List of Bodies Approved for Education in the Arts in accordance with Part 2 of Schedule 26A, TCA 1997 (Section 848A, TCA 1997 "Donations to Approved Bodies" refers) Name Of Approved Body Effective From Abbey Centre Of Ballyshannon 13/10/1992 Abbey Theatre Amharclann Na Mainistreach 09/03/2006 Abbey Theatre (National Theatre) 30/08/1985 Abbeyfeale Folk Ltd 17/01/2000 Actors' Centre Company Ltd (Centre For The Performing Arts) 15/05/1987 Adventures In Music 14/01/2009 African Cultural Project Limited 30/10/1999 Alchemiser Limited 08/02/1993 Alternative Entertainments Community Arts Group 31/01/1989 An Chomhairle Leabharlanna* 21/06/1999 Apic Centre 16/03/1998 Aras Naisiunta 12/07/1996 Archbishop March's Library 06/03/1991 Architectural Association Of Ireland 07/07/1986 Arthouse Ltd 07/06/1995 Artists Association Of Ireland (Previously Association Of Artists In Ireland) 07/07/1986 Artists Association Of Ireland (Previously Association Of Artists In Ireland) 07/07/1986 Association Of Friends Of The Hunt Museum 11/07/1994 Association Of Irish Choirs 30/08/1985 Association Of Irish Composers 30/08/1985 Association Of Irish Musical Societies Ltd 21/09/1990 Backwater Artist Limited 01/07/1997 Baker Arts Centre Ltd (Garter Lane Arts Centre) 30/12/1987 Ballina Arts Events Ltd. 07/11/1998 Ballinglen Arts Foundation 19/05/1994 Bantry 1796 French Armada Trust 22/11/1991 Barabbas... The Company Limited 23/02/1998 Beesneez Theatre Company 17/01/2000 Belltable Arts Centre Company Ltd 30/12/1987 Birr Stage Guild Ltd 22/10/1998 Black Church Print Studio Limited 15/08/1989 Blackcastle Theatre Co. 12/07/1996
Page 1 of 8 Blue Raincoat Theatre Company Limited 01/07/1997 Buildings Of Ireland Charitable Trust 05/10/2005 Businness2arts Limited 29/07/2000 Cafe Limited 23/02/1998 Calipo Theatre Company 05/10/2005 Calypso Productions 04/11/1996 Camerata Music (ROI) Limited 02/06/2005 Carlow County Council* 24/09/1999 Castletown Foundation 30/08/1985 Cavan Town Arts And Cultural Centre Ltd 17/01/2000
Name Of Approved Body Effective From
Centre For The Performing Arts (Actors' Centre Company Ltd) 15/05/1987 Ceol Scoil Chiarrai Teoranta 18/11/1994 Chester Beatty Library And Gallery Of Oriental Art 25/10/1985 Christ Church Cathedral Choir 500 Foundation 10/11/1994 Civic Theatre Company Limited, Tallaght 20/04/1999 Clare County Council* 15/06/1999 Clifden Community Arts Week 28/05/1998 Coisceim Dance Theatre Limited 01/09/1995 College Of Dance 24/06/1992 Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann 25/10/1985 Contemporary Irish Art Society 07/07/1986 Contemporary Music Centre 19/02/1992 Corca Dorca Theatre Company Limited 20/03/2000 Cork Capital Of Culture Limited 11/06/2004 Cork Corporation* 08/11/1999 Cork International Choral Festival Limited 01/09/1995 Cork Opera House Ltd 18/09/2000 Cork Printmakers Ltd 12/05/1999 Cork Theatre Company Limited 25/10/1985 Cork Youth Orchestra Limited 24/01/2007 Cothu 27/06/1996 County Donegal School Of Music 07/03/1996 Crash Ensemble 13/08/2009
Page 2 of 8 Crawford Municipal Art Gallery 25/10/1985 Dance Theatre Of Ireland 07/03/1996 Dean Crowe Theatre Ltd 10/06/1999 Designyard Limited 02/09/1994 Donegal County Council* 28/06/1999 Douglas Hyde Gallery 30/08/1985 Down To Earth Theatre Company 20/10/1992 Droichead Arts Centre 30/06/1993 Druid Performing Arts Limited 07/07/1986 Dublin 15 Community Arts Festival 22/04/1998 Dublin City Ballet 30/08/1985 Dublin City University 04/04/2000 Dublin Corporation* 21/06/1999 Dublin Film Festival Limited 10/02/1993 Dublin Grand Opera Society 13/12/1985 Dublin Institute Of Technology (for architecture, art and design, music and musical 07/06/1995 composition, theatre arts) Dublin International Organ And Choral Festival 28/04/1994 Dublin International Piano Competition Co. Ltd 15/07/1987 Dublin Theatre Festival 30/08/1985 Dublin Youth Theatre Limited 01/05/1997 Dun Laoghaire - Rathdown County Council* 11/08/1999
