I propose to take Questions Nos. 244 and 245 together.
In 2008 Culture Ireland awarded €3,226,000 to 380 grant applicants across artforms under the quarterly grant scheme which enabled Irish artists to present their work in 44 different countries. Culture Ireland's strategic programme of showcasing the work of Irish artists to international programmers and presenters to facilitate their selection for presentation at subsequent high profile international festival/events cost €732,000 in 2008 and included APAP Arts Presenters Showcase in New York, Venice Architecture Biennale, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Dublin Theatre Festival, Dublin Dance Festival, Frankfurt Book Fair and Music from Ireland showcases.
The projects and individual artists funded over the past 12 months by Culture Ireland under the quarterly grant rounds and showcase programme are listed in following tables.
| Visual Arts September 2008 |
| Name | Amount in Euros |
| Tristan Fennell participating in the Singapore International Photography Festival October 2008 | 800 |
| Molesworth Gallery presentation of "Pripyat" by Nicky Larkin at the Optica Video Art Festival, Madrid, Spain from the 16th to- 18th October 2008 | 500 |
| Áine Phillips, performing in "Exist 08", International Festival of Live Art in Brisbane, Australia from the 22nd to 26th October 2008 | 1,000 |
| Harry Moore presenting a photographic exhibition, "A Tale of Two Cities", at Barristers Gallery, New Orleans from the 8th November - 29th December 2008 | 800 |
| Amanda Coogan presenting an exhibition and live performance at the Trace Gallery, Cardiff in November 2008 | 1,000 |
| Denis McNulty exhibiting at the Sao Paulo Bienal, Brazil with four other international artists from the 2nd- 6th November 2008 | 2,000 |
| Declan Rooney presenting a solo exhibition "Many Shades of Black" at the MOP in Sydney from 3rd - 26th November 2008 | 1,500 |
| Amanda Coogan performing at the International Performance Festival at the Asiatopia, Bangkok from the 14th - 16th November 2008 | 2,000 |
| Clodagh Emoe presenting a solo exhibition "Here Somewhere" at the Mart House Gallery, Amsterdam from the 21st November to 21st December 2008 | 2,000 |
| Immagini D'Irlanda in Umbria presenting an exhibition by Janet Mullarney and Concert by Kay McCarthy as part of the 3rd Riflessidiversi Festival in Magione, Italy from the 18th - 25th October 2008 | 1,500 |
| Patrick Jolly participating in a group show at the LA County Museum, Los Angeles from the 27th November 2008 - 23rd January 2009 and 2 exhibitions in Hanbury Street Project Space, London from the 4th - 25th November 2008 and at the Sketch Gallery, London from the 20th November – 13th January 2009. | 3,000 |
| Ard Bia Gallery participating in Preview Berlin - The Emerging Art Fair from the 30th October - 2nd November 2008 | 1,000 |
| Trish Morrissey presenting a solo exhibition of photographs and video works at the Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne from the 5th June - 1st August 2009 | 3,000 |
| Stephan Brandes presenting a solo exhibition at Robert Drees Gallery, Hanover, Germany in February - March 2009 and to present work at Art Cologne in May 2009 | 2,500 |
| Circa art Magazine promotions at major Art Fairs and Biennales worldwide and arrange e-flux international art listing service in 2009 | 3,500 |
| Aleana Egan presenting a solo exhibition at Mary Mary Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland from the 15th November - 20th December 2008 | 1,000 |
| Benjamin Gaulon presenting an exhibition of work by selected Irish visual artists at Saint - Étienne Biennial of Design, Lyon, France from the 15th to 30th November 2008 | 3,500 |
| Visual Arts Ireland presenting the publication "Printed Project" at Printed Matters NY Art Book Fair, New York from the 23rd to 26th October 2008 | 4,000 |
| Exhibition by David Beattie, Karl Burke and Chris Fite - Wassilak at studio 1.1 London from the 8th January to 1st February 2009 | 4,000 |
| Exhibition of George Bolster's art installation "Reckoner" at MASS MoCA from April 2009 until March 2010 | 3,000 |
| Clare Langan participating in "Sounds and Visions - Art Film and Video from Europe" at Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel from the 6th February - 20th April 2009 | 10,000 |
| Smart Project Space Foundation selection of Irish artists participating in an exhibition project at the Smart Project Space, Amsterdam from the 10th January to the 21st February 2009 | 8,000 |
| Séan McCrum organising a solo international exhibition in Newfoundland, Canada from September 2009 - September 2010 | 8,000 |
