IPSC “Irish Artists’ Pledge to Boycott Israel”
In August 2010 the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) launched the following pledge, initially signed by over 140 (now 1067) Irish creative and performing artists, whereby they undertake to boycott the Israeli state under present circumstances:
“In response to the call from Palestinian civil society for a cultural boycott of Israel, we pledge not to avail of any invitation to perform or exhibit in Israel, nor to accept any funding from any institution linked to the government of Israel, until such time as Israel complies with international law and universal principles of human rights.” – See the full list of signatories here.
***If you are an Irish artist or an artist based in Ireland and would like to add your signature, please contact culturalboycott [at] ipsc.ie***
(UPDATE January 2021) The ‘Irish Artists’ Pledge to Boycott Israel’ reaches landmark 1000 signatures
Described by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) as “a ground-breaking initiative”, this pledge has so far been signed by hundreds of Irish creative and performing artists, and other cultural workers: actors, novelists, playwrights, poets, designers, composers, singers, dancers, architects, painters, sculptors and filmmakers, ranging from those starting out on their careers to household names. – See here for the full PACBI statement of endorsement.
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Click here to read about and watch videos from the official launch on 12th August 2010
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The artists who have signed are aware of the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s statement in 2005 that “We see culture as a propaganda tool of the first rank, and…do not differentiate between propaganda and culture.” These artists refuse to allow their art to be exploited by an apartheid state that disregards international law and universal principles of human rights, but look forward to the day when normal cultural relations can be re-established with an Israel that fully complies with such laws and principles.
In 2005, when 170 Palestinian civil society organisations called a campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel, they provided a central plank for worldwide activism on behalf of their cause. Culture cannot stand aloof from such activism. Whether or not art is ‘above politics’, its presentation and representation in the real world can all too easily be hijacked by oppressive states. With this pledge, Irish artists have an opportunity to distance themselves from such exploitation, and to take a non-violent stand on behalf of the oppressed Palestinian people.
Full List of Signatories (1067)
Last Updated – 3rd March 2021
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- Astrid Adler – Visual Artist, musician, mime artist
- John Arden († March 2012) – Playwright, novelist
- Siobhán Armstrong – Musician
- Derek Ball – Composer
- Robert Ballagh – Visual artist
- Margo Banks – Painter
- Cormac Begley – Musician
- Liam Bradley – Musician
- Diarmuid Breatnach – Musician, poet
- Cecily Brennan – Artist
- Ronan Browne – Musician
- Conor Byrne – Musician
- Roisin Byrne – Visual artist
- Séamas Cain – Poet, performance artist
- Moya Cannon – Poet
- Liam Carson – Scríbhneoir
- Clare Cashman – Visual artist
- Rhona Clarke – Composer
- Siobhán Cleary – Composer
- Mickey Coleman – Singer/songwriter
- Joe Comerford – Filmmaker
- Michael Connerty – Musician (Afterwardness)
- Neilí Conroy – Actor
- Dorothy Cross – Sculptor
- Charles Cullen – Visual artist
- Michael Cullen († July 2020) – Painter
- Cindy Cummings – Dance artist
- Sinéad Cusack – Actor
- Margaretta Darcy – Author and playwright
- John F. Deane – Writer
- Raymond Deane – Composer
- Seamus Deane – Author
- Renate DeBrun – Painter and printmaker
- Damien Dempsey – Singer
- Tim Dennehy – Singer/songwriter
- Keith Donald – Musician
- Philip Donnery – Musician
- Gráinne Dowling – Visual artist
- Kevin Doyle – Writer
- Robert Doyle – Musician
- Roger Doyle – Composer
- Felim Egan – Visual artist († November 2020)
- Martin A. Egan († November 2015) – Musician
- Naisrín Elsafty – Singer
- Róisín Elsafty – Singer
- Zahrah Elsafty – Singer
- Elaine Feeney – Poet
- Stephen Gardner – Composer
- Anthony Glavin – Novelist and short story writer
- Dearbhla Glynn – Filmmaker
- Johnny Gogan – Filmmaker
- Carmel Gunning – Musician
- Marie Hanlon – Visual artist
- Robbie Harris – Musician
- Paul Hayes – Composer
- Graham Henderson – Musician
- Donogh Hennessy – Musician, composer and performer
- Rita Ann Higgins – Poet
- Michael Holohan – Composer
- Andy Irvine – Musician
- Ryan Johnson – Musician
- Fergus Johnston – Composer
- Fred Johnston – Poet
- Trevor Joyce – Poet
- Bernadette Kiely – Painter
- Brian King – († April 2017) Sculptor
- Vincent Kennedy – Composer
- Trevor Knight – Music/theatre
- Conor Kostick – Novelist
- Gavin Kostick – Playwright
- Dave Lordan – Poet
- Donal Lunny –Musician
- Pól MacAdaim – Singer/songwriter
- Iarla Mac Aodha Bhuí – Scríbhneoir
- Mickey MacConnell – Singer/songwriter
- Tony Mac Mahon – Musician
- Lorcán Mac Mathúna – Singer
- Alice Maher – Visual Artist
- Brenda Malloy – Musician
- Jimmy McCarthy – Singer/songwriter
- Martin McElhinney – Musician (Coldwar)
- Paul Nash – Musician (Coldwar)
- Trevor McLave – (Coldwar)
- Joe McGowan – Author
- Jackie McKenna – Sculptor
- John McLachlan – Composer
- Joleen McLaughlin – Musician (Henry Girls)
- Karen McLaughlin – Musician (Henry Girls)
- Lorna McLaughlin – Musician (Henry Girls)
- Tina Mc Laughlin- Singer/songwriter
- Eoin McLochlainn – Visual artist
- John McSherry – Musician
- Paula Meehan – Poet
- Thom Moore († March 2018)- Songwriter, writer/translator
- Sharon (Shaz) Morgan – Musician, photographer
- Sami Moukkadem – Musician, filmmaker, writer
- Hassan Ould Muctar – Musician
- Conor Mullan – Musician
- Janet Mullarney († April 2020) – Visual artist
- Gráinne Mulvey – Composer
- Deirdre Murphy – Musician and playwright
- Niamh Ní Charra – Musician
- Peadar Ó Ceannabháin – Singer
- Saileog Ní Cheannabháin – Musician
- Treasa Ní Cheannabháin – Singer
- Áine Ní Chuaig – Musician
- Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh – Musician/singer
- Liam Noonan – Musician (Digital Disorder)
- Dave Murphy – Musician (Digital Disorder)
- Keith McGovern – Musician (Digital Disorder)
- Ken Deasy – Musician (Digital Disorder)
