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Helen Seago

Helen Seago is a portrait artist based in Co. Clare, specializing in airbrush & Acrylic art. Helen studied at Slade…
- Musician
- Producer
Therese McInerney

Therese McInerney is a traditional Irish fiddle player and singer from West Clare, currently based in Ennis. She holds an…

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- Artist
- Curator
Sara Foust

Sara Foust is a visual artist and curator based in Ennistymon, Co Clare. Sara was born in USA and spent…
- Actress
- Producer
- Storyteller
- Voiceover Artist
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.
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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…
- Visual artist
Kathryna Cuschieri

I am a multi disciplinary artist living and working in Co. Clare. My primary medium is glass. I am inspired…

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Edel Hogan

A practicing visual artist from the Tulla Stables Studios and a lecturer in LSAD’s Fine Art and Education Dept, Hogan’s…
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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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- Screenwriter
- Visual artist
- Voiceover Artist
Johannes Bueker

I am an animation artist and filmmaker. I am working since 6+ years in Ireland’s professional animation studio environment. Most…
- 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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Christina G Watkins

Painter artist, qualified in Fine Art Painting Works in photography, film, digital, fine art photography, graphic design, design, printmaking, ceramics,…
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Gene Clohessy

Gene Clohessy is a visual artist from Limerick now living in Doonbeg, Co. Clare. Gene has had an interest and…
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- Storyteller
- Voiceover Artist
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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…
- Musician
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Chris Wood

Chris Wood is an artist based in Ennistymon, Co. Clare. He works primarily with music and composes mainly for guitar.…
- Actress
- Drama Facilitator
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Theresa Leahy

Throughout my career, I have prioritised incorporating participants’ voices into the creative process. While teaching migration as part of a…
- Visual artist
Olivia Henchy

Olivia Henchy is a visual mixed media artist from Co. Clare. Her work is at the intersection between landscape and…
- 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…

2 Projects
- Visual artist
Mary Fahy

Originally from Galway, Mary Fahy is a visual artist and art teacher living in Ennistymon, North Clare. She studied fine…
- Writer
Tracy Fahey

Tracy Fahey is an award-winning Irish author of six books. She has been a British Fantasy Award finalist in 2017,…
- Artist
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Ceara Conway

Ceara Conway is the curator and programme coordinator for the Clare Arts Office Artists in Schools Programme and the Embrace…
- Performance Artist
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- Visual artist
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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Bríd Kivneen

Bríd is based in North Clare and has worked with several community music and community art projects with intercultural, women’s…
- Actor
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- Poet
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- Storyteller
- Voiceover Artist
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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…
- Actress
- Visual artist
Svitlana Savelieva

Hello. My name is Svitlana. I’m a designer and artist from Ukraine(Kyiv). A big part of my life has been…
- Dancer
- Performance Artist
Ashley O’Toole O’Toole

Ashley is an Irish dance artist and choreographer based in Ennis, Co. Clare. She holds an MA in Traditional Irish…
- Visual artist
Pauline Dunleavy

An artist with over 23 years experience. I’m a member of Kilrush Art Group and every year we exhibit in…
- Musician
- Singer
David Hope

Clare singer-songwriter, David Hope kicked 2022 off with the two new singles, ‘Moon and back’ and ‘Whiskey Mornings’. Both singles…

1 Project
- Dancer
- Drama Facilitator
Fatima Lucia

Fatima Lucia was the first Flamenco dancer to teach in Ireland. She trained in Spain with some of the great…
- Visual artist
Sheelagh Keane

My art career has been intertwined for many years with a career in social work. I grew up in West…
- Artist
- Visual artist
Breda Stack

My name is Breda Stack. I’m from Limerick and now live in Co. Clare. Although I hadn’t painted since Leaving…
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- Singer
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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…
- Artist
- Puppeteer
- Visual artist
Ana Colomer

Ana Colomer is a visual artist based in Ennis Co. Clare. Ana works as a community artist and arts educator.…

3 Projects
- Artist
- Musician
Michael Kreft

Michael Kreft is a musician, theatre performer, writer and composer. He grew up in an family of thuringian artists in…
- Producer
- Writer
Ruairí McKiernan

