3 Nov. 2007. 20,000
The Irish Cultural Centre Hammersmith London, organising a special series of Irish Master Musicians concerts by some leading bands and musicians in London Sept -Dec 2007. 4,500
Oireachtas na Gaeilge, participation of Irish artists at the Milwaukee Irish Fest in the USA,  14 - 20 Aug. 2007. 1,000
Karan Casey, performing a short band tour in Canada and in the US in from 6 - 15 October 2007. 2,200
Museu da Música, participation of an Irish harpist in an international concert in the Museu da Música, Portugal on 16 Nov. 2007. 975
Irish Chamber Orchestra, a showcase concert at the Konzerthaus, Berlin from 22 - 24 Oct.2007. 34,000
Crash Ensemble, participation in the Sounds Alive 2008 series of the Canberra International Camber Music Festival from 7 -27 May 2008. 44,000
Gerald Peregrine, performing two recitals and an educational workshop in Bérénas, Nébian, France from 2 - 4 August 2007. 500
Caoimhín Raghallaigh, participation in a concert tour and masterclasses in several venues around the USA. 2,900
Lúnasa, concerts and workshops in a 23 day tour  of USA and Canada, 6 - 30 Sept. 2007. 10,000
Aileen Lambert, performing at a  Folk Night in The Ship Pub , Newfoundland and to undertake a singing workshop at the Cultural Careers Conference Showcase, 10- 14 Oct. 2007. 1,000
O'Neill Pipe Band, performing a musical exchange with the Tayuela de Mercer Pipe Band, Llanes, Spain, 14 - 17 Aug. 2007. 4,000
Agentura Kultur-Kontakt, participation of Marin Lolan (Irish piper) in the Shamrock Festival in Ceske Budejovice from 27 - 28 Oct. 2007. 1,000
The Irish Music Institute, performances of Irish Traditional music and workshops at the Conservatorio Francisco Guerrero de Sevilla, Spain from 27 Oct. - 3 Nov 2007. 7,000
The Fuchsia Band, performing and workshop coordination at 6 different Irish Festivals around the USA 27 July - 16 Sept. 2007. 2,000
The Irish Association of Nova Scotia, An Cumann, organising the Irish Traditional Music and Set Dance Weekend featuring several Irish musicians in Atlantic Canada from 7 - 8 Sept. 2007. 3,000
Owenabue Valley Traditional Group, participation in an International Folk dance Festival, performing in venues around Budapest, Hungary from 13 - 21 Aug. 2007. 1,500
Music Network, participation of young Irish musicians in the 13th Biennale in Alexandria, Egypt from 25 Nov. - 4 Dec. 2007. 4,000
Shamrock Traditional Music Society, booking six artists for three traditional Irish music concerts on 3 Aug, 15 and 28 Sept in three venues in Connecticut, USA. 1,000
King Roars Fiddlers Guild, to play at launch of The Viking Long ship, Denmark, 1 July 2007 7,500
Michael Holohan/Donal 0'Kelly productions performing a specially composed piece of music titled 'The Road to Lough Swilly' in Paris 30th October 2007. 30,000


Subtotal: €205,325

Visual arts
Name Amount in Euros
Mark Joyce, participation in the building a colour installation at the Albers Foundation in Bethany CT, USA from Aug. - Nov. 2007. 11,500
Fion Gunn, performing "Through Irish Eyes" at The Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication, China from 20 - 30 Sept.2007. 20,000
Fion Gunn, performing "Garden of the Tain" at Tsinghua University on 1st of May 2008, China. 20,000
Thomas Delohery, exhibiting work in Nova Scotia and Toronto in connection with Holocaust events 29 Oct. - 8 Nov., Canada. 800
Padraic E. Moore, participation in the pilot project Gropiusstadt, Germany from late July to Aug. 2007. 1,200
Ciara Garvey, participating in a exhibition of 5 different artists in Riverside Studios in London from 6 Aug. - 4 Sept. 2007. 2,000
Garet Kennedy, presentation of work as part of the FRED '07 exhibition in Cumbria, UK from 27 Sept. - 11 Oct. 2007. 3,000
Conor McGarrigle, participation in the FILE-Electronic Language International Festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil from 11 -17 Aug. 2007. 2,800
Paddy Jolley, participating in 2 exhibitions of new film work in Helsinki and Sao Paolo, 15 -28 July & 25 Sept.- 9 Oct.2007. 2,250
Bonniers Konsthall, Gerard Byrne's participation in the exhibition "Against Time" at Bonniers Konsthall, Sweden from 12 Sept. - 18 Nov. 2007. 6,000
Camden Arts Centre, exhibiting artist Siobhan Hapska's work at the Camden Arts Centre, London from 28 Sept 2007. 7,000
Brian Duggan, exhibiting at the Primo Alonso Gallery in London from 4 Oct - 18 Nov. 2007. 2,000
Laura Gannon, exhibiting a solo show at the Whitechapel Project Space, London from 6 Sept. - 7 Oct. 2007. 8,000
Fionan O'Connell, participation in a photographic exhibition at the Harbour Gallery, University of Massachusetts as part of the American Conference of Irish Studies in Boston from 5 - 25 Nov. 2007. 3,000
Triskel Arts Centre, sending the 'Da Beatz' youth programme to participate in a urban arts programme organised by MZONE, Liverpool in early Feb. 2008. 15,000
Rubicon Gallery, participating in 4 Art Fairs in Berlin, Paris, Turin and Miami throughout 2007 45,000


Subtotal: €149,550

Literature
Name Amount in Euros
Paul Muldoon, participating at the XVIII Annual international Literary Festival Drusakininkai Poetic Fall that will take place on 3 -9 October 2007, in Drusakininkai and Vilinus, Lithuania. 1,500
Desmond Egan, attending and readings of poems from the Chinese Dual Language publication, at various events in Qinghai, China 6 -12 Aug.2007. 2,000
The Irish Cultural Centre Hammersmith London, organising a 3 day festival of Irish storytelling at the Irish Centre in London from 26 -28 Oct.2007. 6,500
Lisbon Irish Literary Festival, participation of Irish writers speaking at a multidisciplinary event on Irish culture in Lisbon, Portugal from 13 -16 Nov.2007. 7,500
Fergal Gaynor, participation at a poetry festival at the University of Southern California, USA from 5 - 7 Oct. 2007. 1,190
Trevor Joyce, participation in a poetry festival at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles 5 - 7 Oct. 2007. 1,190
Irish Arts Foundation, participation with the Irish poet Cathal O'Searcaigh at the San Francisco International Poetry Festival from 11 - 14 Oct. 2007. 2,000
Cork Council, a group of Irish curators and artistic directors going to Shanghai for Cultural Exchange in Nov. 2007. 12,000
Edinburgh International Book Festival, inviting Irish writers to the Edinburgh International Book Festival from 11 - 27 Aug. 2007. 2,800


Subtotal: €36,680