- Pádraig Ó Baoill – Scríbhneoir
- Niall Ó Callanáin – Musician
- Eamonn O’Doherty († August 2011) – Architect, sculptor
- Méabh O Hare – Musician/filmmaker
- Jane O’Leary – Composer
- Brian Ó hUiginn – Musician
- Donal O’Kelly – Playwright/actor
- Ciarán Ó Maonaigh – Ceoltóir
- Seosamh O Neachtain – Dancer
- Eoin O’Neill – Musician
- Jerry O’Reilly – Singer
- Peadar Ó Riada – Ceoltóir
- Gregory Rosenstock – Writer
- Pauline Scanlon – Singer
- Rossa Ó Snodaigh – Ceoltóir (Kíla)
- Brian Hogan – Ceoltóir (Kíla)
- Colm Ó Snodaigh – Ceoltóir (Kíla)
- Paul O’Toole – Singer/songwriter
- Michael Quane – Sculptor
- Bob Quinn – Visual artist/filmmaker
- Jim Ricks – Visual artist
- Stephen Rothschild – Painter/printmaker
- Mary Russell – Author
- Dermot Seymour – Painter
- John W. Sexton – Poet
- Eileen Sheehan – Poet
- Ronan Sheehan – Novelist
- Michael Smith († November 2014) – Poet and translator
- Moira Tierney – Filmmaker
- Hugh Travers – Writer
- Caoimhín Vallely – Ceoltóir
- Laura Vecchi – Painter/writer
- John Wakeman – Poet
- Hilary Wakeman – Author
- Hazel Walker – Visual artist
- William Wall – Author
- Ronan Wilmot – Actor/director
- Steve Woods – Filmmaker
- Adam Wyeth – Poet
- Luke Mercer – Musician (Oddsocks Revival)
- Adrian White – Writer
- Tom Fitzgerald – Visual artist
- Clara Rose – Musician
- Conor McGrady – Visual artist
- Dermot McLaughlin – Musician
- Michael Owens – Singer/songwriter
- Anthony Fox – Actor, writer
- Conor Grimes – Writer, actor
- Stuart Nealon – Poet
- Darach Ó Scolaí – Writer
- Cahal Johnson – Musician
- Michael Gallagher – Photographer
- Kevin Spratt (aka Captain Moonlight) – Musician
- Cara Dillon – Musician
- Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh – Ceoltóir
- Fiach (Moriarty) – Singer/songwriter
- Loreana Rush – Photographer
- Alice Hanratty – Painter
- Barry McGovern – Actor
- Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill – Poet
- Lillis Ó Laoire – Musician
- Stephen Rea – Actor
- Liam Ó Maonlaí – Musician
- Ellen Cranitch – Musician
- Sharon Shannon – Musician
- Seamus Cashman – Poet
- Julius Guzy – Painter
- Dermot Browne – Painter
- Denise Cassidy – Painter
- Kevin Crawford – Musician
- Gráinne Holland – Musician (Casadh)
- Frainc Mac Cionnaith – Musician (Casadh)
- Nioclás Mac Cathmhaoil – Musician (Casadh)
- Barry Kerr – Artist and musician
- John Steele – Musician
- Conor Biggs – Musician
- Robbi McMillen – Singer
- Alan O Connor – Photographer
- Sarah Clancy – Poet
- Maria McManus – Poet and playwright
- Tiona McSherry – Musician
- Paul McSherry – Musician
- Daragh Carville – Playwright and screenwriter
- Harry Moore – Artist
- Dylan Walshe – Singer/songwriter
- Melissa Nolan – Actor
- Anthony Kane (aka The Lonely Schizophrenic) – Musician
- John Ryan – Author
- Dermot Kelly – Photographer
- Ciaran Dwyer – Singer/songwriter
- Tommy Halferty – Musician
- Finian Cunninghman – Singer/songwriter
- Eamon Murray – Musician
- Rynagh O’Grady – Actor
- Padraig Murray – Actor
- Michal Leman-Lemanski – Theatre producer/cultural project manager
- Sara Horgan – Visual artist
- Pat ‘deVerse’ Burke – Traditional Singer/Songwriter
- Denise Woods – Director of photography
- Paul Flynn – Composer
- Glenda Cimino – Writer, actor, director
- Shane Cullen – Visual artist
- Jaki McCarrick – Writer
- Tim Ording – Singer/songwriter (Melodica Deathship)
- Roisin Ni Galloglaigh – Musician
- Kevin McCarthy – Visual artist
- Joby Fox – Songwriter
- Rik Walton – Photographer
- Connor Kelly – Poet/musician
- Katrin Neue – Dancer and choreographer
- Pamela Brown – Poet
- Paul Kirby – Visual artist
- Barry Hamilton – Filmmaker and director
- Luke Fallon – Cartoonist
- Ciaran Murphy – Singer/songwriter
- Seán Harrington – Architect
- Cormac O’Neill – Visual artist
- Eamonn Crudden – Filmmaker
- Fares Fares – Visual artist/photographer
- Brian Dunning – Musician
- Paul C. Reynolds – Photographer
- Andrew Edgar – Artist
- Tim Daly – Lyricist
- Gerry Fitzgerald – Musician (The Lee Harveys)
- Stephen Cashell – Musician (The Lee Harveys)
- Paul O Brien – Musician (The Lee Harveys)
- Alice Walsh – Writer
- Daniel Lynch (aka Danny Diatribe) – MC (Diatribe & The Crimson Underground)
- Garvan McCann (aka The Crimson Underground) – Producer (Diatribe & The Crimson Underground)
- Mick Hannigan – IndieCork Film Festival
- Mikael Fernström – Multi-media artist
- Des Donnelly (aka Drax) – Poet
- Seamus Doyle – Musician
- Shane O’Shea (aka Naphta) – DJ/Producer
- Diarmuid Slattery (aka Diarmo) – DJ/Producer/Musician
- Graham Montgomery – Musician
- Daragh McCarthy – Filmmaker
- Kevin Barrington – Poet
- Joe McGill – Painter, sculptor and poet
- Robbie Perry – Musician
- Hugh McFadden – Poet, literary critic and editor
- Catherine Ann Cullen – Poet
- Martin Naarendorp (aka Ras Tinny) – Deejay
- Leon Guilfoyle – Musician (Lluther)
- Hytham Martin – Musician (Lluther & Eyesclosed)
- Eoghan O’Neill [1] († March 2017) – Sculptor
- Eoghan O’Neill [2] – Musician (Early House)
- Kevin Rowsome – Musician
- Khaled Ajamia – Filmmaker
- Rónan Guilfoyle – Jazz musician/Composer
- Dylan Tighe – Musician, theatre director and writer
- Seán Murray – Filmmaker
- Jim McKee – Artist, singer and songwriter
- Pa Curran – Singer/Songwriter
- Katie O’Kelly – Actor and playwright
- Keith O’Brien – Composer
- Benjamin Dwyer – Composer and guitarist
- Bernadette Hopkins – Artist
- Mary Costello – Writer
- Kimberly Campanello – Poet
- Vincent Doherty – Traditional singer and musician
- Jane Jermyn – Ceramic artist
- Karl Parkinson – Writer/Poet
- Colin Dunne – Dancer
- Anthony Jackson – Hip-Hop Artist
- Sebastian Clare – Writer and Voice Artist
- Kathryn Maguire – Artist
- Brian Kavanagh – Artist
- Mollie Barrow – Artist
- Liosa Ni Chiarain – Artist, Tatooist, Singer/Songwriter
- Tom J. Byrne – Artist
- Sue Cosgrave – Author and poet
- Philip Fogarty – Musician
- Anna Lardi – Musician
- John Nee (aka Little John Nee) – Writer/Performer
- Philip Casey – Poet, Novelist († February 2018)
- Edel Meade – Musician
- Honor Heffernan – Singer/Musician
- Edward Boyne – Poet
- Jürgen Simpson – Composer
- Jackie Askew – Visual artist
- Richard Geraghty – Filmmaker, photographer, musician
- Maeve McCarthy – Visual artist
- Katherine Duffy – Poet
- Harry Bradley – Traditional musician
- Peter Cummins – Musician (The Fleadh Cowboys)
- Sile Denvir – Musician
- Tiarnan O Duinnchinn – Traditional musician
- Siobhán Peoples – Traditional musician