Ruairí McKiernan is a Lahinch-based writer, community facilitator, creative producer, and host of the Creative Souls of Clare podcast. His…
- Visual artist
Yeni Artist

Yeni is from Ukraine and currently lives in Ennis. Born and raised in a small town, from an early age,…

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Dr Martina Cleary

Dr. Martina Cleary is a multi-media visual artist, based in north Clare. She gained a BFA from the Crawford College…
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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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- Singer
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Rosaleen Marion

Artist working in multiple mediums including painting, sculpture, film, and music. Studio and residence in Fanore.
- Voiceover Artist
- Writer
Madge O’Callaghan

Madge O’Callaghan is an author and poet based in Kilbane, East Clare, in the shadow of Sliabh Bernagh. She facilitates…
- Artist
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- Screenwriter
- Visual artist
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Anneteresa Quinn

I am a visual artist and qualified art teacher. My practice is evolving as a multidisciplinary one where I am…
- Artist
- Visual artist
Tara Keegan

Tara Keegan is a visual and participatory artist based in Scarriff in the east of Co. Clare. She holds a…
- Writer
Helen Blackhurst

Helen is a writer, Playback Theatre actor and drama therapist based in Mountshannon, Co. Clare. Her fiction to date explores…
- Curator
- Visual artist
- Writer
Jole Bortoli

Jole Bortoli was born and grew up in Italy where she trained as a visual artist. She attended the Art…
- Artist
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Trudi van der Elsen

TRUDI VAN DER ELSEN is a contemporary multi-media artist, based in Co. Clare since 2004. Her practice includes painting, drawing,…
- Artist
Michelle Fallon

Originally from Ennis, visual artist Michelle Fallon Toft is currently based in Corofin, Co. Clare. Her love of painting, drawing…

1 Project
- Musician
Neil Fitzgibbon

Neil Fitzgibbon is a musician, composer and educator that has toured and shared stages with many musicians at home in…
- Curator
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Fiona O Dwyer

Fiona O’Dwyer is a visual artist based in Ennistymon in North Clare. She holds an Honors Degree in Fine Art/Sculpture…
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Ailish McElroy Milliner

As a professional Couture Milliner, Ailish McElroy designs exquisite and stylish works of wearable art from her studio in O’Callaghan’s…
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Peneleapaí

Peneleapaí is an singer songwriter, therapist, and educator. She is based in East Clare since 2002, and lived in west…
- Curator
- Storyteller
- Visual artist
Noelle Foden-Vencil

My artistic practice investigates the interplay between humanity, materiality, and the environment, where I challenge Westernized concepts of nature and…
- Performance Artist
- Visual artist
Giselle Harvey

Giselle Harvey is an artist-maker, educator and researcher from Co. Clare who works in a range of art education, community,…

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- Producer
- Visual artist
John Lillis

John Lillis is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Liscannor in Co.Clare. He works primarily in the areas of recording, music,…
- Producer
- Visual artist
Caitríona Sheedy

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

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- Musician
- Singer
Jyoshna La Trobe

Jyoshna La Trobe is a NZ singer/songwriter, ethnomusicologist and co-parent. Jyoshna’s music communicates to others her life’s journey, written from…
- Artist
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Diarmuid de Faoite

Diarmuid de Faoite is a dramatist from Ennis, County Clare. He holds a B.Sc. in Botany and a H.Dip in…
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Nathalie El Baba

Nathalie El Baba is a visual artist based in Scariff, East Clare, originally from Beirut, Lebanon. She is a graduate of GMIT, with a BA in Art and Design - Fine Art Painting.
- Musician
- Singer
Joan McNamara

Joan is a passionate and creative multi-instrumentalist with classical and traditional music training. She is an accomplished pianist, both directing…
- Artist
- Visual artist
- Writer
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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Brian Fleming

Brian Fleming is a percussionist, cultural producer and theatre maker. A refugee from Dublin, he quarantined for years in Bell…
- Architect
- Performance Artist
- Visual artist
Svitlana Savelieva

