Fáilte Ireland Announces €96,250 In Funding For 31 Kerry Festivals

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Fáilte Ireland has announced an allocation of €96,250 in funding to 31 festivals in Kerry, as part its 2017 Regional Festivals & Participative Events Programme.

Over a third of this goes to Dingle events with Other Voices €20,000, Dingle Food Festival €7,000 and the Dingle Film Festival €4,000, the biggest allocations.

While earlier this month it was announced the Rose of Tralee festival will receive €15,000 – half of last year’s allocation – there are no other Tralee events in the today’s announcement.

The festivals being funded by Fáilte Ireland include:

Other Voices – €20,000
Dingle Food Festival – €7,000
Dingle International Film Festival – €4,000
Puck Fair – €3,000
Killorglin K-Fest – €3,000
Déja Vu Killarney 2017 – €3,000
Féile na Bealtaine – €3,000
The Gathering Traditional Festival – €3,000
Charlie Chaplin Comedy Film Festival – €3,000
Comórtas Peile Páidí Ó Sé – €3,000
Dingle Tradfest 2017 – €3,000
Sneem International Folklore & Storytelling Festival – €3,000
Halloween Howl – €3,000
Kerry Film Festival – €3,000
Valentia Island Transatlantic Cables Festival – €3,000
Nollaig Neidin – €3,000
File Heidin – €3,000
Ring of Beara Cycle Kenmare – €2,500
Run Killarney – €2,500
Scoil Cheoil an Earraigh – €2,500
Portmagee Annual Set Dancing Weekend – €2,500
Cahersiveen Festival of Music & The Arts – €2,000
File Lughnasa – €2,000
Animation Dingle – €1,500
The Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle – €1,250
Dingle Adventure Race – €1,250
Daniel O’Connell Summer School – €1,250
Wild Atlantic Challenge – €1,000
Flavour of Killorglin – €1,000
Listowel Food Fair – €1,000
Theatre & Dining Small Roads Festival – €1,000