| Achill Artist Group presenting an exhibition in Cologne, Germany in March 2009 | 9,000 |
| Rubicon Gallery participating at Art Forum, Berlin from the 31st October - 3rd November 2008, Pulse, Miami from the 3rd - 7th December 2008 and ARCO, Madrid from the 11th - 16th February 2009 | 15,000 |
| Síun Hanrahan participating in the exhibition "The Pressure of a Sign: Visible Invisible" at CACE, Porto from the 31st Jan - 1st March 2009 and Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw from the 28th January - 27th February 2010 | 8,000 |
| Green on Red Gallery participating at the NADA Art Fair, Miami, 5th- 9th December 2008. | 5,000 |
| Niamh O'Malley presenting a solo exhibition at the HIAP Project Room, at the Cable Factory, Helsinki from the 2nd - 19th December 2008. | 500 |
| Visual Arts December 2008 | |
| Name | Euros |
| Barry Hughes presenting a solo exhibition in association with the 411 Gallery, Shanghai in April 2009 | 750 |
| Marie Brett presenting a exhibition of work at the NES Centre, Skagastrond, Iceland from the 4th - 29th March 2009 | 850 |
| Michelle Browne presenting a visual arts performance "The Bearer" at the National Review of Live Art, Glasgow on the 12th February 2009 | 1,200 |
| Peter Fulop presenting a solo exhibition at the Sculpture Factory, Jingdezhen, China in May 2009 | 1,300 |
| Christine Mackey participating in a collaborative programme and exhibition in Argentina from the 9th – 23rd March 2009 | 1,100 |
| Enda O'Donoghue presenting a solo exhibition at the Irish Arts Center, New York from the 27th April - 23rd June 2009 | 2,500 |
| Katie Holten presenting an exhibition in the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf from May - August 2009 | 1,700 |
| Stephen Lawlor presenting a solo exhibition at the Galleri Astley Culture Centre, Bergslagen, Sweden, from the 15th March 2009 - 12th April 2009 | 2,500 |
| Dan Murphy organising a photographic exhibition in China as part of a Chinese Irish exchange, 2009 - 2010 | 3,500 |
| Janet Pierce presenting an exhibition at Galleries Artfelt, New Delhi from the 6th - 21st March 2009 | 4,000 |
| Limerick City Gallery of Art presenting "Into Irish Drawing" at CCI, Paris, France and Aktuele Kunst Hengelo, The Netherlands from the 13th September - December 2009 | 5,000 |
| The George Moore Society presenting "Ground: Contempory art from Ireland" at the American Irish Historical Society, New York, from the 26th February - 29th March 2009 | 15,000 |
| RHA Projects presenting work by John Gerrard at the Venice Art Biennale in June 2009 | 25,000 |
| Varvara Shavrova presenting "Untouched" a multi media project at the festival of Irish Culture Shanghai from the 14th March - 12th April 2009 | 2,500 |
| Green on Red presenting a solo exhibition of Denis McNulty work at the Volta NY Art Fair, 5th - 8th March 2009. | 5,000 |
| Fion Gunn presenting two collaborative exhibitions of Irish and Chinese artists - "Our Books, Our Lives" and the "City" in Beijing, 1st - 31st March 2009. | 14,000 |
| James Ryan, 411 Galleries, presenting the exhibition "Drawing Eire" in Shanghai, Beijing and Hangzhou, March 2009 onwards | 20,000 |
| Visual Arts March 2009 |
| Name | Amount in Euros |
| Sarah Holly Pereira presenting a solo exhibition at the Muse at 269 gallery, Portobello, London in May 2009 | 750 |
| Louise Manifold presenting a solo exhibition at the PS122 Contemporary Arts Centre, New York from the 14th May - 12th June 2009 | 1,200 |
| Mark Clare presenting a solo exhibition at the Galeria xx1, Prague in June 2009 | 1,200 |
| Atsushi Kaga presenting a solo exhibition in Galeria Leme project in Sao Paulo, Brazil in August 2009 | 1,000 |
| Anthony Haughey presenting a visual arts installation at the Gallerie Arena for the 40th Les Rencontres s'Ales 09 from the 8th July - 13th September 2009 | 1,000 |
| Sirius Arts Centre attending the Lodz International Photography Festival, Poland from the 7th - 10th May 2009 | 2,000 |
| Anthony Kelly presenting "Practical Dreaming" at the Courtyard Arts Centre, Hertfordshire from the 18th June - 25th July 2009 | 1,000 |
| Daphne Wright presenting an exhibition "Prayer" in three galleries, Quad, (Derry), Picture This, (Bristol) and Bluecoat, (Liverpool) from the 9th May - 28th June 2009 | 1,000 |
| Christine Mackey, Cliona Harmey and Saoirse Higgins exhibiting work at the European Mobile Lab for Interactive Media Artists in Greece from the 20th May - 10th June and Poland from the 19th October - 9th November 2009 | 3,000 |
| Antoin O'Heocha presenting an exhibition in Vilnius from the 1st July - 30th October 2009 | 3,000 |