Name Of Approved Body Effective From
Dun Laoghaire College Of Art & Design 12/07/1996 Earwig Community Arts Limited 19/07/2005 Ennis Arts Centre Ltd 30/04/1998 European Architects Student Assembly Ireland Limited 24/04/2008 Everyman Palace Limited 10/11/1988 Exiles Theatre Ltd 07/06/1995 Feilte Dhuibh Linne Teoranta 23/02/1998 Feis Ceoil Association 30/08/1985 Film Base (Centre For Film And Video) Ltd 15/04/1988 Fingal County Council* 28/06/1999 Fire Station Artists' Studio 26/06/1991
Page 3 of 8 Fishamble Theatre Company Ltd 22/10/1998 Focus Theatre Limited 29/05/2003 Folk Music Society Of Ireland 15/04/1988 Friends Of The Choral Arts 06/03/91 to 30/06/97 Friends Of The National Collections Of Ireland 28/11/1991 Friends Of The National College Of Art And Design 31/05/1993 Friends Of The National Gallery Of Ireland 28/09/1992 Friends Of The Vocal Arts In Ireland 15/04/1988 Galloglass Theatre Co. 07/06/1995 Galway Arts Centre 26/11/1998 Galway Arts Festival Ltd 23/06/1988 Galway Concert Orchestra 12/07/1996 Galway County Council* 15/07/1999 Galway Municipal Trust 26/07/1994 Galway School Of Traditional Music Ltd 07/11/1998 Garage Theatre 14/09/1994 Garter Lane Arts Centre (Baker Arts Centre Ltd) 30/12/1987 Gate Theatre 22/11/1989 Gerard Manley Hopkins Society 08/07/1999 Glasnevin Musical Society 15/08/1989 Gordon Lambert Modern Art Charitable Fund 07/06/1995 Graffiti (Theatre-In-Education Group Within The Cork Theatre Company) 25/10/1985 Graffiti Theatre Company Ltd 23/06/1988 Grapevine Arts Centre (Dublin) 30/08/1985 Greater Blanchardstown Arts Centre Develpoment Company Ltd 30/04/1998 Hawk's Well Theatre (Sligo) 30/08/1985 Hugh Lane Gallery 30/08/1985 Hugh Lane Gallery Trust 17/01/2000 Hunt Museum 11/07/1994 Inniskeen Enterprise Development Group Limited 30/10/1999 International Cartoon Festival 07/03/1996 Into Art 20/04/1999 Iomha Ildanach Theatre Company 29/07/1992 Irish Children's Museum Limited 30/10/1999
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Irish Film Centre 06/03/1991 Irish Film Institute 02/09/1986 Irish Georgian Foundation 02/09/1986 Irish International Folk Company Ltd 16/04/1987 Irish Museum Of Modern Art Company 23/05/2000 Irish National Ballet Trust Fund 20/07/1984 Irish Theatre Trust 25/06/2004 Irish Traditional Music Archive 20/09/1989 Irish Visual Arts Foundation Limited 31/01/1989 Irish Writers' Centre 22/11/1991 Irish Youth Orchestra 30/08/1985 Irma Trust Ltd 07/11/1998 Island Theatre Co. 12/07/1996 James Joyce Cultural Centre Limited 23/05/2000 John F Kennedy Trust 18/09/2000 Junior Dublin Film Festival Limited 26/09/1991 Kenmare Carnegie Arts Centre Ltd 30/06/1998 Kerry Cultural & Literary Centre 07/03/1996 Kildare County Council* 13/07/1999 Kilkenny Art Gallery Society Ltd 20/04/1999 Kilkenny Arts Week 11/12/1986 Kilkenny County Council* 23/09/1999 Kilkenny School Of Music Trust 30/08/1985 Laois County Council* 25/06/1999 Lartigue Monorail Restoration Limited 20/04/2005 Leinster Printmaking Studio Ltd 22/10/1998 Leitrim County Council* 15/06/1999 Letterkenny Theatre Management Company Limited 11/02/2003 Limerick College Of Art, Commerce And Technology 07/07/1986 Limerick County Council* 23/11/1999 Limerick Exhibition Of Visual Art 23/05/1994 Louth County Council* 13/07/1999 Mayo County Council* 27/07/1999 Meath County Council* 13/07/1999
Page 5 of 8 Mermaid County Wicklow Arts Centre Limited 11/02/2003 Mifi Limited (Musical Instrument Fund Of Ireland Ltd) 05/06/1997 Moat Club, Naas, Co Kildare 18/09/1998 Monaghan County Council* 23/06/1999 Moving Theatre 10/02/1987 Mullingar Integrated Arts Centre Limited 30/10/1999 Music Association Of Ireland 30/08/1985 Music Festival In Great Houses 30/08/1985 Music For Galway 27/05/1988 Na Piobairi Uilleann 30/08/1985 National Association For Youth Drama 07/03/1996
