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Local Live Performance Scheme

The Local Live Performance Scheme was initiated by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media, in the…
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Embrace Residency Award Programme

The Embrace Residency Award Programme The Embrace Residency Programme has been designed to create the following opportunities for artists with…
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Glaoch! A Schools Recording Project by artist John Lillis

Glaoch! is a commissioned recording project that aims at amplifying the voices of national school children in Clare - a transmission of young thoughts and opinions as recorded waves.
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Cruinniú na nÓg

An annual national event aimed at children, young people and families.
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Men who Eat Ringforts by Seán Lynch

Men Who Eat Ringforts was a commission awarded to artist Seán Lynch through our Gaining Ground Public Art Programme. It…
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Dial a Seanchaí 2021

Dial A Seanchaí is a unique audio experience celebrating Irish folklore, storytelling, and song.
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Dial a Seanchaí 2023

The Dial a Seanchaí service will be available to access from Tuesday 31st October to Thursday 30th November, 2023 Curated and…
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Platform 31

An exciting bursary programme from the Association of Local Authority Arts Officers
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Culture Night

Culture Night is a national initiative each September which normally sees approximately 50 cultural events take place in over 15…
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The Art of Place

The Art of Place: People and Landscape of County Clare offers tantalising glimpses into the personal lives and creative processes of…
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Poetry Town

Grace Wells appointed as Poet Laureate for Ennistymon, Co Clare, as part of Poetry Town initiative

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Dermott Petty

Dermott Petty MA is a filmmaker and writer living in Doolin, in North Clare. His recent work the play ‘2 Days…
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- Storyteller
- Voiceover Artist
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Aindrias Stack

Storyteller & fiddle player and cultural producer/programmer based in Clare. Artist in the community with Doolin folklore project. Munster champion…
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Laura Fitzgerald

Laura Fitzgerald is based in Killaloe, Co. Clare. She is a mother of 3 and works full time in an…
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Aisling Lyons

Described as ‘..the finest young Irish harpist at work today..’ (Songlines Magazine) & ‘one of traditional music’s finest musicians’ (Hot…
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Gary Hetzler

Gary is a male actor, voice-over artist, and writer in County Clare. As an actor, he has worked in theatre,…
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Aidan Courtney

Aidan Courtney is a Clare based cartoonist, writer, artist. publisher and workshop facilitator. He studied printmaking in Limerick School of…

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Deirdre Devally

Deirdre Devally writes prose, poetry and songs. She was short-listed in The Fish Poetry Prize, longlisted in The Fish Short…
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Marianne Potterton

Marianne Potterton is a multidisciplinary artist based in Doolin, North Clare. She has a 1st Class Honours Degree in Fine…

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Jacinta Sheerin

Jacinta Sheerin graduated from the University of Ulster in Coleraine with a BA Honours Degree in Theatre in 2001 and…
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Elizabeth Daly

Elizabeth is an Irish writer who has had stories in her head since she was a toddler. Living in the…
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Jessica Curtin

Jessica is a drama facilitator and youth theatre leader. Her work focuses on using drama and ‘play’ as an instrument…
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Johnnie T. Tynan

Johnnie T. is an experienced creative professional based in Clare, close to the Galway border in sunny Crusheen. He has…
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Tina O’ Connell

I am not not a blow in. I hail from the O’ Connell Clan, harried to hell or to Connaught,…
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Avia Gurman Murphy

Avia Gurman Murphy is an interdisciplinary performance and visual artist living in East Clare. She is a singer, director, producer,…

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Zara Starr Madden

Drama, Mindfulness and Movement. A co-founder of The Unlimited Dream Machine Theatre Company, Zara is an actor, singer, dancer, filmmaker,…
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Balor Otherworld

Balor is a storyteller, combining Ireland’s myths and legends. He performs in schools, visitor centres, online and offers tours around…
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Claire Kathryn Roche

Claire Kathryn Roche is a devoted screenwriter and an Ei Electronics Junior Technician currently living in Clarecastle, Co. Clare. Claire’s…
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Ailbhe Wheatley

My name is Ailbhe Wheatley and I am a writer and artist based in the wilds of East Clare, Ireland.…
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Katie Cogan

My name is Katie Cogan and I am an artist and astrologer living in North Clare since 2021. I am…
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- Singer
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Ursula Meany

I’m a multidisciplinary artist based in North Clare. I make cyanotypes, inspired by nature or abstract, sometimes from photographs with…
- Curator
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Simon O’Reilly

Simon O’Reilly is a composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, visual artist and cofounder of Hedge School Festival. His is based near…
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Christina Bennett

I am a multi-disciplinary artist, working in painting, making, film, writing and craft. Much of my work expresses the stories…
- Visual artist
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Carmel Madigan

Carmel T. Madigan is a professional visual artist, original from the Bridges of Ross, Loophead. She holds a 2.1 Honours…

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Emer O’Flaherty

Emer is a bilingual (Gaeilge/English) singer, songwriter, composer and musician (piano, organ, flute, whistles) based in Ennis, Co. Clare. She…
- Visual artist
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Ceri Garfield

Ceri Garfield is an artist and writer from Mullagh, Co. Clare. She has a BA (First Class Honours) in Fine…
- Poet
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Deirdre Grimes

My work is inspired by my home county of Clare, the countryside, the stone my home is made of, the…
- Voiceover Artist
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Madge O’Callaghan

Madge O’Callaghan is an author and poet based in Kilbane, East Clare, in the shadow of Sliabh Bernagh. She facilitates…
- Writer
Tracy Fahey

Tracy Fahey is an award-winning Irish author of six books. She has been a British Fantasy Award finalist in 2017,…
- Musician
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- Storyteller
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Maeve Abyss

