Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport, Patrick O’Donovan TD, has announced over €1.4 million in funding through Culture Ireland’s Regular Grants Programme to support the global promotion of Irish arts. This funding will enable 208 projects across 44 countries, spanning architecture, circus, dance, film, literature, music, theatre, visual arts, and multidisciplinary initiatives.
Minister O’Donovan highlighted that the grant round creates international opportunities and audiences while showcasing the diversity of contemporary Irish arts. The support allows Irish artists and companies to present their work at major festivals, tours, and exhibitions worldwide, strengthening Ireland’s cultural presence on the global stage.
In architecture, the Irish Architecture Foundation will present the ‘To Not Design Is To Cost the Earth’ tour in the UK. Circus performances will travel to the UK, Portugal, Spain, Lithuania, Wales, and Estonia, featuring companies and artists such as Company Gee-Gee, Jazzville Productions, and Darragh McLoughlin.
Dance projects include United Fall in Turkey, Instant Dissidence in Croatia, Teać Damsa in Canada, and Flora Fauna Project in Sweden and Finland, while Irish filmmakers will attend festivals in the UK, Spain, and Ireland. Literature grants support Irish authors at international festivals in Honduras, Kenya, Greece, Italy, Colombia, Argentina, and France.
Musical tours will reach audiences in Europe, North America, and Asia, featuring artists like Séamus and Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta, Billow Wood, Junior Brother, Just Mustard, Quentin Cooper & Floriane Blancke, and Dug. Theatre support enables companies such as Pan Pan, Druid Theatre, Dead Centre Theatre, Branar, and Malaprop Theatre to perform internationally across the USA, UK, Netherlands, Denmark, Bulgaria, Canada, and Australia.
Visual arts funding facilitates exhibitions for Irish artists including Deirdre O’Mahony, Christopher Colm Morrin, Orla Barry, Sheila Flaherty, Susan Leen, Sonia Shiel, and David O’Reilly in Spain, Scotland, Belgium, Germany, Canada, and the USA. Multidisciplinary initiatives continue to highlight Irish arts at key festivals and venues, such as the Cáceres Irish Fleadh Festival in Spain, Lorient Interceltic Festival in France, Starptelpa Performance Festival in Latvia, The Irish Cultural Centre Hammersmith in the UK, and The Halifax Busker Festival in the USA.
This investment reinforces Ireland’s commitment to promoting its cultural heritage globally while providing Irish artists with platforms to reach new audiences and expand international collaborations.