- Katie Theasby – Singer
- Fiona Kelleher – Musician
- Paul Bradley – Fiddle player
- John Carty – Musician
- Eimer Casey – Musician
- Ger Costelloe – Singer/Songwriter
- Kate Thompson – Author
- Leonard Barry – Musician
- Mick Blake – Singer/songwriter
- Liam P. Bradley – Musician
- Paddy Kerr – Musician
- Paula Leyden – Author
- Conor Caldwell – Musician
- Philip Crickard – Musician
- Noirin Lynch – Singer
- Ger Ryan – Actor
- Roisin Broderick – Musician
- Thierry Masure – Fiddle player
- Tara Baoth Mooney – Singer and musician
- Clodagh Downing – Actor
- Celine Kiernan – Author
- Melissa Joan Diem – Poet, writer and visual artist
- Denyse Woods – Novelist
- Colm Mac Con Iomaire – Ceoltóir / Musician
- Fionnbharr Ó Súilleabháin – Fine art photographer
- Eleanor Methven – Actor
- Eoghan McGrath – Visual artist
- Ian Lynch – Singer/musician (Lankum)
- Mael Coll Rua – Poet
- Guiseppe Torre – Digital artist
- Kinbria / Sorrellium – Musician, Recording artist, poet
- Paul Larkin – Filmmaker and author
- Una Keane – Musician
- Kevin Liddy – Writer, director
- Mary Murphy – Author, illustrator
- Lawrence O’Donnell – Musician (Yearning Curve)
- Laura Ann Brady – Musician
- Amanda Feery – Composer
- Jose Miguel Jimenez – Actor and theatre director
- Niamh McCann – Actor
- Rory Pierce – Composer, cellist
- Will Irvine – Actor
- Gina Moxley – Actor/writer/director
- Joanna Thompson – Artist
- Alan Holly – Animation filmmaker
- Jim Maginn – Photographer
- Steve O’Sullivan (AKA Evil Uncle) – Musician
- Tob Swift – Musician
- Ella Clarke – Dance artist
- Gary Lawlor – Musician (The Druids)
- Mick Dunne – Musician (The Druids)
- Mick O’Brien – Musician (The Druids)
- Paddy Mangan – Musician (The Druids)
- Noni Stapleton – Actor
- Dahí Jim – Singer/writer
- Dee Roycroft – Writer, actor
- Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin – Musician
- Mary Barnecutt – Musician/writer
- Paul Murnaghan – Visual artist
- Oonagh Kearney – Filmmaker and writer
- Rossa Mullin – Filmmaker
- Grace Weir – Visual Artist
- Joe Walker – Visual Artist
- Pat Walker – Visual Artist
- Tamara Him – Photographer
- Thomas Mallon – Musician (Astralnaut)
- Seoidin O’Sullivan – Artist
- Jessica Traynor – Poet
- Paul McCloskey – Visual artist
- Mel Healy – Novelist
- Brian Cross – Photographer/filmmaker
- Margo Harkin – Filmmaker
- Steve Wall – Musician
- Kevin Curran – Author
- Adrienne Geoghegan – visual artist/writer
- Sean O’Reilly – Writer
- Anamaria Crowe Serrano – Poet
- Doireann Ní Ghríofa – Poet/File
- Séighean Ó Draoi – Sculptor
- Patricio Casssinoni – Artist and photographer
- Afric McGlinchey – Poet
- Dave Fleming – Musician
- John Conneely – Musician
- Jessamine O’Connor – Poet
- Petr Pandula – Musician
- Lia Mills – Writer
- Ceara Conway – Visual artist
- Steve Hanks – Musician
- Christodoulos Makris – Poet
- Derbhle Crotty – Actor
- Margo Carr – Actor, comedian
- John Joyce – Musician
- Kathleen Joyce – Musician
- Aindrias Stack – Actor, musician, storyteller
- Robin Parmar – Sound artist and poet
- Carmel McCreagh – Singer/Writer
- Seamas Mac Annaidh – Scribhneoir (Writer)
- Allen Kiely – Photographer
- Cathal Synnott – Musician
- Ronit Lentin – Novelist
- Adrian Kenny – Writer
- Lou McMahon – Singer/Songwriter
- Aoife Scott – Singer
- Frances Black – Singer
- David Carmody – Musician
- Vanessa Gildea – Filmmaker
- Barbara O’Meara – Visual artist
- Daniel Doyle – Sculptor
- Pat Nolan – Actor
- Rory Tangney – Artist
- Mark O’Halloran – Actor
- John Buckley – Visual artist
- Gari Deegan – Singer/songwriter
- Izumi Kimura – Pianist
- Tim Wallace-Murphy – Author
- Raymond Beggan – Photographer, musician
- Pat Boran – Poet
- Michael Budd – Blacksmith and sculptor
- Bernard Clarke – Radiophonic artist
- Don Lydon – Musician
- Nicki Griffin – Writer
- Raymond Keane – Actor, writer, director
- Desmond Traynor – Writer, musician
- Van Poynton – Filmmaker
- Liam Cagney – Writer
- Elder Roche – Musician
- Cormac O’Leary – Visual artist
- Tim Fleming – Cinematographer
- Gregory Daly – Musician
- Darragh Graham – Musician (Hermitage Green)
- Darragh Griffin – Musician (Hermitage Green)
- Dan Murphy – Musician (Hermitage Green)
- Barry Murphy – Musician (Hermitage Green)
- Dermot Sheedy – Musician (Hermitage Green)
- Ollie Plunkett – Musician (The Lost Messiahs)
- Ian Wilson – Composer
- Seán Hillen – Artist
- Wissam Abdel Samad – Photographer
- Mary Ryan – Actor, singer
- Krystyna Rawicz – Poet, artist
- Sueanne Moore – Artist
- Cian Finn – Singer/Songwriter
- Lorraine O’Brien – Musician
- Andrew Glenn – Artist
- Medbh Gillard – Artist
- Ciarán MacUilliam – Musician (Primordial)
- Michael O Floinn – Musician (Primordial)
- Simon O’Laoghaire – Musician (Primordial)
- Philip McFadden – Sculptor & artist
- Patrick Bradley – Painter & sculptor
- Audrey Doherty – Milliner and Raqs Sharqi artist (Eastern Dance)
- Joe O’Byrne – Writer/director
- Sarah Hayden – Writer
- Daithi Brophy – Painter
- Mary Kelly – Visual artist
- Ronan Tully – Theatre artist
- Vincent Wood – Composer and musician
- Niall Vallely – Musician
- Karan Casey – Singer
- Dan Acheson – Musician (The Wood Burning Savages)
- Wally Cassidy – Photographer
- Fatin Al-Tamimi – Photographer
- Deirdre Mackel – Artist
- June Butler – Artist
- Paul Walls – Artist
- Carl Taylor – Artist
- Colm Keegan – Writer, poet
- Kathleen McCreery – Writer, actor, director
- Colin Stanley – Musician (Big Bag of Tricks / Queen Elvis)
- Johanne Webb – Actor, director
- Paul Brady – Singer/songwriter
- Breandán Clarke – Visual artist
- Colin Darke – Visual artist
- Brian Brannigan – Singer/songwriter (A Lazarus Soul)
- Mary Coughlan – Singer
- Áilbhe Hines – Performance artist / Community arts activist
- John Dorman – Architect, artist
- Aodán McCardle – Poet / performance artist
- Jenny Bassett – Drama and movement practitioner
- Jim Roche – Architect
- Micilín Mac An Rí – Musician (The Blaggards)
- Jesse Jones – Visual artist
- Elizabeth Clyne – Architect
- Fergal Gaynor – Writer
- Tom O’Dea – Artist
- Mark Price – Architect
- Conor O’Reilly – Composer & musician
- Roisín O’Donnell – Writer
- Mary Byrne – Architect
- Wissame Cherfi – Filmmaker
- Cora Venus Lunny – Musician
- David G. Buckley – Singer/songwriter
- Martin Tourish – Musician/ Composer
- Ali Morrison – Musician
- Sokol Koka – Musician
- Declan McHale – Irish dancer
- Édaín Ní Dhomhnaill – Visual artist
- Sorcha Fox – Actor
- Ben Williams (Mark Benjamin Williams) – Musician
