Winter 2005
Community activists in all fields, including those who promote cultural facilities and activities, are the main guarantors of a vibrant social, charitable and cultural environment. The economic value of such service is incalculable and without which the State, as a provider, would be faced with enormous financial requirements.
It is important both as a reality and as a morale boost that official policies and agencies acknowledge this huge investment of talents and finance by community activists. This community investment is in the main the primary reason for many of the cultural achievements, which are now widespread throughout the country.
State bureaucracy in the area of funding must not dull the human spirit or individual creativity. We must avoid the ‘box’ mentality at all costs whereby if one ticks the wrong box on the application form one is out of the game!
Grants must reflect real and relevant vision combined with a track record and equal opportunity.
Cultural providers must be centre stage during the gestation period of Government policies; otherwise they will be in a permanent straight jacket struggling to free themselves from wordy constraints. There is no substitute for common sense or coalface experience and these are to be found in abundance at the heart of the community.
Eagarfhocal
- Macalla na hÉireann, A Huge Hit
- Back to Letterkenny
- A Tale of Two Johns
- Owen Kelly
- The Association of Irish Traditional Musicians
- Government Funding Welcomed
- Irish Music Féile in the American South
- Pádraig is Toast of Tionól
- Echoes from the Past
- John Cowley’s ‘On Brosna’s Banks’
- Antóin Mac Gabhann: The Master Musician of Mullahoran
- Music Making is Passport to Enjoyment
- Stepping it out in Cork
- Fortune Favours the Merry
- The Bodhrán Playing Business Supremo: Gerry Whelan Remembered
- Within a mile of Kilty
- Bruach na Carraige Summer Camp
- Coleman Remembered
- The Sligo Maid
- The Great Fursey
- Memories of Camp Life
- Chicago to Host Trad Extravaganza
- Clann a bhí Dílis dÉirinn
- Comhaltas Fly the Flag for Ireland at Major EU-China Summit
- Fleadh Memories
- Others will Reap the Harvest
- Comhaltas at Crossroads of the World
- McDonaghs of Ballinafad
- Jim McAllister is to Blame
- The Lovely River Finn
- High-Flying Dancer
- My Colleen by the Shore
- Best of Trad in the Deep South
- The Fleadh in Sligo
- The Village Sings
- New Music Catalogue
- Forgotten Pipers of Tipperary
- A Salute to Genius and Service
- A Fond Farewell to John
- A Spectacular Memory
- Lichfield Irish Weekend
- All-Ireland Winners
- Fleadh Amhrán agus Rince
- Welcome to Exiles
- Albam Nua d’Amhráin Chomhaimseartha i nGaeilge
- Craobh Droichead Átha