Meitheal Mara (meh-hal ma-ra) translates roughly as ”Workers of the Sea”. Meitheal can be translated as “community” and Mara literally means “of the sea” in Irish. Founded in 1993, Meitheal Mara is a community boatyard in the heart of Cork City, a registered charity and training centre. Our primary object is to grow and integrate Cork city’s maritime recreation and tourism sector at a purpose built river-side site.

Mining Heritage Ireland is a site for people with an interest in Irish mining heritage. It follows on the work of the Mining Heritage Trust of Ireland that closed down in 2019. The general promotion of awareness, appreciation and conservation of the mining heritage of Ireland.

The Munster Literature Centre, Tigh Litriochta, is a resource centre established in 1993 to highlight, celebrate and promote all aspects of the literature of the Munster region of Ireland.

Music Network is Ireland’s national music touring and development organisation, and was founded by the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon in 1986.

Gníomhú ar son mhuintir Uíbh Ráthaigh lasmuigh den Ghaeltacht agus lasmuigh den Bhaile Seirbhíse Gaeltachta chun struchtúr pleanála teanga a bhunú a chinnteodh go mbeadh fáil ar áiseanna agus deiseanna d’ardchaighdeán ag pobal an cheantair sin, ionas go mbeadh slánú in ndán don Ghaeilge in Uíbh Ráthach agus go mbeadh cothrom na féinne, ó thaobh na Gaeilge de, ag cách sa leithinis.

The National Youth Arts Programme is an initiative of the National Youth Council of Ireland and supported by the Arts Council and the Department of Education and Science (Youth Affairs Section).

Near90fm is an BCI licensed, communally owned, not-for-profit media project. It is operated by a democratic co-operative, open to all organisations and individuals in Dublin North-East.

For over 50 years Project Arts Centre has been a home, hub and hive for adventurous artists and audiences. What began in 1966 as a small artist-led collective is now evolving into Ireland’s national centre for the contemporary arts. Influenced, inspired and shaped by our location in the heart of Dublin’s city and the people living here.

RADE Ltd (Recovery through Arts, Drama and Education) is a community employment scheme based in Dublin which engages substance mis-users with arts activities such as drama, art, tai chi, film production and creative writing.

Bunaíodh Raidió na Life 106.4 fm i 1993 chun seirbhís raidió lán-Ghaeilge a sholáthar do Bhaile Átha CliathDoras 7 Cearnóg Mhuirfean agus an ceantar máguaird ar bhonn oideachasúil agus pobail.

Signal Arts Centre was set up in July 1990 to address the lack of a focal point for the visual arts in Bray and North Wicklow generally and at the same time create a practical facility where artists could both develop their own work and make the arts readily accessible to the local community as a resource.

Sligo Traditional Singers Circle was set up to nurture and promote the art of traditional singing and storytelling in Sligo and surrounding areas. The Singing Circle welcomes all singers, storytellers and supporters to come, enjoy, and perhaps join in the activities.

The Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality, incorporating Smashing Times Theatre and Film Company and Smashing Times Youth Arts Ensemble, is dedicated to the promotion, study and practice of the arts and equality.

A4’s mission is to transform the means by which cultural works are produced, accessed, and understood in Ireland, and by doing so to contribute to the development of a more just society. We want to Make Art That Matters.

An Taisce - 'The Store House, or Treasury' is The National Trust For Ireland. Established in 1948, it is the most influential environmental body in Ireland. All our policies reflect our core belief that a high quality environment is central to Ireland achieving a successful and sustainable economy, as well as a high quality of life.

The WGI represents over 600 Irish writers for film, television, theatre, radio, animation and games. We campaign to ensure writers are recognized as the creative force without which, there is no production.

The Council’s statutory functions include proposing policies and priorities for the identification, protection, preservation and enhancement of the national heritage.

Fire Station Artists’ Studios (FSAS) provides subsidised combined living and working studios for Irish and international artists, large scale sculpture workshop facilities and training opportunities for artists. Fire Station Artists’ Studios training programme has expanded to include digital and film training and we continue to host technical training and master classes which incorporates critical reflection.

The primary mission of The Common Ground is to promote and develop participation in the arts, as a means towards continually regenerating and affirming our community life. The Common Ground will act as a resource for all people resident within the Bluebell, Inchicore, Rialto and Kilmainham area and is concerned with developing relationships, deepening cultural understandings and practical co-operation with other communities and sectors of interest.

The Gaiety School of Acting - The National Theatre School of Ireland is a Not for Profit organisation working in the Cultural sphere. Our message is to enhance Creativity and Confidence through the medium of performance. Our policy to train actors for the theatre, film and television industries.

The Model, home of The Niland Collection, is one of Ireland’s leading contemporary arts centres. This award-winning building is home to the impressive Niland Collection of art, one of the most notable collections in Ireland and featuring works by John and Jack B. Yeats, Estella Solomons, Paul Henry and Louis Le LeBrocquy among others.

The Irish Palatine Association was established in 1989 to encourage and develop a sense of identity among Irish Palatine families and their descendants throughout the world.

MART is an artist-led organisation founded by Matthew Nevin & Ciara Scanlan, and supported by core members through an ethos of cooperation. MART seeks to create opportunities in which practitioners are encouraged to take risks and move beyond traditional models of exhibition and art-making.

Theatre Forum is the voice of the performing arts in Ireland. Membership is made up of all the theatre production companies and theatres, as well as multi-diciplinary arts centres and festivals nation-wide and some opera and dance companies. It includes local authority arts officers and freelance arts consultants amongst its affiliate members.

Visual Artists Ireland is an all Ireland body for professional visual artists. It provides services, facilities and resources for artists, initiates artistic projects and publications and acts as an advocate on behalf of individual artists. Visual Artists Ireland is the trading name of the Sculptors’ Society of Ireland Ltd.