- Duncan Patterson – Musician
- Ray Murphy – Visual artist
- Fiachra Trench – Composer
- Caroline Kuyper – Craft artist
- Kirsti Kotilainen – Visual artist
- Hans-Christian Oeser – Literary Translator
- John Ennis – Poet
- Peter Duffy – Performer / actor / director / choreographer
- Brenda Carroll – Visual artist
- Hannah Khalil – Writer
- Rosaleen Tanham – Visual artist
- Rachael Hegarty – Poet / writer
- Joseph Kelly – Visual artist
- Paul Murray – Writer
- Ronan Tynan – Filmmaker
- William Leo Coakley – Poet
- Katharine May – Visual artist
- David Gepp – Photographer
- Mollie Barrow – Glass Artist
- John Brady – Graphic Artist
- Jenni Ledwell – Actor
- Niamh De Barra – Musician
- David Lloyd – Poet
- Stephen Murphy – Poet
- Dave Kinane – Artist
- Sean Taylor – Artist
- Eric Burke – Musician (Ainriail)
- Tommy Foster – Musician (Ainriail)
- John Spillane – Musician and songwriter
- Maeve Kelly – Musician
- Sadhbh O’Sullivan (AKA Sive) – Singer-songwriter and musician
- Brian Healy – Musician (The Jollars)
- Bob Kavanagh († December 2019) – Musician (The Jollars)
- Nora Lewon – Musician (The Jollars)
- Mike Murphy – Broadcaster
- Barry Murphy – Comedian
- Eileen Myles – Poet
- Gene Barry – Poet
- Carolyn Goodwin – Musician
- Cormac Breatnach – Musician
- Ciarán O’Rourke – Poet
- Brian Fleming – Musician
- Brendan Dorris – Dancer
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Cahal McLaughlin – Documentary filmmaker
- Edward Kennedy – Filmmaker and poet
- Danny McGreevy – Musician
- Jason O’Rourke – Musician and writer
- Rachel Ballagh – Visual artist
- Damian O Donoghue – Musician
- Patsy Watchorn – Singer and musician
- Niamh Phelan – Musician
- Emer Martin – Writer
- Ann Ryan – Visual artist
- Aindriú O Coimín – Lighting designer and producer
- Gabriel Brady – Singer/Songwriter
- Mick Mulvey – Traditional musician
- Deirdre Nic an tSionnaigh – Ceoltóir
- Sophie Meehan – Poet and writer
- Choy-Ping Clarke-Ng – Visual artist and performer
- Noel McQuaid – Musician
- Norma Burke – Filmmaker
- Sarah Franklyn – Musician and singer-songwriter
- Shona Shirley Macdonald – Artist
- Paul Laughlin – Poet
- Chris O’Donnell – Musician
- Syl Morrison – Producer
- Maria McGrath – Musician & Producer
- James Donnellan – Musical artist
- Mags O’Brien – Playwright
- Shahidah Janjua – Poet
- Martin Farrelly – Musician
- Mary Jordan – Actor
- Niall Cuddy – Performing artist and musician
- Mary Black – Singer
- Madi O’Carroll – Actor
- Leila Afhim – Designer and illustrator
- Bridie Monds-Watson (AKA Soak) – Singer/songwriter
- James Redmond – Documentary filmmaker
- Carrie Crowley – Actor
- John Doyle – Poet
- Áine Uí Fhoghlú – Poet/File
- Peter Reid – Playwright and threatre director
- Shane Sutton – Visual artist
- Muireann de Barra – Documentary filmmaker
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Kate Nolan – Photographer
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Kate O’Shea – Visual artist
- Dragana Jurisic – Visual artist
- Jane Deasy – Composer & theatre artist
- Seán Maguire – Poet & writer
- Tadhg Kelleher – Sound engineer & musician
- Ian Knox – Political cartoonist
- Noel Farrell – Writer and abstract artist
- Patsy Preston – Visual artist
- Olwen Fouéré – Actor and theatre writer/director
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Fiona McGeown – Actor and theatre director
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Alison Conneely – Designer
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Noel Walsh – Musician
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Andy Tyler-White – Musician
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Charlie Easterfield – Sculptor
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Willem Minjon – Visual artist
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Órla Mc Govern – Performer/writer
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Mick Kennedy – Singer/songwriter
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Áine Tyrrell – Singer-songwriter
- Kevin Squires – Graphic designer and typographer
- Seán Tyrell – Musician
- Bernadette Kiely – Visual artist
- Frankie Quinn – Photographer
- Will Beavan – Traditional Irish and Scottish musician
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Brian Sweeney – Musician (Freespeakingmonkey)
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Ciaran Rock – Musician (Freespeakingmonkey)
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Henry Pierce – Musician (Freespeakingmonkey)
- Dee Armstrong – Musician (Kíla and Freespeakingmonkey)
- Garrett Phelan – Visual artist
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Tony Doherty – Writer
- Sarah McDowell – Visual artist
- Erin Quinn – Visual artist
- Eugene O’Hare – Actor and playwright
- Darren Byrne – Singer/songwriter
- Geraldine Bradley – Singer
- John Faulkner – Musician
- Mick McNally – Musician
- Paul P. Kelly – Architect
- Michael Doherty – Architect and visual artist
- Róisín Loughrey – Filmmaker / Artist
- Alan Counihan – Visual artist
- Enagh Farrell – Illustrator
- Vukasin Nedeljkovic – Artist
- Shane Serrano – Filmmaker and musician
- Taryn De Vere – Performance artist and writer
- Joe Rooney – Comedian, writer and actor
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Karen Cowley – Musician (Wyvern Lingo)
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Caoimhe Barry – Musician (Wyvern Lingo)
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Saoirse Duane – Musician (Wyvern Lingo)
- David Travers – Musician (Dangerous Dave & the Side Effects)
- Ash McVeigh – Musician (Dangerous Dave & the Side Effects)
- Killian O’Reilly – Musician (Dangerous Dave & the Side Effects)
- Danny O’Reilly – Musician (Dangerous Dave & the Side Effects)
- Corban Walker – Sculptor
- Maria Tivnan – Theatre Practitioner
- Roisin El Cherif – Singer and film maker
- Martin Vernon – Poet
- Gary McFarlane (aka Autumn Owls) – Musician
- Estelle Birdy – Poet
- Séamus O’Brien – Visual artist
- Joe Mooney – Filmmaker
- Brian O’Flaherty – Filmmaker
- Vicky Langan – Sound Artist / Filmmaker
- Julie Goo – Poet
- Kevin Barry – Writer
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Charles Hendy – Musician (TPM and The Mary Wallopers)
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Andrew Hendy – Musician (TPM and The Mary Wallopers)
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Jack O’Donnell – Musician (TPM and The Mary Wallopers)
