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The Rose of Tralee Festival will receive €30,000 in funding from Fáilte Ireland.
FUNDING of €116,500 is to be allocated to thirty festivals in County Kerry by Fáilte Ireland, under its 2016 Festivals and Events Programme.
This includes €30,000 for the Rose of Tralee and €3,000 for the Tralee 800 celebrations.
Announcing the funding, Minister of State for Tourism & Sport, Michael Ring TD explained the significance of festival funding for tourism: “The funding announced today will allow Kerry to broaden its appeal to overseas visitors and attract visitors who actively seeking to fully experience Ireland in all its aspects – from culture and sport, to festivals and fun.
“Festivals and events are the life-blood of tourism and mobilise many visitors to choose to come to Ireland in the first instance. With this funding, we can provide a boost to tourism activity in Kerry which is good news for the local economy and employment.”
The festivals being funded by Fáilte Ireland include:
National Funding
• Dingle Marathon – €10,000
• Rose of Tralee – €30,000
Regional Funding
• Puck Fair €3,000
• Sneem Storytelling Festival €3,000
• Quest Killarney €2,000
• Tralee 800 €3,000
• Dingle International Film Festival €3,000
• Scoil Cheoil an Earraigh €2,500
• The Gathering €3,000
• Comórtas Peile Páidí Ó Se €3,000
• Killarney Festival of Trees €2,000
• Kerry Film Festival €3,000
• Killarney Adventure Race €3,000
• Run Killarney €2,000
• Charlie Chaplin Film Festival €3,000
• Feile na Bealtaine €3,000
• Ring of Beara Cycle €2,500
• Listowel Military Tattoo €2,000
• Feile Lughnasa €2,000
• Halloween Howl €2,000
• Cahirciveen Festival of Music and the Arts €2,000
• Nollaig Neidin €2,000
• Dingle Food Festival €7,000
• Feile Neidin €3,000
• Kfest Killorglin €3,000
• Dingle Tradfest €3,000
• Valentia Transatlantic Cable Festival €3,000
• Open Air Cinema €1,000
• Circuit Déjà Vu €3,000
• Portmagee Annual Workshop €2,500
