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Cathair na Gaillimhe Galway City Straitéis Chultúir agus Culture and Creati vity Chruthaitheachta 2018–2022 Strategy 2018–2022 creati ve.ireland.ie Ábhar Contents Feíle Idirnáisiúnta Réamhfhocal Ealaíon na Gaillimhe 1 Galway International Foreword Arts Festival (Andrew Downes) Cultúr agus Cruthaitheacht i gCathair na Gaillimhe 2 Culture and Creativity in Galway City Fís Éire Ildánach i gCathair na Gaillimhe 3 The Creative Ireland Vision for Galway City Luachanna Éire Ildánach i gCathair na Gaillimhe 4 The Creative Ireland Values in Galway City Na Tosaíochtaí Straitéiseacha maidir le Chathair na Gaillimhe 5 Strategic Priorities for Galway City Cur i bhfeidhm 6 Implementation creative ireland programme | galway city Réamhrá 1 Foreword is cathair bhríomhar ilghnéitheach í alway is a vibrant, diverse city. ngleic leis na dúshláin sin agus bainfear an leas is We wish to thank everyone who has contributed Gaillimh. Is cathair don fhoghlaim í, cathair don It is a city of learning, a city of youth, fearr as na deiseanna ach dul i gcomhairle leis an to the development of “Everybody Matters” and óige, cathair ina bhfuil oidhreacht luachmhar a city of rich cultural heritage and bpobal agus lena lán gníomhaireachtaí éagsúla. to “Creative Galway” from the cultural, social, cultúir ann agus ina bhfuil timpeallacht nádúrtha Gof stunning natural environment. Galway is a Is mian linn buíochas a ghlacadh le gach business, community and statutory sectors. a bhainfeadh an anáil díot. Is cathair ildánach í creative city where everybody matters. duine ó na hearnálacha cultúir, sóisialta, gnó, We look forward to their continued roll-out. Gaillimh ina bhfuil meas ar chách. Galway City Council aims to position pobail agus reachtúla a chuidigh chun “Meas We look forward to continue to work closely Tá sé mar aidhm ag Comhairle Cathrach Galway as a world-class city of innovation and ar Chách” agus “Gaillimh Chruthaitheach” with colleagues nationally in Creative Ireland. na Gaillimhe go mbeidh Gaillimh ina cathair creativity. We want to create a city that people a fhorbairt. Táimid ag súil go mór lena gcur den chéad scoth ó thaobh na nuálaíochta agus aspire to live in, to work in and to visit. We are i bhfeidhm go leanúnach. Táimid ag súil go na cruthaitheachta. Táimid ag iarraidh cathair actively working on a number of strategies that mór leanúint ag obair go dlúth lenár gcomh- a chruthú ina mbeidh daoine ag iarraidh cónaí will guide our vision for Galway over the next ghleacaithe ar fud na tíre in Éire Ildánach. ann, a bheith ag obair ann agus cuairt a thabhairt few years. ar an gcathair. Táimid ag obair faoi láthair ar Galway’s at the cultural heart of the roinnt straitéisí a oibreoidh mar threoir dár region, of the West and of Ireland as a whole. bhfís do Ghaillimh sna blianta beaga atá amach We look to Europe and beyond for inspiration romhainn. and to inspire. We see culture as pivotal to our Tá Gaillimh i gcroílár cultúir an réigiúin, future and to our development as a city and an Iarthair agus na hÉireann ar fad. Faighimid a region. Culture is also an intrinsic element inspioráid ón Eoraip agus ó thíortha i bhfad i of our economic, environmental and social gcéin agus tugaimidne inspioráid dóibhsean sustainability and the development of all four freisin. Dar linne, tá an cultúr ríthábhachtach elements in the city and in the region will dár dtodhchaí agus d’fhorbairt na cathrach agus inter-link and enhance our lives and the lives of an réigiúin. Is croíghné dár n-inbhuanaitheacht children and young people who wish to live and eacnamaíochta, chomhshaoil agus shóisialta é work in this region throughout their lives. an cultúr. Trí gach ceann de na ceithre ghné sa It is an exciting time for Galway. The chathair agus sa réigiún a fhorbairt, nascfar le city’s successful bid for European Capital of chéile agus feabhsófar ár saol agus saol na leanaí Culture 2020 builds on previous successes, agus na ndaoine óga ar mian leo a bheith ina such as the unesco City of Film designation, gcónaí agus ag obair sa réigiún ar feadh a saoil. the Urbanism Great Town award, the Purple Is tréimhse spreagúil do Ghaillimh atá Flag award, the fdi Micro-City of the Year ann. D’éirigh le tairiscint na Gaillimhe a bheith award, the European Green Leaf Award 2017, ainmnithe mar Phríomhchathair Chultúir na European Region of Gastronomy 2018. There hEorpa 2020 agus tagann an dea-scéala seo are major challenges and opportunities ahead sna sála ar nithe a baineadh amach roimhe sin for the city. These challenges will be addressed mar ainmniúchán