Culture &
Creativity Project Awards
14.07.26
THE 2026 Donegal Culture
and Creativity Project Awards support a wide range of
creative, cultural and heritage initiatives taking place
across communities throughout Donegal. They provide
funding of €2,000 per project to support innovative,
community‑focused cultural activity.
This year, a total of 25 projects have been selected
following an open call that attracted 79 applications,
reflecting strong countywide interest in creative
engagement and collaboration.
The successful projects represent a broad geographic
spread and initiatives in Inishowen included:
• Disappear Here Media
The Last Picture House: Rewinding a Community’s Cinema
Memory
• Carndonagh Traders Association / Visit Carndonagh
Carndonagh Heritage Treasure Trail Launch & Creative
Pop-Up
• Artlink
The Botanical Buncrana Project |
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Artist Gillian Steel and
local participants enjoying the Botanical Buncrana
workshops |
Botanical Buncrana was a
craft, engineering, science, botany and heritage project
that explored relationships between the wildflowers,
plants and people of Buncrana. Locals participated in
creative workshops to collect local plants, construct a
contemporary spinning machine and spin yarns to knit or
construct art works from.
Further details on the 2026 Culture and Creativity
Project Award recipients are available on the Donegal
County Council website at
www.donegalculture.ie . |
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