Maeve Abyss is a poet and spoken word artist originally from Cleveland,Ohio. She has performed and lived in Romania, Appalachia…
- Visual artist
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Michael Mc Aloran

Michael Mc Aloran was born in Belfast, (1976). He grew up in Shannon, Co. Clare, where he is presently based.…
- Writer
Sarah Moore Fitzgerald

Sarah Moore Fitzgerald is an award-winning teacher, researcher and novelist based at the University of Limerick where she’s part of…
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Amanda Jane Shannon

Amanda’s love of song and music and the written word is a long sublime love affair. Singing bilingually since primary…
- Poet
- Voiceover Artist
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Karen J McDonnell

I grew up in Ennis and spent most of my working life in Dublin before returning to Co. Clare. I…
- Writer
Róisín Stack

Róisín is a theatremaker, writer and arts manager based in Co Clare. She’s interested in formal experiment and process-led work,…
- Photographer
- Screenwriter
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Olga Kina

Olga Kina is a visual artist living in Shannon Country Clare and working with storytelling ideas through different materials and…
- Writer
Helen Blackhurst

Helen is a writer, Playback Theatre actor and drama therapist based in Mountshannon, Co. Clare. Her fiction to date explores…
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Jeremy Strozer

A neurodiverse lateral thinking Fulbright scholar, OCTOVIST (Open-minded, Creative Thinker, Optimistic, Versatile, Intelligent, Supportive, Talented), improvisational actor, coach, and teacher…
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Brian Fleming

Brian Fleming is a percussionist, cultural producer and theatre maker. A refugee from Dublin, he quarantined for years in Bell…
- Musician
- Screenwriter
- Storyteller
- Visual artist
- Writer
Oisín McKeogh

Oisín McKeogh is a writer/director based in Ireland. A directing major at the National Film School in Ireland, Oisin was…
- Artist
- Visual artist
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Jennifer Donohue

Jennifer Donohue is a multimedia artist and writer living and working in Ennis, County Clare. Her work centres on expressing…
- Artist
- Photographer
- Poet
- Visual artist
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Julia Rice O’Dea

I love to tell stories, be it with a paintbrush, pen or camera. A handful of penned and illustrated children’s…
- Writer
Mattie Brennan

Mattie Brennan is an award-winning short story writer. Originally from County Sligo, he now lives on the north coast of…
- Photographer
- Screenwriter
- Writer
Clara Planelles

CLARA is a creative director with a background in Film, Theatre, and Photography. Passionate about portraying women as powerful, daring,…

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Qwynn

Qwynn is a native of County Clare who lives in the heart of Clare. From the moment she started reading…
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Eilís Haden-Storrie

Eilís Haden-Storrie worked for 20 years in both the peace and broadcasting sector and has put together numerous European-Union-funded films, publications, educational packages and peace programmes for museums and councils across Northern Ireland.
- Visual artist
Doreen Drennan

Doreen Drennan is a visual artist based between Lisdoonvarna and Doolin and originally from Achill Island Co. Mayo. She has…
- Artist
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- Screenwriter
- Visual artist
- Writer
Anneteresa Quinn

I am a visual artist and qualified art teacher. My practice is evolving as a multidisciplinary one where I am…
- Artist
- Curator
- Producer
- Visual artist
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Theo Hynan-Ratcliffe

Theo is a sculptor, writer and project coordinator from/living in Co. Clare. She received a first class BA Honours in…
- Poet
Niamh Twomey

Niamh Twomey is a nature poet and poetry editor from East Clare. Her work has appeared in journals and anthologies…
- Drama Facilitator
Lisa Joyce

With a background in psychology and community development I have found drama practices to be a joyful way of creating…
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Ciara Malone

Ciara is a a multi-disciplinary artist for over 25 years and has had numerous exhibitions nationally and internationally. Her work…

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Frank Golden

Frank Golden is a poet, novelist, and visual artist. He has published six books of poetry and two novels. His…
- Visual artist
- Writer
CE Kraemer

CE Kraemer trained as a journalist / photographer. Studied at Trier University. Editor / editor-in-chief of a number of news…
- Poet
- Storyteller
- Voiceover Artist
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Ruth Marshall

I am a storyteller, poet and crafter, and I can offer your school or group storytelling, story-making, poetry-writing and nature…
- Puppeteer
- Storyteller
- Visual artist
Sarah Fuller

Sarah is a visual artist and puppeteer and founding member of Dog and String Theatre. She holds a BA Hons…
- Poet
- Writer
Grace Wells

Grace Wells is an eco-poet and environmental writer. She is based in Ennistymon, in West Clare. Her work is primarily…

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John Lillis

John Lillis is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Liscannor in Co.Clare. He works primarily in the areas of recording, music,…
- Poet
- Visual artist
- Writer
Josie O’Connor

Josie O’Connor has a background in Printmaking, having graduated from Limerick School of Art and Design in 2012. Since then…
- Photographer
- Poet
- Visual artist
- Writer
Angela Goodwin Russell

My background as an artist – I’m a photographer, designer, multimedia painter and for the past three years I’ve been…
- Curator
- Poet
- Visual artist
- Writer
Siobhan Potter

Siobhan Potter is from Clare . She works from her studio in Ballymorris, Cratloe, Co.Clare as an artist, writer and…
- Producer
- Visual artist
Caitríona Sheedy

Caitríona Sheedy is a multimedia artist, creating paintings, songs, sculpture & writing on the subject of humanity, ecology & evolution.…

1 Project
- Puppeteer
- Storyteller
Thomas Baker – Your Man’s Puppets

Thomas Baker is an artist probably best known for his work with puppetry, storytelling and improvisation. Originally from Quin, he…

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Aisling Corristine

With screenwriting training from a scholarship to UCLA, her work has been selected and showcased at the BAFTA Rocliffe New…

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