Name Of Approved Body Effective From
National Ballet Of Ireland Limited 23/05/2000 National Chamber Choir Limited 01/07/1997 National College Of Art And Design 20/07/1984 National Concert Hall 09/02/1987 National Concert Hall Organ Trust Fund 15/08/1989 National Gallery Of Ireland 01/11/1989 National Library Of Ireland Trust 23/02/1998 National Museum Of Ireland 21/10/2009 National Sculpture Factory Ltd 31/05/1993 National Theatre (Abbey Theatre) 30/08/1985 National University Of Ireland, Galway 10/06/1999 New Irish Chamber Orchestra 30/08/1985 North-West Theatre Project 12/07/1996 Offaly County Council* 13/07/1999 Opera Theatre Company Limited 27/01/1993 Orchestra Of St Cecilia Ltd 17/11/2000 Passion Machine Limited 19/09/1988 Patrons Of Limerick University Concert Hall 20/08/1993 Poetry Ireland Limited 23/02/1998 Project Arts Centre 30/08/1985 Punchbag Productions Limited 01/09/1995 Rathmines & Rathgar Musical Society 16/04/1987
Page 6 of 8 Rosc 30/08/1985 Roscommom County Council* 15/06/1999 Rough Magic Limited 19/08/1988 Royal Academy Of Music 21/02/1985 Royal Hibernian Academy Gallery Trust 20/02/1987 Royal Hibernian Academy Of Arts 07/07/1986 Samhlaiocht Chiarrai Teo 12/05/1999 School Of Architecture, UCD 31/01/1989 School Of Art And Design (within The College Of Marketing And Design) 19/08/1988 Screen Directors Guild Of Ireland 03/07/2009 Script Craft Limited 01/05/1997 Sculptors Society Of Ireland Ltd 08/11/1989 Sculpture In Woodland Ireland Ltd 10/06/1999 Sense Of Mid-Summer Arts Festival Ltd 13/03/2001 Siamsa Tire Teo 30/08/1985 Signal Arts Centre Limited 02/03/2010 Sligo Art Gallery 26/06/1991 Sligo Community Arts Group 26/09/1991 Society Of Irish Playwrights 30/08/1985 South Dublin County Council* 15/06/1999 South Tipperary Arts Centre 12/07/1996 St. Patricks Band, Galway 07/03/1996 Storytellers Limited 30/10/1999 Name Of Approved Body Effective From
Strategic Arts Management Company Limited 20/03/2000 Studio Theatre Limited (Theatre Unlimited) 18/08/1987 Tallaght Community Arts Centre Limited 01/07/1997 Teach Na Heigse Teoranta 20/04/1999 Team Theatre Co 30/08/1985 Temple Bar Gallery And Studios Ltd 23/06/1988 The Ark 01/05/1997 The Ark Children's Cultural Trust 22/10/1998 The Arts Council 01/05/1997 The Connemara Theatre Company Ltd 22/04/1998 The De Valois Centre For Dance And Performing Arts Ltd 22/10/1998
Page 7 of 8 The Heritage Council 01/05/1997 The Irish Architectural Archive 01/07/1997 The Model Arts Centre Limited 01/07/1997 The Music Network Limited 01/09/1995 The Performance Corporation 05/06/2007 Theatre Unlimited (Studio Theatre Limited) 18/08/1987 Tipperary Excel Heritage Co. 07/03/1996 Trinity College Dublin 30/08/1985 Triskel Arts Centre, Tobins St., Cork 09/12/1985 Tyrone Guthrie Centre 06/08/1986 University College Dublin 20/10/1992 Waterford City Council* 25/06/1999 Waterford Festival Of Light Opera Ltd 21/09/1990 Waterford Spraoi Limited 28/05/1998 Waterford Youth Arts Limited 14/06/2002 West Cork Arts Centre Ltd 31/05/1993 West Cork Music Limited 23/02/1998 Westmeath County Council* 23/06/1999 Wet Paint Arts Group Ltd (Previously Wet Paint Theatre Co. Ltd) 02/09/1986 Wexford County Council* 21/06/1999 Wexford Festival Trust 30/08/1985 Writer's Week (Listowel) 30/08/1985 Yew Theatre Productions Limited 01/07/1997 Young Irish Film Makers 23/08/1993 * The approval is given on the understanding that any donations raised by the approved body under Section 484, Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 is used solely for the promotion of the public library service defined by section 33, Local Government Act 1994.
Revised March 2010
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