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Maria Matthews performing at the 2025 Longford Lights Festival in Connolly Barracks Picture: Shelley Corcoran
Organisations based in County Longford have received a total of €433,000 in Arts Council funding for 2026.
Backstage Theatre has been allocated €275,000, with €78,000 going to LD Dance Shawbrook and €80,000 to Longford County Council.
Nationally, grants totalling €72.3 million were awarded to 148 arts organisations, arts centres, local authorities and creative initiatives.
Also read: 'The Spare Prince' is bringing panto royalty to Longford's Backstage Theatre
This funding represents more than half of the Arts Council’s annual investment, benefitting organisations and partners that provide the local and national infrastructure for the arts. This framework enables individual artists to deliver on their creative vision for the benefit of audiences around the country.
In addition to support for organisations based in county Longford, all counties also benefit from the national remit of organisations which are based elsewhere. Eg: Arts and Disability Ireland, Irish National Opera, Na Píobairí Uilleann Teoranta, Children Books Ireland and Dance Ireland.
Also read: French flair! Longford author’s new book in bookshops throughout France
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