The Arts Council and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media announced today that they will jointly invest €2.8 million in a major programme of events to mark the final phase of the Decade of Centenaries Programme.
The Chair of the Arts Council, Prof. Kevin Rafter, welcomed the announcement saying:
“With this scheme the Arts Council is looking to artists and arts organisations to create new work of ambition and scale to mark key moments in the foundation of the Irish State. The arts can help us better understand our contested histories and challenge how we learn from this past”.