| Conall Gleeson presenting an exhibition at the Portland Isle, Dorset, UK from May - September 2009 | 400 |
| Rubicon Gallery exhibiting at Art Brussels Art Fair from 24th - 27th April 2009 | 7,500 |
| Nina Canell presenting a solo exhibition at the Kunstverein, Hamburg, from the 26th September – 31st December 2009 | 2,000 |
| Margaret Tuffy presenting an exhibition at the Tuule Makinen gallery as part of the Finnish - Irish Festival, Finland from the 29th September – 18th October 2009 | 4,000 |
| Molesworth Gallery exhibiting at Next 2009 Art Fair, Chicago from the 1st - 4th May 2009 | 7,500 |
| Green on Red Gallery exhibiting at Volta Art Fair, Basel from the 8th - 13th June 2008 | 7,500 |
| Niamh Flanagan presenting an exhibition in Debica, Poland from the 4th - 18th September 2009 and Gorlice, Poland 15th January - February 2010 | 3,000 |
| Richard Gorman presenting a solo exhibition at the Mitaka City Gallery of Art, Tokyo, Japan from the 11th September - 24th October 2010 | 15,000 |
| Ian Joyce presenting a solo exhibition at the Czech Museum of Fine Art, Prague from 7th October - 29th November 2009 | 6,000 |
| Mother's Tankstation exhibiting at "Open Space 2009" at Art Cologne 6th – 22nd April and "Art Statements" Art Basel 40, 10th – 14th June 2009 | 15,000 |
| MART presenting an exhibition "Open Door Policy" at the Shunt Vault Gallery, London, from 16th – 25th July 2009 | 3,000 |
| Jesse Jones participating at the 11th International Istanbul Biennale with her project 'Mahoganny' from 12th September – 8th October 2009. | 10,000 |
| Visual Arts June 2009 |
| Name | Amount in Euros |
|
| Sheila McCarron exhibiting as part of a group show at the Turn - Berlin gallery, Germany from the 14th - 26th August 2009 | 500 |
| Foundation Centre for Photography presenting photographic exhibition "Bill Doyle's Ireland" at the 111FotoArtFestival 2009, Bielsko-Biala, Poland from the 9th - 25th October 2009 | 1000 |
| Wendy Dison presenting a solo exhibition at the Tricycle Theatre Co Gallery, London from the 7th September - 17th October 2009 and at the Brindley Theatre, Cheshire from the 14th November 2009 - 2nd January 2010 | 1000 |
| Sean Campbell presenting exhibition of work at Goggle Works, Pennsylvania from the 20th September - 8th November 2009 | 1000 |
| MYK Henry presenting a performance art piece at the 10th Open Performance Art Festival in Beijing from the 7th August - 27th September 2009 | 1000 |
| Rob Vance presenting a photographic exhibition at the Everyman Theatre and Bistro, Liverpool from the 20th - 25th November 2009 | 1000 |
| Garrett Phelan participating in a group exhibition "The End of the Line: Attitudes in Drawing" at the Fruitmarket Gallery, Liverpool from the 14th November 2009 - 10th January 2010 | 750 |
| Kevin O'Dwyer exhibiting sculptures at the Goggle Works Center for the Arts, Pennsylvania in collaborating with Michael Brolly from the 20th September - 8th November 2009 | 1000 |
| Eddie Kennedy presenting an exhibition of new paintings at the John Cacciola Gallery, Chelsea, New York from the 2nd - 29th September 2009 | 1000 |
| Alena Egan and Michael John Whelan presenting exhibition "First Window Open" in a gallery in Berlin, Germany from the 25th September - 17th October 2009 | 350 |
| The Molesworth Gallery participating at the Preview Art Fair Berlin from the 22nd - 27th September 2009 | 5000 |
| Oisin Byrne presenting an exhibition at the Lewis/ Frank Gehry Library, New jersey from the 5th October 2009 - January 2010 and at the Bridge Gallery from the 3rd October - November 2009 | 3000 |
| Graphic Studio Dublin presenting "Artists Proof" a fine art print exhibition at the Centrespace Gallery, UK from the 17th September - 18th October 2009 | 3000 |
| Linda Quinlan and Rob Canning exhibiting "Automatic" at the Auto - Italia Gallery, London from the 28th August - 20th September 2009 | 2000 |
| Maud Cotter presenting "Rumpus Room" at the Point B Gallery, New York in November 2009 | 6000 |
| Mothers Tankstation participating at the Artissima Art Fair, Turin, 5 - 8 November and the Art Positions, Art Basel Miami Beach, 3 - 6 December 2009 | 15000 |
| Gerard Byrne presenting an exhibition at the Centre d'édition contemporaine, Geneva from the 9th October - 28th November 2009 | 3000 |
| 5 Irish Artists presenting their work at M.K. Ciurlionis National Museum of Arts as part of the Kaunas Biennale from October - November 2009 | 5000 |
| Kerlin Gallery participating at the Frieze Art Fair, London from the 15th - 18th October 2009 | 7500 |