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Seán Mckenna- Musician (TPM and The Mary Wallopers)
- Helena Close – Writer and playwright
- Rajinder Singh – Artist
- Rosita Sweetman – Author
- Constance Short – Visual artist
- Leona Lee Cully – Writer
- Mo Chara – MC (Kneecap)
- Móglaí Bao- MC (Kneecap)
- DJ Provaí – Musician (Kneecap)
- Elaine Mai – Producer, songwriter and singer
- Kevin Brannigan – Documentary filmmaker
- Anna Mieke – Musical artist
- Marie Rooney – Musician (PowPig)
- Andrea Mocanu – Musician (PowPig)
- Laura Drennan – Musician (PowPig)
- Leah O’Donnell – Musician (PowPig)
- Emma Langford – Singer/songwriter
- Neal Keating (aka Nealo) – Singer and rapper
- Paul Duane – Filmmaker
- Herb Magee (aka ArvoParty) – Musician
- David A. Tapley – Musician (Tandem Felix)
- Áine O’Hara – Artist
- Ciara Kenny (aka Ciaraíoch) – Illustrator
- Ross Shannon (aka ICE POP) – Musician
- Roxanna Nic Liam – Actor and spoken word artist
- Annie West – Illustrator and cartoonist
- Post Punk Podge – Musician
- Steo Wall – Singer/songwriter
- Kate Escolin – Illustrator and artist
- Jerome McCormick (aka Imploded View) – Electronic music artist
- Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson (aka CMAT) – Popstar
- Fiona Moran – Illustrator and artist
- Pauric O’Meara – Singer/songwriter
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Dave Tynan – Writer and director
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Stephen O’Dowd – Musician (Handsome Eric)
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Aaron Griffin – Musician
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Padraig Cooney – Musician and songwriter (Autre Monde)
- Síomha Hennessy – Musician (Sisterix)
- Ornait Hennessy – Musician (Sisterix)
- Imogen Gunner – Musician and composer
- Paddy Mulcahy – Composer and producer
- Luke Reilly – Musician (Blood Donor)
- Danny Groenland – Musician (Danny G & The Major 7ths )
- Mícheál Keating – Musician (Bleeding Heart Pigeons)
- Brendan McInerney – Musician (Bleeding Heart Pigeons)
- Cathal Histon – Musician (Bleeding Heart Pigeons)
- Kevin Murphy – Musician (Slow Moving Clouds)
- Ultan O’Brien – Musician (Slow Moving Clouds)
- Bernadette Morris – Performer/musician
- Declan Synnott – Musician
- Fiona O’Dwyer – Artist
- Al Cowan – Musician
- Paul Dooley – Musician
- Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin – Musician
- Mary O’Donnell – Poet and writer
- Aaron Nolan – DJ
- Paul Alwright (aka Lethal Dialect) – Rapper
- Morgan C. Jones – Actor
- Valerie Driscoll – Artist
- Keith Ridgway – Writer
- Eimear Walshe – Artist and writer
- Megan Nolan – Writer
- Liam Hourican – Actor
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Jack Hogan – Artist
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John B. Vallely – Visual artist
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Ciaran Mackel – Architect
- Dylan Moore – Musician
- Darragh Foley – Musician
- Billy Kavanagh – Musician
- Shane Whoriskey – Musician
- Ross Moore – Musician
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Rory De Nógla – DJ
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Ciarán Fox – DJ
- Jake Flynn (aka Fomorian Vein) – Music Producer
- Jamie Carroll (aka DUVZ) – Music producer and DJ
- Rory Dee – Musician (Junk Drawer)
- Stevie Lennox – Musician (Junk Drawer)
- Brian Coney – Musician (Junk Drawer)
- Jake Lennox – Musician (Junk Drawer)
- Cormac O’Caoimh – Singer/songwriter
- Brian Mooney – Musician (Afterwardness)
- Paul Quin – Musician
- Peter Clyne – Filmmaker
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Abbey Blake – Musician (Pretty Happy)
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Arann Blake – Musician (Pretty Happy)
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Andy Killian – Musician (Pretty Happy)
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Joe Chester – Singer/songwriter and producer
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Taran Plouzané – Guitarist (Bicurious)
- Tadhg Hickey – Actor, writer and director
- Jane Clarke – Poet
- Catherine Barron – Visual artist
- Maeve Molly McKernan – Singer and guitarist (Vulpynes)
- Kaz Millar – Drummer (Vulpynes)
- Brían Mac Gloinn (Ye Vagabonds)
- Diarmuid Mac Gloinn – Musician (Ye Vagabonds)
- Josh McClorey – Musician
- Conor O’Toole – Filmmaker and comedian
- Shane Moore (aka Nirdosh) – Artist
- Síle Ní Dhubhghaill – Musician
- Hazel Larkin – Writer
- Turlough Chambers – Musician (The Bonny Men)
- Natalie Ní Chasaide – Musician (The Bonny Men)
- Conor Lyons – Musician (The Bonny Men)
- Moss Landman – Musician (The Bonny Men)
- Adam Whelan – Musician (The Bonny Men)
- Maitiú Ó Casaide – Musician (The Bonny Men)
- Barry Lyons – Musician (The Bonny Men)
- Sahar Ali – Poet and comedian
- Pat Lagoon – Rapper
- Ellen King (aka ELLLL) – Composer and musician
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Siobhán Shiels – Composer and musician
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Kim Sharkey – Artist
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Lórcan Strain – Actor, writer and musician
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Deborah Stockdale – Textile artist
- Tim MacGabhann – Writer
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John O’Halloran – Poet, songwriter and actor
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Niamh Campbell – Writer
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Eve Olney – Artist
- Christy Leech – Musician (Le Boom)
- Craic Boi Mental – Rapper
- Maca – Musician (Silent Vices)
- Uwmami – Musician and producer
- Edwina Guckian – Dancer and choreographer
- Jinx Lennon – Punk poet
- Bonnie Spencer – Singer/songwriter
- Sélu – Musician
- Sean Arthur (aka Kobina) – Musician and producer
- Joexxvincy – Musician
- Awesimon – Musician
- Semilore Olusa – Musician
- Zak Higgins (aka Strawberry Productions) – Producer and engineer
- Darryl Kearney (aka Decay) – Musician
- Luthorist – Rapper
- Aaron Crawford (aka Aaron Everything) – Musician
- Chahyld – Artist and Producer
- Lullie – Musician
- Charlie Sabine – Producer
- Evan Miles – Musician
- GOLD!E BRON$ON – Musician
- Nick Stanley (aka Sick Nanley) – Musician
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Craig Walker – Musician (Power of Dreams)
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Ian Olney – Musician (Power of Dreams)
- Stefan Murphy – Musician
- Omo Aston – Singer/songwriter