Svitlana Savelieva is a Ukrainian fashion designer and hatmaker, traditional Ukrainian textiles souvenirs kraftmaker, fashion and photo style-consultant and adult…
- Curator
- Musician
- Performance Artist
- Producer
- Voiceover Artist
Clíodhna Donnellan

Clíodhna (Cli) Donnellan, native of Mountshannon, Co. Clare is an Irish traditional musician, creative arts facilitator, producer and broadcaster. Clíodhna released…

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- Musician
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- Singer
Kate Daly

Kate is a singer and community group singing facilitator from Doolin, Co. Clare. She offers workshops with the aim of…

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- Poet
- Voiceover Artist
- Writer
Karen J McDonnell

I grew up in Ennis and spent most of my working life in Dublin before returning to Co. Clare. I…
- Visual artist
Olena Albrekht

Olena Albrekt is a Ukranian artist who fled the war in Ukraine and arrived in Kilkee in August 2022. She…
- Actress
- Drama Facilitator
- Storyteller
- Voiceover Artist
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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…
- Visual artist
Dee Deegan

Dee Deegan is a Galway based multidisciplinary Artist Teacher and owner of Galway Art Academy. Dee holds a Master’s in…

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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…
- Visual artist
Ann McBride

Ann McBride is an artist, illustrator and ceramic designer. A native of Co Clare, she is based in Stonehall, Newmarket…
- Drama Facilitator
Lisa Joyce

With a background in psychology and community development I have found drama practices to be a joyful way of creating…
- Artist
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- Visual artist
Marie Connole

Marie Connole has exhibited at the Irish Arts Center New York USA, National Gallery of Ireland, EVA International and the…
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- Poet
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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…
- Visual artist
Leigh O’Connell

I enjoy community work, so I am used to using whatever medium is needed for the particular project at hand.…

2 Projects
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Mary Musgrove

I am a passionate professional photographer and therapeutic photography/Mindful photography facilitator. I provide an enjoyable environment allowing a beginners mind…
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- Producer
Astrid Adler

Astrid Adler was born in Germany, lived 14 years in Holland and since 1999 in Monmore, Kilrush, Co.Clare. She has…
- Artist
Andrew Newland

Andrew Newland is an artist based at his studio in Sheeaun, Kilmaley, Co. Clare. He trained in the UK, initially…
- Poet
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- 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…
- Storyteller
- Visual artist
West Murals

West Murals aka Marcus O’Connor has over 15 years experience painting murals rooted from street art and the grafitti world.…
- Poet
- Visual artist
- Writer
Frank Golden

Frank Golden is a poet, novelist, and visual artist. He has published six books of poetry and two novels. His…
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David O Rourke

David studied sculpture at N.C.A.D. and Jungian psychology with art therapy and more recently a level 9 in Digital Entrepreneurship.…

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Sandra Juanes

Born in Valencia, Spain, Sandra moved to Doolin in Co. Clare in 2015 after years visiting as a tourist. She…
- Artist
Isabelle Gaborit

I am a professional visual artist ( BA hons ) who was born in La Rochelle in the south west…
- 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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Hannah Arnup

Hannah Arnup Hannah is based in Cratloe, Co. Clare. She graduated from Kingston College of Art BA (Hons Fine Art…

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Martina Hynan

Martina Hynan is a multimedia artist researcher with more than twenty years’ experience working as a socially engaged artist and…
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- Singer
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- Visual artist
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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…

4 Projects
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Lynn Kenny

A professional visual artist and facilitator for over 28 years, Lynn graduated from NCAD in Dublin with a Degree in…
- Dancer
Maria Svensson

Maria Svensson is a dance artist based in Bodyke, East Clare, originally from Sweden. She holds a BA in Dance…

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Sam Gleeson

Sam Gleeson is a bladesmith – using both metal and woodworking techniques, and often incorporating reclaimed materials and ocean plastics,…
- Artist
Harry Guinane

Irish artist and Ennis native Harry Guinane is best known for his people and animal portraits & murals. On completing…
- Visual artist
Evelyn Sorohan

Artist Statement ‍I am an environmental artist dedicated to reimagining our relationship with the natural world in the context of…

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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…
- Artist
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Ruth Wood