| Cló Ceardlann na gCnoc participation by Irish artists in Samkura exhibition in Greece, Georgia, Armenia and Portugal from June 2009 - September 2011 | 20000 |
| Theatre and Dance September 2008 | |
| Name | Amount in Euros |
| Ursula Mawson Raffalt performing "Ephemeral silence or the universe of D.A.N.T.E at the Chapter Arts Centre Cardiff, Wales from the 29th March - 19th April 2009 and the Etropolis Theatre and the Ion Sava Centre for Theatrical Research, the National Theatre, Bucharest, 3rd August - 6th September 2009 | 4,000 |
| Miriam Lambert performing " Goldilocks and the Three Bears" at the 25th World performing Arts Festival, Pakistan from the 13th - 23rd November 2008 | 2,000 |
| Fishamble Theatre Company presenting "Forgotten" at the Unity Theatre, Liverpool as part of the Liverpool Irish Festival from the 21st - 22nd October 2008 | 2,500 |
| Aindrias Stack theatre/music show/storytelling performances in NYU, New York on the 3rd November 2008, Boston Irish Theatre 10th November 2008 and Irish Arts Foundation, San Francisco November 2008 | 4,000 |
| Orla Barry performing "The Scavenger's Daughter" at the Tate Modern, London on the 13th December 2008 | 3,000 |
| Ursula Mawson Raffalt performing at the International Theatre Festival in Sibiu, Romania from the 28th May - 04th July 2009 | 8,000 |
| Fishamble Theatre Company presenting "Rank" by Robert Massey at the Tricycle Theatre, London from the 3rd - 22nd November 2008 | 30,000 |
| Druid Theatre Company performing "The New Electric Ballroom" at the Perth International Festival in February 2009 | 70,000 |
| Nessa Cronin speaking at the Symposium " Playboy of the Western World: then and now" on 19th October 2008 | 600 |
| Daghdha Dance Company presenting "Sense and Meaning" in Edinburgh College of Art on the 15th December 2008 | 2,000 |
| Elena Glannotti performing as part of the Movement Research Improvisation Fall Festival, New York from the 1st - 14th December 2008 | 2,000 |
| MIFA Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts presenting the triple dance bill "Irish Cream" at the War Memorial Auditorium, 16th - 20th March 2009 | 10,000 |
| Legitimate Bodies Dance Company performing at the Centro Cultural Los Talleres, Mexico in January 2009 | 4,000 |
| Colin Dunne performing "Out of Time" at the Barbican Theatre as part of the BITE'09 International Performance Festival in February 2009 and at the East Festival, London from the 5th - 10th March 2009 | 15,000 |
| Siamsa Tíre performing in collaboration with San Francisco dance company Printz Dance Project at the Cowell Theatre, San Francisco from the 4th - 8th November 2008 | 10,000 |
| Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre performing "Giselle" at the Perth International Arts Festival, Australia from the 28th February - 08th March 2009 | 55,000 |
| The Gate Theatre and the 2009 Sydney Festival will present a season of plays by Brien Friel. | 75,000 |
| Blue Raincoat Theatre performing "The Strange Voyage of Donald Crowhurst" at the 11th Turkish State Theatre's International Festival from the 27th March -8th April 2009. | 30,000 |
| Theatre and Dance December 2008 |
| Name | Amount in Euros |
| Ursula Mawson-Raffalt presenting "ephemeral silence or the universe of d.a.n.t.e. #1" in Aarhus, Denmark from 20th - 22nd March 2009 | 1,000 |
| Prof Anthony Roche/ Irish participation in seminars,talks and readings to celebrate the 80th Anniversary of Brian Friel at New York University on 2nd May 2009 | 3,000 |
| Megan Riordan performing "Luck" at the Arches Theatre Festival, Glasgow and Shunt Vaults, London in April 2009 | 4,000 |
| Irish Arts Center presenting "Voyage for Freedom: Frederick Douglass in Ireland and Barack Obama in America" at the Irish Arts Center from the 17 - 21 March 2009 | 3,000 |
| Sarah Jane Scaife performing scenes from "An Anthology of Irish Literature" in Beijing March 2009. | 5,000 |
| Irish Arts Center presenting "Ladies and Gents" by Paul Walker at Bethesda Fountain, Central Park, NY from 16th March to 12th April 2009. | 20,000 |
| Barabbas Theatre Company performing "Circus" at the International Festival of Arts and Ideas, New Haven, Connecticut from the 13th - 21st June 2009 | 35,000 |
| Daghdha Dance Company presenting "Choreography for Blackboards" at the Zodiak Centre, Helsinki from the 6th - 7th February 2009 | 4,000 |
| Irish National Youth Ballet Company performing at the Youth Dance Festival in Nettuno, Italy on the 9th May 2009 | 5,000 |
| Bealtaine (Age and Opportunity)/ joint collaboration and performance at the Dance Life Festival 2009, Sapporo, Japan from the 9th - 17th March 2009 | 8,000 |
| Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre and English National Opera / co-production of "The Rite of Spring" at the London Coliseum in November 2009 | 100,000 |
| Gare St Lazare presenting "First Love" by Samuel Beckett in New Haven Connecticut, USA from 16th - 20th June, Grahamstown, South Africa 3rd - 6th July and Capetown, South Africa from the 8th - 12th July 2009 | 9,000 |
| Team Educational Theatre Company performing "Devotion" in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa in Autumn 2009 | 35,000 |
| Dance Base presenting "Dialogue" by Fearghus Ó Conchuir from 5th - 23rd August and "Raw" by Fidget Feet from 18th - 30th August 2009 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe | 75,000 |
| Dance Theatre of Ireland performing "Block Party" at international dance festivals in Korea in April - May 2009 and at the Greenwich & Docklands Festivals, London in June 2009 | 40,000 |
| Irish Modern Dance Theatre performing "The White Piece" by John Scott in Dance Landscapes, a network of three festivals in Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine from the 18th - 27th April 2009 | 35,000 |
| The London St Patrick's Day Festival, Irish participation, 15th March 2009. | 8,000 |
| Theatre and Dance March 2009 | |
| Name | Amount in Euros |
| CircuSorcas performing an outdoor circus show at the International Arts Festival in Aurioac, South France 19th - 22nd August 2009 | 4,000 |
| Dylan Tighe directing at the Gate Theatre, Notting Hill, London from the 23rd June - 18th July 2009 | 1,000 |
| Gavin Kostick performing "The Heart of Darkness" at the London Literature Festival, London from the 9th - 11th July 2009 | 6,000 |
| Donal O'Kelly Productions performing a tour of "Jimmy Joyced" in Portugal 16th – 19th June and Trieste, Italy 28th June 2009 | 7,500 |
| Pan Pan Theatre Company performing "The Crumb Trail" at Hebbel Am Ufer, Berlin from the 18th - 20th June and TBA Festival, Portland, US from the 9th - 12th September 2009 | 38,000 |
| Fishamble Theatre Company performing "Noah and the Tower Flower" in Bulgaria 27th - 30th May, and at the Sibiu International Theatre Festival, Romania 2nd - 3rd June 2009 | 12,000 |
| Legitimate Bodies Dance Company performing at the Prague Dance Festival from the 17th - 18th June 2009 | 1,000 |
| Angie Smais performing a new solo work at the Islington Dance Festival, London on the 29th June 2009 | 800 |
| Elena Giannotti performing at the Islington Arts Festival 2009 "Moving Voices" in London from the 27th June - 10th July 2009 | 800 |
| Excel Dance Residency performing a tour of South Korea from the 15th May - 2nd June 2009 | 2,500 |
| Fabulous Beast performing "Giselle" at the Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Canada in May 2010 | 30,000 |
| Fishamble Theatre Company performing the "Pride of Parnell Street" at 59E59, New York from the 1st September - 4th October 2009 | 60,000 |
| Gare St Lazare performing "Moby Dick" at the Rubicon Theatre, Ventura, California in July - August 2009 | 9,000 |
| Ouroboros Theatre Company performing extracts from "Making History" and "Translations" at Centre Culturel Irlandais Paris 5th – 7th June and in Leuven, Belgium on 9th June 2009 | 3,000 |
| Theatre and Dance June 2009 |
| Name | Amount in Euros |
| Colin Dunne performing "Out of Time" at the da:ns Festival in Esplanade Theatre, Singapore from the 27th - 28th October 2009 | 4000 |
| Iseli/ Chiodi Dance Company presenting a collaborative programme of duets with Rex Levitates Dance Company at International Dance Festival Maracaibo 2009, Venezuela and Festival Internacional De Danza Morelos Tierra De Encuentro, Mexico in November 2009 | 5000 |
| Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre presenting Giselle as part of the World Stage 09:10 programme at the Harbourfront Centre, Toronto from the 4th - 8th May 2010 | 30000 |
| Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre presenting Giselle at the Sydney Festival from the 24th - 30th January 2010 | 60000 |
| Alan Stanford performing "In the Company of Oscar Wilde" in Munich, Germany on the 17th October 2009 | 300 |
| Megan Riordan Making Strange Theatre Company performing "Luck" at the 2nd annual 1st Irish Theatre Festival at 59E59 Theatre Company from the 19th September - 4th October 2009 | 4000 |
| The Performance Corporation presenting two live performances at the Electronic Church, Berlin in the end of July 2009 and in Café Oto, London in December 2009 | 3000 |
| Irish Arts Center presenting production of "The Cambria" by Donal O'Kelly at the Irish Arts Center from the 16th September - 11th October 2009 | 8000 |
