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Creative Ireland, County Kerry

Kerry

The vision for Kerry is to ensure people across Kerry truly value and experience creativity. Through creativity we will cultivate wellbeing in communities; increasing people’s participation in, and ownership of, creative experiences whilst growing Kerry’s creative profile. Creative Ireland Kerry: own it, be it!

The Creative Ireland Kerry programme, coordinated by the Kerry Arts Office, supports the county’s unique creative sector, while providing meaningful opportunities for citizens and local communities to engage with the sector, and developing pathways to enhanced creativity.

We will work with the people of Kerry to ensure we are delivering a strong programme that reflects and promotes the wealth of creativity in our county. Creative Ireland Kerry values community, collaboration, communication, participation, inclusivity and empowerment and has delivered these values in several successful projects including:

• Píobairí sa Phluais/Pipers in the Cave, a concert of pipe music held in Valentia slate quarry,
• Imagination Squad hosted by KDYS Castleisland where a group of children from rural east Kerry attended a series of creative workshops to create a collaborative wall frieze to display in their local community hall
• Coming Out an exhibition held at K-Fest aimed to foster empathy and create a deeper understanding of LGBTQ+ experiences within the wider community.
• Beyond World mural at Tralee Bay Wetlands which aims to give people a greater understanding of the natural beauty in our ecosystems, to showcase the flora and fauna that exists in Tralee Bay and to encourage spending more time admiring and appreciating nature.
• Bród as ár bPortach/Pride in our Peatlands which saw member of the Kilcummin community engage with local artists to learn about biodiversity and the transient nature and culture of our bogs.

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Pride in Our Peatlands / Bród as ár bPortach

Creative Ireland Kerry Projects 2023

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Culture and Creativity Team

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Kate Kennelly

Creative Ireland Coordinator & Arts Officer

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Emma Carmody

Creative Communities Engagement Officer

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Niamh O'Sullivan

Director of Services, Economic & Community Development

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Bridget Fitzgerald

Senior Executive Officer - Community

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Helen O’Carroll

Curator, Kerry County Museum

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Claudia Kohler

Education Community & Outreach officer, Kerry County Museum

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Tommy O’Connor

County Librarian

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Tomás Hayes

Head of Local Enterprise Office

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Victoria McCarthy

Architectural Conservation Officer

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Brendan Kirwan

Biosphere Officer, Kerry Biosphere Reserve

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Breda Moriarty

Environmental Awareness Officer

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Siobhán Griffin

Municipal District Officer - Kenmare Area

Kerry Age Friendly Programme Coordinator

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Deirdre Enright

Local Creative Youth Partnership, Kerry ETB

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Alex Grassick

Climate Change Coordinator

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Eleanor Turner

Biodiversity Officer

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Eamon Cunningham

Municipal District Officer - Tralee Area

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Martin Curran

Municipal District Officer - Listowel Area

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Annemarie Lynch

Municipal District Officer - Castleisland/Corca Dhuibne Area

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Matthew Farrell

Municipal District Officer - Killarney Area

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Rósaí Ní Chárthaigh

Ukrainian Community Response Liaison

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Ann Fitzgerald

Executive Librarian, Tralee

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Aodhán MacGearailt

Irish Officer

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