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Oisín Singleton – Musician (Sourfruit)
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Cian Rellis – Musician (Sourfruit)
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Eoin Byrne – Musician (Sourfruit)
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Daniel Farrell – Musician (Sourfruit)
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Evan Magee – Musician (Sourfruit)
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Eric Ryan – Musician (Sourfruit)
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Hassan Olanrewaju Sholola – Artist and producer
- Alex Potgieter (aka Awkward Z) – Hip hop artist
- Tim Leech-Cleary – Filmmaker, theatremaker and photographer
- Gavin Doyle (aka GavinDaVinci) – Producer and rapper
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Bukky Adebowale – Musician
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Hannah Worrall – Musician (TOYGIRL)
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Aran Hopkinson – Musician (TOYGIRL)
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Fiachra O’Mahony – Musician (TOYGIRL)
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Ciaran Whelband – Musician (TOYGIRL)
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Cian O’Leary Hegarty – Musician (TOYGIRL)
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Colin Brady – Filmmaker
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Shane Clifford – Comedian
- Eoin Dolan – Songwriter and producer
- Jim O’Donoghue Martin – Musician (Video Blue)
- Salma Ataya – Dancer
- Laurie Shaw – Musician and songwriter
- Diolmhain Ingram Roche (aka Wastefellow) – Producer and songwriter
- Rioghnach Ní Ghrioghair –
Director, writer and producer
- Ciaran Lavery – Singer/songwriter
- Holly Pereira – Illustrator and muralist
- Aoife Nessa Frances – Musician and songwriter
- Seán Meehan (aka FYNCH) – Artist and musician
- Marcus Lamb – Actor
- Andrew Synnott – Composer
- Eilís Walsh – Photographer
- Laura Mulcahy – Artist, musician, and writer
- Tadhg Williams – Musician, Songwriter, Poet
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Jamie Mulrooney (aka Doppler)- Songwriter and musician
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Tom Mulrooney – Musician
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Carole Mulrooney – Musician
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Úna Keane – Musician
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Colm Keating – Photographer
- Joseph Harney (aka Deaf Joe) – Musician
- Tara Flynn – Actor and writer
- Oein DeBhairduin – Writer
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Leanne McDonagh – Visual artist
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Síobhra Quinlan – Vocalist, producer and composer
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Eimhear Ní Ghlacáin – Singer
- Dena Anuk$a – DJ and rapper
- Finn Arden – Filmmaker
- Amir Abu Alrob – Actor and theatre maker
- Jack Rua – Pop artist
- Cbakl – Artist and producer
- Sam Perkin – Composer
- Sue Gogan – Musician
- Seán Mac Erlaine – Musician and composer
- Stevie Grainger – DJ, writer and producer
- Veronica Heywood – Artist
- Emma O’Halloran – Composer and vocalist
- Conor Kelly (aka Chósta) – Electronic Artist
- Mary Stokes – Singer
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Laura Sheary – Musician (Kyoto Love Hotel)
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Joe Geaney – Musician (Kyoto Love Hotel)
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Alannah Robins – Artist and singer
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Angela Williams – Artist
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Dunluvly – Musician
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Louise Manifold – Visual artist
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Susie Blue – Singer and songwriter
- BECAH – Singer and songwriter
- Goedele van Laake – Singer
- Abigail O’Brien – Visual artist
- Christine McQuillan – DJ
- Alan Magee – Visual artist
- Aideen Barry – Visual artist
- Ann Ensor – Installation artist
- Debbie Chapman – Visual artist
- Aoife Dunne – Artist and art director
- Eimear Murphy – Artist
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ØMEGA – Rapper and producer
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RÓGAN – Rapper and producer
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Andrea Walshe – DJ
- Aonghus Óg McAnally – Actor and artistic director
- Imogen Murphy – Filmmaker
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Kira O’Brien – Actor
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Aideen Farrell – Visual artist
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John Morton – Actor and writer
- Jim Nolan – Playwright and theatre director
- Bill Murphy – Actor
- Fionn Foley – Actor, writer and composer
- Patrick Hendrick – Artist and songwriter
- Joel Harkin – Singer/songwriter and producer
- Nicola Lindsay – Actor
- Gerard Lee – Actor and writer
- Frieda Meaney – Artist
- Dhiaga – Producer
- Rose Henderson – Actor and writer
- Antoinette Hilliard – Actor
- Greg Tisdall – Musician
- Pauline Cadell – Actor
- Geraldine Creed – Filmmaker and writer
- Saoirse Wall – Artist
- Tobias Barry – Musician (Babylamb)
- Rían Stephens – Musician (Babylamb)
- Laoise Fleming – Musician (Babylamb)
- Cian King – Musician (Babylamb)
- Suzanne Walsh – Artist, writer and musician
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Sorcha Shanahan – Actor and theatre maker
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Gemma Kearney – Artist
- Paula Greevy-Lee – Actor
- Evelyn Suttle – Artist
- Joan Sugrue – Artist
- Laura Keane (aka ELKAE) – Singer and songwriter
- Julie Forrester – Visual artist
- Judy Carroll Deeley – Visual artist
- Justin Larkin – Artist
- Tom Stapleton – Musician (King Kong Company)
- Joe Lee – Filmmaker and visual artist
- Kaye Maahs – Artist
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Kiera O’Toole – Artist
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John Ketch – Visual artist
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Joseph Keating – Visual artist
- Peter Lawlor – Musician (Solkatt)
- Laurence McKeown – Writer and playwright
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Pop Wallace – Musician
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Brigid Mae Power – Singer and songwriter