| Sean Tyrrell, a tour of a show based on life of John Boyle O'Reilly in USA in September 2009 | 2000 |
| Brokentalkers performing "In Real Time" at the Noordezon Festival, Griningen, Holland from the 27th - 29th August 2009 | 3000 |
| Fishamble presenting production of "Forgotten" at the LOKALl International Theatre Festival, Reykjavik from the 3rd - 6th September 2009 | 3500 |
| Clowns without borders performing in Palestine from September - October 2009 | 8000 |
| The Abbey Theatre presenting production of Mark O'Rowe's "Terminus" at the Merlyn Theatre during the Melbourne International Arts Festival 2009 from the 9th - 13th October 2009 | 23500 |
| Wexford Arts Centre presenting production of "Tales from Rainwater Pond" by Billy Roche at the 1st Irish Festival by Origin Theatre Company from the 5th - 26th September 2009 | 13000 |
| Origin Theatre Company organising 1st Irish 2009 at the Origin Theatre from the 1st September 2009 - 4th October 2009 | 8000 |
| Music September 2008 |
| Name | Amount in Euros |
| Shamrock Traditional Irish Music Society three concerts of Irish music and song - Ger Foley on the 4th October 2008, Tommy O'Sullivan on the 23rd October 2008 and Cherish the Ladies on the 7th December 2008 in Fairfield, USA | 700 |
| David Flynn and Loana Petcu - Colan David Flynn and Ioana Petcu - Colan performing a recital of at the Academia de Muzica in Cluj - Napoca in January 2009 | 600 |
| Vienna Songwriting Association Gemma Hayes, Maria Doyle Kennedy and The Hollows to perform at 4th Blue Bird Festival Vienna from the 20th - 22nd November 2008 | 1,000 |
| Eugene Irish Cultural Festival Chulrua and Maldon Meehan performing at the 6th annual Eugene Irish Cultural Festival from the 6th - 7th March 2009 | 1,500 |
| Derek Gleeson and Irish soloists performing works by Irish composers with the Vratza Philharmonic in Philharmonic Hall, Vratza, Bulgaria on the 11th December 2008 | 1,000 |
| Gerry O'Connor, Siobhán Armstrong and Róisin Elsafy performing at the Brighton Early Music Festival from the 24th - 26th October 2008 | 600 |
| Irish Composers Collective performing a concert of new Irish music at the University of York, 1st November 2008 | 1,000 |
| Glyder performing at the Synchronicity Festival, Kanpur, India on the 25th October 2008 | 1,800 |
| Copenhagen Irish Festival organising the annual Irish Cultural Festival from the 6th - 9th November 2008 | 1,500 |
| Seamus Begley performing a tour of traditional Irish music, song and dance performanes at two festivals in Australia and a number of other venues in Australia and New Zealand from the 6th March - 2nd April 2009 | 5,000 |
| Kerry Records inviting David and Kieran Munnelly to perform "An Irish Christmas" at seven venues in California 29th November - 14th December 2008 | 1,000 |
| Honor Heffernan performing at ten venues across six cities in India from 12th - 30th November 2008 | 6,000 |
| Danú performing a Christmas tour in Canada from the 3rd to 20th December 2008 | 6,000 |
| Ceol Productions presenting tour "Irish Christmas in America" involving Téada, Karen Casey, Cara Dillon, Tommy Martin, Gráinne Hambly, Sienna Hickey and Abbey Magill from 29th November - 17th December 2008 | 4,000 |
| Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann performing the 36th annual North American Concert tour from the 7th - 21st October 2008 | 7,500 |
| Royal Irish Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra performing concerts in Connecticut, Virginia and New York from the 23rd - 25th January 2009 | 10,000 |
| Wigt Productions organising two tours of Irish music in the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland between November 2008 and May 2009 | 10,000 |
| Ergodos, Irish composers attending concerts of contemporary Irish music, 16th Dec, Amsterdam and 18th Dec Berlin 2008 | 2,775 |
| Irish musicians participating in Glasgow's Celtic Connections Festival from the 14th January- 1st February 2009. | 25,000 |
| Music December 2008 |
| Name | Amount in Euros |
| Fergal Dowling performing at the Ohrenhoch der Gerauschlade sound art Gallery, Berlin from the 18th - 20th March 2009 | 400 |
| Tonos Early Music Ensemble performing "Music of the Wild Geese" recital and lecture at the Royal Society for Arts, London on the 26th February 2009 | 300 |
| Tyneside Irish Cultural Society presenting a series of concerts by traditional Irish musicians from the 29th January - 23rd April 2009 | 1,000 |
| Shamrock Traditional Irish Music Society presenting traditional Irish music concerts in Fairfield, CT, US from January - March 2009 | 500 |