Ruth Wood is a visual artist based in West Clare. She is a graduate from the Limerick School of Art…

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Rachel Maloney

Rachel Maloney is an artist from Scarriff, Co. Clare, graduated from the Limerick School of Art and Design, having done…
- Performance Artist
Little Top Stars

Little Top Stars – Circus and Bubble Art with Heart We are a small, Clare-based performance company with a love…
- Visual artist
Éilís Murphy

I am a visual artist who draws inspiration from forgotten or lost knowledge; interspecies communication and language; hidden narratives and…
- Visual artist
Larisa K Jourdan

Larisa K. Jourdan (formerly known as Larisa K. Bevillard) is a professional visual artist and alumni of the Art Institute…
- Poet
- Visual artist
- Writer
Qwynn

Qwynn is a native of County Clare who lives in the heart of Clare. From the moment she started reading…
- Actress
- Drama Facilitator
- Musician
- Performance Artist
- Visual artist
Astrid Adler

Astrid Adler is based in Monmore, Kilrush, Co.Clare. She has a third level degree in Art and Philosophy from St.…
- Poet
- Storyteller
- Voiceover Artist
- Writer
Ruth Marshall

I am a storyteller, poet and crafter, and I can offer your school or group storytelling, story-making, poetry-writing and nature…
- Actor
- Drama Facilitator
- Producer
- Storyteller
- Voiceover Artist
- Writer
Dermott Petty

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

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

Fiona Linnane is a composer, originally from Cratloe, specialising in opera and vocal music. She holds a MA in Music…
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Rachel Macmanus

Rachel Macmanus is a visual artist based in Co Clare, Ireland. Her practice focuses on drawing, painting and performance art.…

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Éanna Byrt

Éanna Byrt, a Clare-based visual artist and educator, who holds a Bachelor of Fine Art in Printmaking from the Limerick…
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Tara Keegan

Tara Keegan is a Visual Artists & Participatory Artist based in Scarriff in the east of Co. Clare. She holds…
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- 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…
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Siobán Fawl

Mosaic artist Siobán Fawl has been facilitating Art & Craft Workshops in County Clare for over 15 years. She specialises…
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Shona MacGillivray

Shona MacGillivray is a visual artist with over 20 years experience in arts and education and arts and disability Her…

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Arts in Education

Children and Young People

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Matching People

Helen Seago

Therese McInerney

Sara Foust

Eilís Haden-Storrie

Julia Rice O’Dea

Kathryna Cuschieri

Edel Hogan

Marianne Potterton

Johannes Bueker

Carmel Madigan

Christina G Watkins

Gene Clohessy

Balor Otherworld

Chris Wood

Theresa Leahy

Olivia Henchy

Thomas Baker – Your Man’s Puppets

Mary Fahy

Tracy Fahey

Ceara Conway

Tina O’ Connell

Bríd Kivneen

Jeremy Strozer

Svitlana Savelieva

Ashley O’Toole O’Toole

Pauline Dunleavy

David Hope

Fatima Lucia

Sheelagh Keane

Breda Stack

Amanda Jane Shannon

Ana Colomer

Michael Kreft

Ruairí McKiernan

Yeni Artist

Dr Martina Cleary

Simon O’Reilly

Rosaleen Marion

Madge O’Callaghan

Anneteresa Quinn

Tara Keegan

Helen Blackhurst

Jole Bortoli

Trudi van der Elsen

Michelle Fallon

Neil Fitzgibbon

Fiona O Dwyer

Ailish McElroy Milliner

Peneleapaí

Noelle Foden-Vencil

Giselle Harvey

John Lillis

Caitríona Sheedy

Jyoshna La Trobe

Diarmuid de Faoite

Nathalie El Baba

Joan McNamara

Aidan Courtney

Brian Fleming

Svitlana Savelieva

Clíodhna Donnellan

Kate Daly

Karen J McDonnell

Olena Albrekht

Jacinta Sheerin

Dee Deegan

Deirdre Grimes

Ann McBride

Lisa Joyce

Marie Connole

Johnnie T. Tynan

Leigh O’Connell

Mary Musgrove

Astrid Adler

Andrew Newland