Minister Martin approves funding of over €172,000 for Co-operation with Northern Ireland Scheme 2022
From Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
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The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media has today announced a series of grants under the Co-operation with Northern Ireland Scheme operated by her department. Minister Martin has approved allocations amounting to €172,983 to support cultural projects with significant cross-border elements.
Small self-contained projects funded under the scheme seek to enhance, celebrate or commemorate the artistic, cultural, musical, film or heritage of the Island of Ireland on a North/South basis.
Applications were invited for projects that helped to promote:
16 projects are benefitting, with maximum funding of €15,000. Projects range from exhibitions, festivals and dance performances and will involve bodies on both sides of the border co-operating in a cultural context and include "Tradition. Past Tense. Future Tense. Present Tense" by Echo Echo Dance Company in Derry and a film produced in collaboration with the Irish Heritage Trust and Queen’s University Belfast mapping famine roads.
Speaking today Minister Martin said:
"I am pleased to announce the allocations under the Co-operation with Northern Ireland Funding Scheme for 2022. After a long and challenging period of cautious restraint, we can commit again to the events and pursuits that have defined the calendar for many of us over the years. This scheme provides a platform for cultural exchanges and joint projects from organisations on both sides of the border. This year’s allocations incorporate funding for a diverse variety of projects ranging from film, photography, music and dance to language and linguistic ventures. Best wishes to all those participating in these events and I look forward to seeing the collaboration of organisations on both sides of the border enjoy the wide range of events over the coming months."
Applicant | County of body funded | North/South element | Project description | Funding |
Cinemagic Film Festival for Young People | Antrim | North South participation as open to all on island of Ireland | Cinemagic will deliver a wide range of film festival exhibitions and skills development activity | €11,250 |
Myshall Muintir na Tíre | Carlow | A collaboration between Myshall Muintir na Tire in Carlow and Friends of Columbanus Bangor in Down | Re-connecting communities through the shared cultural heritage of Saint Columbanus | €9,300 |
Not Your Average Hooley (NYAH) | Cavan | A collaboration between NYAH in Cavan and Dun Uladh Cultural Heritage Centre in Tyrone | A live and digital festival bringing cross-border talent together - storytellers, singers, dancers & musicians from both traditions fostering peace and reconciliation in both Cavan and Tyrone locations and performing together at the Ulster Musical Soiree Concerts & workshops | €15,000 |
Cavan County Council Arts Office | Cavan | A collaboration between Cavan County Council Arts Office and Flax Arts Studios in Belfast | A new, participatory artwork entitled The Waking Walls in the setting of Lough Oughter, located in the border region between Co. Cavan and Co. Fermanagh, that centres on shared mourning traditions as an expression of contemporary ecological concerns | €11,250 |
Sirius Arts Centre | Cork | A collaboration between Sirius Arts Centre in Cork and the Centre for Contemporary Art Derry | The production of a film, provisionally titled 2 Channel Land, in dialogue with Centre for Contemporary Art Derry and with support from aemi, Dublin. | €7,000 |
Echo Echo Dance Theatre Company | Derry | A collaboration between Echo Echo Dance Company in Derry, Siamsa Tíre - National Folk Theatre of Ireland in Kerry and Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin in Derry | A 5 day festival focusing on dance performance works by artists rooted in traditional Irish dance practices | €10,808 |
Éabhlóid | Donegal | A collaboration between Éabhlóid in Donegal and Cultúrlann Mc Adam Ó Fiaich in Belfast | Bláth na dTulach’ Podcast | €10,500 |
Cruit Éireann Harp Ireland | Dublin | A collaboration between Cruit Éireann Harp Ireland in Dublin and Reclaim the Enlightenment in Belfast | A collaborative festival to mark the 230th anniversary of the assembly of harpers in Belfast in 1972 and to celebrate the work of organist and collector Edward Bunting | €15,000 |
Children's Books Ireland | Dublin | A collaboration between Children’s Books Ireland and BookTrust Northern Ireland | A joint project with Book Trust Northern Ireland to bring books with diverse and representative characters into primary school classrooms all over the Island of Ireland | €10,000 |
ADAPT Centre (Dublin City University) | Dublin | A colllaboration between ADAPT Centre in Dublin, Medodist College Belfast, Patrician Secondary School in Kildare, CBC Monkstown in Dublin and Belvedere College in Dublin | Design and develop a new 2022 set of cultural linguistics materials for cross-community, cross-border workshops for secondary school students aged 13-19 years and their teachers | €11,000 |
Irish Heritage Trust | Dublin | A collaboration between the Irish Heritage Trust in Dublin and Queen's University Belfast | Mapping Famine Roads, an educational film and virtual exhibition | €5,700 |
Gallery of Photography Ireland | Dublin | A collaboration between the Gallery of Photography in Dublin, Belfast Photo Festival and Source Magazine in Belfast | Bring together 4 leading photography organisations to create a new North-South partnership network to support, develop and showcase emerging contemporary photographic practices on the island | €15,000 |
HD EIBF LTD (Arts Over Borders) | Dublin | A typical Arts Over Borders event brings together Irish artists and arts companies from both sides of the border under a multi-arts umbrella of music, theatre, literature, dance, visual art film and site-specific installations. | 10th Anniverserary Beckett & Friel Festival | €11,175 |
Louth Contemporary Music Society | Louth | The project is cross border in nature and will also allow for sharing of culture and music from different areas. The performance will be held in Carlingford Louth which is in the ancient area of Oriel which straddles the north south divide. | A music performance involving cross border traditional musicians performing Terry Riley’s iconic Work In C. The musicians will be mainly from Belfast, Antrim and Louth and led by Ciarán Ó Meachair | €3,750 |
CCÉ Meitheal an Iarthar | Sligo | A collaboration between CCE Meitheal an Iarthar in Sligo and Dun Uladh Regional Resource Centre in Tyrone | Formation of a musical folk orchestra of 50 young people, from Northern Ireland & the North West of Ireland, commissioning a composer to create new music for the orchestra | €11,250 |
Herstory | Westmeath | A collaboration between Herstory in Westmeath and the National Museums Northern Ireland | Peace Heroines, a new multi-disciplinary arts and heritage project created in partnership with Herstory (South) and National Museums Northern Ireland (North) to educate secondary school students and the public on both sides of the border, about the decisive role of women in the Northern Ireland peace process. | €15,000 |
Total Funding | €172,983 |