| Noelie Mc Donnell performing at the Folk Alliance conference / showcase, Memphis, US from the 18th - 22nd February 2009 | 750 |
| Irene Buckley presenting performance of "Evolution of close double stars" at the New York Electroacoustic Music Festival from the 2nd - 4th April 2009 | 1,200 |
| Sonya Keogh performing and leading workshops in Tokyo and other venues in Japan, from the 12th - 26th March 2009 | 1,000 |
| Irish Arts Foundation presenting concerts by Beoga, Swallows Tail and other artists at venues in Leeds, UK, from February - April 2009 | 1,000 |
| Emmet Scanlan performing at the Folk Alliance conference / showcase, Memphis, US from the 18th - 22nd February 2009 | 2,000 |
| Martin Healy performing concerts, Montserrat, West Indies from the 12th - 22nd March 2009 | 1,500 |
| Aindrais Stack performing "Around the World on 80 Quid" at festivals in Australia and New Zealand, February - April 2009 | 1,500 |
| Embassy of Ireland in Latvia Organising "Voices from Ireland" festival of songwriting, Riga, Latvia from the 13th - 17th March 2009 | 3,000 |
| Romana Kokoska Pulchartova presenting the Callino Quartet at the Marble Hall, Prague Castle on the 7th April 2009 | 2,000 |
| Líadan performing concerts in Texas, New York and New Jersey from the 6th - 14th March 2009 | 3,000 |
| Irish Diaspora Foundation presenting three Irish music concerts in the London Irish Centre, Birmingham Irish Centre and Manchester Irish World Heritage Centre from the 4th - 6th March 2009 | 2,500 |
| Kevin Brady (Organics)/Organics performing a tour of Mexico from the 25th March - 5th April 2009 | 4,500 |
| Magnetic Music GmbH presenting a 15 concert tour by Fallen Angels, Outside Track and Searson in Germany and Switzerland from the 12th - 29th March 2009 | 3,000 |
| Ensemble Scratch the Surface performing concerts in Brighton, Manchester and London from 12th - 17th July 2009 | 2,000 |
| Mary Dullea Fidelio Trio performing a tour in China from the 1st - 15th June 2009 | 6,500 |
| Ceoltoiri na Sionainne performing at the North American Comhaltas Convention, St Louis from the 16th - 19th April 2009 | 3,000 |
| Patrick Garrett/Beoga performing a US tour from the 27th Feb - 28th March 2009 | 3,000 |
| Cantor Music/Carmel Conway and band performing a US tour from the 26th February - 17th March 2009 | 1,000 |
| Camerata Ireland performing at the La Chaise Dieu and Berlioz Festivals in France on the 26th and 27th August 2009 | 10,000 |
| Gráda performing a US tour from the 26th February - 29th March 2009 | 3,000 |
| Opera Theatre Company performing Handel's "Orlando" at the Buxton Festival from the 13th - 27th July 2009 | 30,000 |
| Na Píobairí Uilleann US tour and UK tour of "Piperlink" from May - September 2009 | 17,000 |
| El Feile presenting Festival in Barcelona, Madrid and Bilbao from the 12th - 21st March 2009 | 10,000 |
| Irish World Academy of Music and Dance presenting a concert in Paris by ACADEMOS Irish World Strings, March 2009. | 7,000 |
| Our Lady's Choral Society performing Handel's "Messiah" in the Vatican, Rome on the 12th February 2009. | 15,000 |
| U.S Ireland Alliance /Irish Artists performing at the "Oscar Wilde" event in Los Angeles, February 2009 | 40,000 |
| Irish Arts Center presenting "Sweet Rosie O'Grady:An Irish Salute to Tin Pan Alley" at Symphony Space, New York, 16 March 2009. | 3,000 |
| Music March 2009 | |
| Name | Amount in Euros |
| Association of Irish Composers performing at the Time of Music Festival, Viitasaari, Finland on the 12th July 2009 | 1,400 |
| Dr Patrick Zuk presenting "The Fleischmanns and their circle" at Durham University from the 12th - 14th July 2010 | 1,300 |
| Friends of the Irish Harp Centre performing at the 10th European Festival of Youth Music, Linz, Austria from the 21st - 24th May 2009 | 5,000 |
| Crash Ensemble performing a US tour in May 2010 | 52,000 |
| KM Friendship Ireland performing "A musical Gift from Ireland" in Japan from the 20th - 30th June 2009 | 12,000 |
| Irish Artists to perform at Catskill Irish Arts Week, New York, 12th –18th July 2009. | 6,000 |
| Shamrock Traditional Irish Festival presenting four concerts in Fairfield, Connecticut, from the 7th April - 12th June 2009 | 1,000 |
| Shaun Davey performing at the Sibiu Theatre Festival, Romania, 6th – 7th June 2009 | 17,000 |
| SC Irish Arts Weekend presenting Irish Artists Weekend in Columbia, South Carolina, from the 19th - 21st June 2009 | 800 |
| Martin Quinn & Angelina Carberry performing concerts at two Celtic Summer Camps in the US from 13th - 19th July 2009 | 1,500 |
| The Outside Track performing a tour of Canada from the 24th July - 9th August 2009 | 2,500 |