- Hannah Mamalis – Writer, actor and comedian
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John Byrne – Artist
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Chanele McGuinness – Singer/songwriter
- Laura Kelly – Visual artist
- Máighréad Medbh – Performance poet
- Leonard Sheil – Artist
- Lian Bell – Artist
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Susan Montgomery – Visual artist
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Laura O’Hagan – Artist
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Enda Wyley – Poet
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Aoibheann Carey-Philpott – Singer, songwriter and artist
- Hilary Morley – Visual artist
- Ursula Burke – Visual artist
- Úna Monaghan – Musician
- Geraldine Mitchell – Poet
- Stevie Scullion (aka Malojian) – Singer and songwriter
- Paul Casey – Poet
- Neil Ó Lochlainn – Musician and composer
- Conor Mason – Singer and songwriter
- Mark Roper – Poet
- Sophie Gough – Sculptor
- Yvette Monahan – Photographer
- Enda Coyle-Greene – Poet and writer
- Sinéad Keogh – Performance installation artist
- Katie Donovan – Poet
- Emma Flynn – Writer
- Paddy Bushe – Poet
- Jill Quigley – Artist
- Rab Fulton – Author
- Sandra Bell – Sculptor
- Ruby Wallis – Artist
- Emily Peat – Illustrator and graphic designer
- Keith Payne – Poet
- Grace Wells – Writer and Poet
- Sarah Ellen Lundy – Artist
- John Ironside – Photographer
- Róisín White – Visual artist
- Olwyn Whelan – Illustrator
- Norah Brennan – Printmaker and Artist
- Pete Mullineaux – Poet, dramatist and songwriter
- Roisin Meaney – Novelist
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Catherine Leahy – Musician – (Magazines)
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Tom Crowe – Musician – (Magazines)
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Shayne English – Musician – (Magazines)
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Dan Doherty – Musician – (Magazines)
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Declan O’Rourke – Singer and songwriter
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Geraldine Mills – Writer
- Lucinda Jacob – Writer
- Juno Cheetal – Musician and Composer (Flowers At Night)
- Brian Dillon – Musician (Meltybrains?)
- Bernhardt McKenna – Musician (Meltybrains?)
- Donnacha O Malley – Musician (Meltybrains?)
- Micheál Quinn – Musician (Meltybrains?)
- Tadhg Byrne – Musician (Meltybrains?)
- Éna Brennan (aka Dowry) – Composer
- Cathal Ó Curráin – Ceoltóir
- Jennifer Moore – Musician and artist
- Mary Montague – Poet and writer
- Dubh Lee – Musician
- Manus Lunny – Musician
- Seán Ryan (aka Why-Axis) – Songwriter, rapper and producer
- George Brennan – Composer and musician
- Michael Gallen – Musician and composer
- Jacob Tiernan – Musician (Turnstiles)
- Cillian Ryan – Musician (Turnstiles)
- Michael Holly – Artist
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Zoë Conway – Musician and Composer
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Mary Sullivan – Artist
- Sibyl Montague – Artist
- Elaine Howley – Musician
- Damian McKee – Musician (Beoga)
- Seán Óg Graham – Musician (Beoga)
- Niamh Dunne – Musician (Beoga)
- Ronan Kealy (aka Junior Brother) – Singer
- Sarah Bracken – Artist
- Orla Whelan – Visual artist
- Pamela Connolly – Musician (Pillow Queens)
- Rachel Lyon – Musician (Pillow Queens)
- Cathy McGuinness – Musician (Pillow Queens)
- Sarah Corcoran – Musician (Pillow Queens)
- Aoife Blake – Musician and singer
- Bríd Murphy – Visual artist
- Liz Rackard – Artist
- Sinéad Bermingham – Musician
- Isaac Nelson – Musical Artist
- Aoife Greenham – Author and illustrator
- Paddy Kiernan – Musician and Photographer
- Karen J. McDonnell – Poet and writer
- Tony Whelan – Filmmaker
- Carol Hodder – Painter
- Cecilia Moore – Silversmith and sculptor
- Ciana Fitzgerald – Painter and video artist
- Clíona Ní Laoi – Artist
- Sarah Browne – Artist
- Cecilia Bullo – Visual Artist
- Clare Scott – Visual Artist and writer
- Cormac Boydell – Artist
- Gabhánach de Nógla (aka An Galar Dub) – Musician
- Chrissy Curtin – Illustrator
- Meadhbh McNutt – Writer
- Deirdre O’Mahony – Visual artist
- Emma O’Grady – Theatre maker
- Eileen O’Sullivan – Artist
- Adiba Jaigirdar – Writer
- Deirdre McKenna – Artist/Ealaíontóir
- Charles Hurts – Musician
- Harry Burton – Cartoonist, animator and storyboard artist
- Paul Gaffney – Visual artist
- Paul Mac Cormaic – Artist
- Mary Coll – Poet
- Sanaa El Habbash – Artist and graphic designer
- Olga Magliocco – Artist
- Stephen Bean – Photographer
- Chris Robinson – Visual Artist
- Jimi Cullen – Singer/Songwriter
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Mick Joyce – Musician (Mick Joyce and the Sonic Gypsies)
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Kevin Finnegan – Musician (Mick Joyce and the Sonic Gypsies)
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Lorde Fuhl – Musician (Mick Joyce and the Sonic Gypsies)
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Graham Tully – Musician (Mick Joyce and the Sonic Gypsies)
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Róisín Kelly – Writer
- Gavin Prior – Musician
- Niamh Bennett – Animator and illustrator
- Seán Keenan – Musician (Nixer)
- Gearóid Peggs – Musician (Nixer)
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Laura Mary McGarrigle (aka Gaze is Ghost) – Composer and singer-songwriter
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Kyle Thornton – Musician (Nerves)
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Adam Nealon – Musician (Nerves)
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Charlie McCarthy – Musician (Nerves)
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Maija Sofia – Singer, writer and recording artist
- DJ Daddy Heely Rave – Musician (Messyng)
- IBan – Musician (Messyng)
- Spider JJ – Musician (Messyng)
- Dee Walsh – Visual artist
- Jim McHugh – Musician and Songwriter
- Sara Ryan – Vocalist, songwriter, performer and artist
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Pat Nolan – Actor/director/writer
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Kim McCafferty – Performer
- Steven Doody – Artist
- Kathy D’Arcy – Poet
- Turlough Kelly – Filmmaker
- Janine Triskele – Tattoo Artist
- Áine O’Dwyer – Musician
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Insaf Yalçinkaya – Poet
- Mimmie Malaba – Poet
- Gerry O’Beirne – Singer, songwriter, producer and guitarist
