Tipperary Municipal District is to allocate €78,800 to festivals and events across the district in 2023.
A total of €34,000 is allocated to 45 smaller events such as sports days, senior citizen parties and St Patrick’s day events.
The applicants will receive sums ranging from €400 to €2,000.Under the larger Municipal scale events a total of €34,000 is allocated to 7 festivals – Cashel Arts Festival is allocated €14,000, Ballyporeen Music Maker event is to get €5,000 and five other festivals are each allocated €3,000 – these are the Rhododendron Walking festival, the General Liam Lynch Commemoration, the Tipperary Festival, the Donohill Music and Sports weekend and the Tipperary Chamber Summer festival in Tipperary town.
Applications for the funding had to be submitted by January 31st 2023.
A limited amount of funding may be available for new events that might emerge in 2023 and anyone organising such an event should contact their Municipal District Office.
More information can be found below:
TIPPERARY FESTIVAL & EVENTS GRANT SCHEME 2023 – TIPPERARY- CAHIR – CASHEL MUNICIPAL DISTRICT | |||
COMMUNITY GRANTS | |||
No. | Festival / Event | Applicant | Proposed Grant |
1 | The Ramble 2023 | Hillwalking Community Radio Club | €400 |
2 | Trathnon Bealtainne | Annacarty Donohill Active Retirement association | €500 |
3 | Donohill Festival of Soccer | Donohill and District Soccer Club | €750 |
4 | Glen of Aherlow Winter Walking Festival | Glen of Aherlow Failte Society | €750 |
5 | Suaimhneas sna Coillte | Glengarra Mountain Lodge Conservation & Resotration Group c/o Burncourt Community CLG | €750 |
6 | Burncourt Annual Pumpkin Festival | Burncourt Community CLG | €1,500 |
7 | Ballyporeen Gala | Ballyporeen Gala Committee | €750 |
8 | St Patrick’s Day festival Cahir | Cahir Development Association CGL/Cahir Tidy Towns | €2,000 |
9 | Funday Sunday festival Cahir | Cahir Development Association CGL/Cahir Tidy Towns | €2,500 |
10 | Christmas Retail Programme | Cahir Development Association CGL/Cahir Tidy Towns | €1,500 |
11 | Cashel St. Patrick’s Parade | Cashel St. Patrick’s Parade Committee | €2,000 |
12 | The Forge Players Annual Drama | The Forge Players, C/O Trish O’Brien | €750 |
13 | Ballylooby CC St Patricks Day | Ballylooby Community Council | €600 |
14 | Ballylooby Gala Day | Ballylooby Community Council | €750 |
15 | Bally Senior Citizens Christmas Party | Ballylooby Community Council | €400 |
16 | Discovering the biodiversity of the River Ara Walkway | Tipperary Tidy Towns | €1,000 |
17 | Bansha Agricultural Show | Bansha Agricultural Show | €800 |
18 | New Inn Christmas Lights | New Inn Tidy Towns | €800 |
19 | Solohead Heritage Group | Solohead Heritage Group | €800 |
20 | St Declans Way Walking event | Knockmealdown Active | €750 |
21 | Triple C, CCC, Cahir Craic agus Ceoil | Rockwell Orchestra in association with Rockwell Music Academy | €800 |
22 | Vee Valley Festival | St Pauls Community Council | €1,500 |
23 | St Patrick’s Day festival Cappawhite | Cappawhite Community Council Ltd | €800 |
24 | Scare in Cahir | Friends of the playground Cahir | €1,000 |
25 | Easter Trail | Friends of the playground Cahir | €500 |
26 | Aherlow Kilross Community Christmas Market | Aherlow Kilross Community Council Clg | €500 |
27 | Winter Solstice Walk | The Rhododendron Walking Festival Committee | €500 |
28 | Autumn Equinox Sunrise Walk | The Rhododendron Walking Festival Committee | €500 |
29 | Aherlow Kilross Senior Citizens Gala Christmas Party | Aherlow Kilross Senior Citizens Committee | €300 |
30 | The Dom Ryan Memorial Tractor Run | Duhill Community Council | €750 |
31 | The Duhill Festival of Wellbeing and Positive Ageing | Duhill Community Council | 050 |
32 | Boherlahan Community Association Sports | Boherlahan Community Association | €400 |
33 | Galtee Challenge and Half Crossing | Galtee Walking Club | 050 |
34 | Outstanding Pride 2023 | Youth Work Ireland Tipperary (Tipp Town Youth Project) | 050 |
35 | Multeen Players Drama Production | Knockavilla Community Council | 050 |
36 | Summer Festival at the Castle | Cahir Social & Historical Society | €1,200 |
37 | Summer Markets May/June/July/August | Tipperary Chamber of Commerce CLG | €1,000 |
38 | Halloween | Tipperary Chamber of Commerce CLG | €1,000 |
39 | Christmas Switch on | Tipperary Chamber of Commerce CLG | €1,000 |
40 | “In the Midst of Plenty” in the Excel Theatre Tipperary | Enchanted Croi Theatre | €1,000 |
41 | Trathnona Bealtaine | Cappawhite Active Retirement Association | €500 |
4l | Cahir I rad F-est | Michael and Mary Harty | €2,000 |
43 | Golden -Kilfeacle Festival on the Suir | Golden-Kilfeacle GAA | €1,500 |
44 | St Patricks Day | Tipperary Chamber of Commerce CLG | €2,000 |
45 | Ardfinnan Mega Family Fun Day | Ardfinnan Community Council | €2,000 |
Total | {43,800 | ||
MUNICIPAL GRANTS | |||
No. | APPLICANT | FESTIVAL | Proposed Grant |
1 | Ballyporeen Music Maker Festival | Ballyporeen Community Council CLG | €5,000 |
2 | Cashel Arts Festival 2023 | Cashel Arts Festival | €14,000 |
3 | The Rhododendron Walking Festival | The Rhododendron Walking Festival Committee | €3,000 |
4 | General Liam Lynch Commemoration weekend | General Liam Lynch Commemoration committee | €3,000 |
5 | The Tipperary Festival | The Tipperary Festival | €3,000 |
6 | Donohill Music & Sports weekend | Donohill Development Council | €3,000 |
7 | Tipperary Chamber Summer Festival | Tipperary Chamber of Commerce CLG | €3,000 |
Total | €34,000 | ||
Overall Total | €78,800 |