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Cork County Council has issued an open call for events to celebrate culture, creativity and the arts as part of Culture Night 2025. 

Tá clár Sheachtain na Gaeilge 2025 fógartha ag Comhairle Contae Chorcaí, agus beidh imeachtaí Gaeilge ar siúl sna leabharlanna, sna scoileanna agus ar líne an mhí seo chugainn. Is í Seachtain na Gaeilge an ceiliúradh bliantúil is mó in Éirinn ar ár dteanga agus ár gcultúr dúchais. Ritheann sé ón 1 go dtí an 17 Márta.

Cork County Council has announced its Seachtain na Gaeilge 2025 programme, with Irish language events taking place in libraries, schools and online next month. Ireland’s largest annual celebration of our native language and culture, Seachtain na Gaeilge, runs from the 1st to the 17th of March.

Cork County Council and Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre are delighted to announce a partnership residency for artists Maitiú Mac Cárthaigh and Bernie Masterson.

Cork County Council has announced funding of over €166,000 for 123 artists and arts organisations through its 2025 Arts Grants.

Cork artist collective ‘inter_site’ will transform the top two floors of Cork County Hall as part of their ‘⌥ertigo, A Crescendo’ exhibition opening this week. The exhibition takes place from the Friday the 7th to Sunday the 9th of February 2025 between 5:00pm and 8:00pm, advance booking is required. 

As part of his Unbroken Songs Tour 2025, Cork County Council will welcome Jack Lukeman to Skibbereen Town Hall on Saturday, the 22nd of March.

Cork County Council has announced a Storytellers in Residence Programme for the West Cork Islands. Supported by Creative Places West Cork Islands, an Arts Council-funded initiative that aims to build sustained arts investment and create opportunities for local arts programmes.  

A new exhibition ‘Timelines Growth and Catastrophe’ will open at LHQ Gallery on the 10th of January. ‘Timelines Growth and Catastrophe’ is a collaborative of eight contemporary artist weavers; Tish Canniffe, Pascale De Coninck, Heather Underwood, along with Muriel Beckett, Frances Crowe, Lorna Donlon, Terry Dunne, and Catherine Ryan. 

Cork County Council’s Creative Communities Programme Fund 2025 is now open for applications. This year’s programme will focus on new and ambitious projects that establish cultural and creative activities in communities across Cork County. 

Cork County Council’s Library and Arts Service has announced the appointment of Leeanne O’ Donnell to the position of Writer in Residence 2025.