- Emma McKeagney – Artist
- Treasa O’Brien – Artist, filmmaker and writer
- Arnold Thomas Fanning – Playwright and writer
- Grace Dyas – Artist
- Nicholas McLachlan – Poet and writer
- Susan Quirke – Musician
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If you are an Irish artist or an artist based in Ireland and would like to add your signature, please contact culturalboycott [at] ipsc.ie
Statement by PACBI
Occupied Ramallah, August 5th, 2010
The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) strongly welcomes the Irish artists’ ‘pledge’ to boycott Israeli cultural institutions until Israel complies with international law. This pledge not only represents a significant victory for the ethical responsibilities of international cultural figures; a key factor in the cultural boycott of Israel, but is a ground breaking strategy in supporting Palestinian struggle for freedom and justice.
In the last few years, many international cultural figures have come out in support of the cultural boycott of Israel. A statement authored by John Berger in support of the boycott gathered dozens of signatures, including some celebrities. [1] Montreal, Canada, witnessed a most impressive initiative in this respect, where 500 artists issued a statement this last February committing themselves to “fighting against [Israeli] apartheid” and calling upon “all artists and cultural producers across the country and around the world to adopt a similar position in this global struggle” for Palestinian rights. [2] Yet, the Irish artists have raised the bar of solidarity by pioneering the first nation-wide cultural stance in support of the boycott of Israel.
Inspired by the South African anti-apartheid cultural boycott, the Palestinian academic and cultural boycott call [3] has relied entirely on moral pressure, appealing to the conscience of the artists in question as well as their fans. The main rationale behind this call is that performing in a state that practices occupation, colonization and apartheid, as Israel does, cannot be regarded as a purely artistic act, if any such act exists. Regardless of intentions, such an act is a conscious form of complicity that is manipulated by Israel in its frantic efforts to whitewash its persistent violations of international law and Palestinian rights. This is because artistic performances in Israel promote a “business as usual” attitude that normalizes and sanitizes a state that has persistently committed war crimes over several decades — in Gaza, Jerusalem, the Naqab (Negev), and most recently, in the high seas against international humanitarian relief workers aboard the Freedom Flotilla.
An artist who performs in Israel today — just like any artist who violated the boycott and performed in Sun City, South Africa, during apartheid — can only be seen by Palestinians and people of conscience around the world as motivated by profit and personal gain far more than by moral principles. We realize that Israeli concert promoters offer large sums of money to lure international performers as part of the Foreign Ministry-run “Brand Israel”[4] campaign, designed explicitly to hide Israel’s criminal violations of human rights under a guise of artistic and scientific glamour and a deceptive image of cultural excellence and “liberalism.” But we hope artists will resist the temptation and assert the primacy of human rights and justice over financial reward. Within this context, the main impact of the boycott at this stage is to expose Israel as a pariah, to increase its isolation, thus raising the price of its injustices against the Palestinian people and challenging international complicity in perpetuating its occupation and apartheid.
The Palestinian academic and cultural boycott movement has not witnessed a sustained surge in cultural boycott of Israel such as has occurred in the last year and a half, since the Israeli war of aggression on Gaza. Today, major performing artists are cancelling concerts in Israel and world bestselling authors are endorsing BDS. [5] With this growth, the movement is showing more signs of its potential to transform international opinion in much the way that the divestment movement isolated the South African apartheid regime. In 1965, the American Committee on Africa, following the lead of prominent British arts associations, sponsored a historic declaration against South African apartheid, signed by more than 60 cultural personalities. It read: “We say no to apartheid. We take this pledge in solemn resolve to refuse any encouragement of, or indeed, any professional association with the present Republic of South Africa, this until the day when all its people shall equally enjoy the educational and cultural advantages of that rich and beautiful land.” [6] A year before that, in 1964, the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement promoted a declaration signed by 28 Irish playwrights that they would not permit their work to be performed before segregated audiences in South Africa. [7] Today, Irish and Canadian artists have opened up the way for achieving the same level of commitment from international artists in isolating apartheid Israel.
The great majority of Palestinian cultural figures stand solidly behind the call for a cultural boycott of Israel, [8] as do all the main cultural institutions and associations. Palestinian artists often express the commonly held view that world artists have a moral obligation to uphold universal principles of human rights and justice in order to help end this multi-tiered oppression against the Palestinians. Irish artists have today taken a historic step in enhancing the movement that would exert effective pressure on Israel and bring about freedom and just peace. For that, we salute these principled and ethically responsible Irish artists.
PACBI
Notes:
[1] http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=415
[2] http://www.tadamon.ca/post/5824
[3] http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=869
[4] http://www.israel21c.org/opinion/jewish-week-marketing-a-new-image [5] http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1291 [6] http://www.tcg.org/publications/at/MayJune08/positions.cfm [7] http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/boycotts/cultural.html [8] http://pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=315=======
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