| Kilfenora Ceili Band performing at the Milwaukee Irish Festival 2009, USA from the 13th - 16th August 2009 | 6,000 |
| Return to Camden Town Festival presents a selection of Irish artists at the London Irish Centre, UK from the 23rd October -1st November 2009 | 12,000 |
| Gráda performing concerts in Australia, New Zealand and Japan from June - July 2009 | 6,000 |
| Celtic Colours International Festival presents a selection of Irish artists in Cape Breton in October 2009 | 40,000 |
| European Union Youth Orchestra performing a European tour from 25th July - 26th August 2009 | 20,000 |
| Music June 2009 |
| Enda Bates attending the International Gaudeamus Music Week for performance of own composition String Quartet No 1in Amsterdam from the 7th - 13th September 2009 | 240 |
| Fergal Dowing attending the International Society for Contemporary Music's World Music Days 2009, Gothenburg, Sweden for performance of own composition Manchester Material the 1st - 4th October 2009 | 290 |
| David Flynn attendance at performance of own award winning composition "String Quartet No2 The Cranning" at Summergarden Festival in Museum of Modern Art, New York on the 19th July 2009 | 550 |
| William Dowdall to perform recitals and conduct workshops based on contemporary Irish solo flute music, New Zealand, 24 July, 31 July, Australia, 14th - 15th August and 17th August 2009 | 700 |
| Lorcán Mac Mathúna performing at the LIFEM 09 Festival, King's Place, London from the 4th - 7th November 2009 | 600 |
| Mary Bergin, Liz and Yvonne Kane, Denis Liddy & Elvie Miller and John Hoban performing concerts in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA 20th July - 12th September 2009 | 600 |
| Conal O'Grada performing at the Musique Royale summer concert series in Nova Scotia 19th - 30th July 2009 | 1000 |
| Aylish E Kerrigan performing recital programme in the Bell Hall, Wuhan Conservatory of Music, China from the 16th November - 4th December 2009 | 1200 |
| Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop for Jennifer Walshe's to work with ensemble and attend performance of her composition, "Passenger" by the Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop at the "Halle" of the Radialststem V, Berlin from the 20th - 22nd November 2009 | 1000 |
| Celebration of work of Kevin Volans to include concerts, film screening and discussion on his work at the Wigmore Hall London on the 31st October 2009 | 2000 |
| Cullen Pipe Band performing at"The Piping Live Festival 2009" at the National Piping Centre, Glasgow on the 14th August 2009 | 1000 |
| Finnish Irish society, Irish musicians participating in the 24th Finnish - Irish Festival from the 25th September - 4th October 2009 | 4000 |
| Karen Egan performing La Charlatanne at the Lainsuojattomat 10th International Theatre Festival, Finland from the 1st - 6th September 2009 | 2000 |
| Rattle the Boards touring in Western Canada from the 30th September - 12th October 2009 | 5000 |
| The Henry Girls performing at the LA Irish Film Festival from the 24th - 27th September 2009 | 6000 |
| Sonya Keogh for participation in the International Youth in Concert - Vilnius 2009 performing at Sv Kotrynos Baznycia, Lithuania on the 13th July 2009 | 800 |
| Irish artists participating in the 23rd Tyneside Irish Festival, Newcastle from the 11th - 25th October 2009 | 2500 |
| Irish Arts Center, "Masters in Collaboration11: Andy Irvine meets John Doyle" from the 11th - 13th September 2009 | 5000 |
| Irish musicians, poets and filmmakers participating in the Irish Festival of Oulu from 1st - 4th October 2009 | 5000 |
| Thomas Moore Festival, concert at Washington Conservatory of Music on the 13th March 2009 and Carnegie Hall, New York on the 15th March 2009 | 5000 |
| Benjamin Dwyer, David Farrell, Izumi Kamura, Kenneth Edge, Tina Kinsella, Michael Dwyer and Brian Kavanagh performing at the Biennale of Riberao Preto, Brazil 23rd - 27th October 2009 | 11000 |
| Plankton Co LTD presenting Altan and Anuna in 11 Celtic Christmas concerts in various venues throughout Japan from the 27th November - 13th December 2009 | 10000 |
| Festival Interceltique Lorient, presenting traditional Irish musicians and dancers at Lorient | 4000 |
| Cross Border Orchestra performing in 5 venues in New York and Washington from the 26th - 30th October 2009 | 20000 |
| Ioana Petcu Colan presenting 6 concerts involving collaboration between Irish and Spanish classical musicians in Iglesia de Sant Pere, Barcelona from September - December 2009 | 4000 |
Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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