Cultúr agus na hEalaíona

Information about our current Culture and Arts funding schemes, bursaries and awards open to Limerick festivals, organisations, communities and individuals.

The Creative Ireland programme is a five-year all-of-Government initiative, from 2017 to 2022, to place creativity at the centre of public policy. It is guided by a vision that every person in Ireland will have the opportunity to realise their full creative potential.

Culture Night is an annual public event in September that celebrates culture, creativity and the arts. On Culture Night, arts and cultural organisations and venues open their doors free of charge, to allow for increased access to the public.

Limerick Arts Office is offering two bursaries to attend Meitheal Summer School 2022. The bursaries will cover 5 days residential stay, meals and tuition (lectures, workshops etc.), to the value of the Meitheal fee of €700.

Limerick Arts Office is offering a bursary to attend the Blas International Summer School for Traditional Irish Music and Dance at the University of Limerick. 

Limerick City and County Council open call for the Drama League of Ireland Summer School Bursary.

Drama League of Ireland Summer School Bursary is now closed for applications.

Limerick City and County Council open call for the Individual Arts Bursary Awards Scheme.

Limerick City and County Council open call for applications for the Dolores O’Riordan Music Bursary.

Dolores O’Riordan Music Bursary Award is now closed for applications.

Limerick City and County Council Arts Office manage the Limerick City and County Council Festivals and Events Grant Scheme 2022/2023. 

This Limerick Festivals and Events Grant Scheme 2022/2023 is now closed for applications.

The Limerick Culture & Arts Department is funded by Limerick City and County Council, the Arts Council of Ireland, and the Department of the Culture, Heritage & the Gaeltacht.

Limerick City and County Council has undertaken a survey to assess the impact of Covid-19 on the arts and culture sector in Limerick.

This annual award marks Michael Hartnett’s contribution to literature in English and Irish.

Michael Hartnett Annual Poetry Award is now closed for applications.

The stories of families in Limerick who earned their living from fishing, mainly salmon, along the banks of the River Shannon, from the city to the estuary have been captured in a new film.

The Limerick Culture & Arts Office accepts applications from individual artists or organisations under the ‘Grants Under the Arts Act’ scheme.

The Limerick Grants Under the Arts Act Funding Call Out is now closed for applications. 

Limerick City and County Council open call for the Limerick Theatre Bursaries Awards Scheme, in partnership with the Lime Tree Theatre | Belltable.

Limerick City and County Council Culture Team are pleased to announce an open call for Limerick based creative practitioners, organisations and communities of place and interest* to submit applications for Made in Limerick Grants 2022.

Artist Studios and Apartments are affordable spaces for individuals to make work and allow artists to continue to live and work in Limerick.