Chathair Scannán unesco, and the opportunities maximised through gradam don Bhaile Mór Uirbeach, An Bhratach genuine public consultation and multi-agency Chorcra agus gradam fdi Mionchathair na collaborations. bliana, An Gradam Duilleog Ghlas na hEorpa 2017 agus Réigiún Gastranamaíochta na hEorpa 2018. Tá dúshláin agus deiseanna móra Bádóirí an Cladaigh romhainn maidir leis an gcathair. Rachfar i The Claddagh Boatmen 4 5 creative ireland programme | galway city Cultúr agus Cruthaitheacht i gCathair na Gaillimhe 2 Culture and Creativity in Galway City tá gaillimh suite in Iarthar na hÉireann, alway is located in the West of na Gaillimhe i Líonra Cathracha Cruthaitheacha Galway has a very strong annual music ar chladaí Chuan na Gaillimhe agus an tAigéan Ireland, on the shores of Galway Bay unesco. In 2018, bhí Gaillimh mar Réigiún programme with events from organisations such Atlantach os a comhair amach. Tá tírdhreach and within sight of the Atlantic Ocean. Gastranamaíochta na hEorpa agus ar an gcéad as Music for Galway, the Galway Early Music Festival, álainn Chonamara ar an taobh thiar den GThe city is surrounded by the phenomenal réigiún in Éirinn riamh ar bronnadh an onóir Cois Claddaigh, the Galway Baroque Singers and the chathair agus Loch Coirib ar an taobh ó thuaidh landscape of Connemara to the west and Lough sin air. much loved Contempo Quartet. In addition Galway di. Sníomhann Abhainn na Gaillimhe tríd Corrib to the north. It is bisected by the river Bíonn clár bliantúil an-láidir ceoil City & County has over eighty-three festivals in an gcathair, agus is ó ghrinneall chlochach Corrib, whose stony bed (Gaill Aimh) gave the agus imeachtaí i nGaillimh agus eagraíonn its annual festival programme. na habhann (Gaill Aimh) a d’easair ainm na city its name, and the city centre is interwoven eagraíochtaí mar Cheol do Ghaillimh, Féile Ceol Luath Galway is a growing multicultural city. The cathrach. Tá roinnt canálacha agus traoth with canals and mill races which have their na Gaillimhe, Cois Cladaigh, Amhránaithe Barócach population, which has grown from 47,000 in muilinn ar fud na cathrach agus a mbunús origins in the commercial heritage of earlier na Gaillimhe agus an Contempo Quartet imeachtaí 1986, currently stands at 79,504, with 18.6% of ann ó tosaíodh i mbun tráchtála sa chathair centuries. éagsúla a mbíonn an-tóir orthu i gcónaí. Sa the population non-Irish nationals. This growth na céadta bliain ó shin. Over a period of a thousand years bhreis air sin bíonn os cionn ochtó a trí fhéile not only reflects a national and international Le míle bliain anuas, lean Gaillimh ag dul in Galway continually adapted to its given i gclár féilte bliantúil Chathair & Chontae na trend of increased urbanisation but more oiriúint go leanúnach do nithe a bhí ag athrú de circumstances – economically, socially and Gaillimhe. specifically reflects the attractiveness of Galway shíor – ó thaobh cúrsaí eacnamaíochta, sóisialta culturally. Famously, a creative explosion in Is cathair ilchultúrtha í Gaillimh atá ag fás as a city in which to study, to work, to visit, and agus cultúrtha. Go finscéalach sna 1970 idí tharla the 1970’s has sustained, grown and developed agus ag forbairt. Tá fás leanúnach ag teacht ar an to live. pléasc tharla pléasc a chothaigh agus a chuir le into a series of internationally known arts and daonra ón 47,000 duine a bhí ina gcónaí anseo Galway is rich in cultural heritage both in fás agus le forbairt ar shraith eagraíochtaí agus cultural organisations and festivals – such as in 1986 go dtí an 79,504 duine atá ina gcónaí the built and natural environment. The City féilte cultúrtha agus ealaíon a bhfuil eolas orthu Galway International Arts Festival, Druid Theatre, ann faoi láthair, agus is náisiúnaigh neamh- has retained its medieval fabric and scale and go hidirnáisiúnta – mar shampla Féile Ealaíon Macnas, the Galway Film Fleadh, Cúirt International Éireannacha iad 18.6% den daonra. Ní hamháin presents a walkable city with a coherent core. Idirnáisiúnta na Gaillimhe, Amharclann an Druid, Festival of Literature, Baboró International Arts Festival go léiríonn an fás sin an treocht náisiúnta agus The county offers a huge variety of landscapes, Macnas, Fleadh Scannán na Gaillimhe, Cúirt – Féile for Children, Branar Children’s Theatre Company, idirnáisiúnta ó thaobh níos mó daoine a bheith monuments and biodiversity. Galway City Idirnáisiúnta Litríochta, Baboró – Féile Idirnáisiúnta Clifden Arts Festival and Cruinniú na mBád – all ag cur fúthu i gcathracha ach léirítear go sonrach Museum has one of the highest visitor numbers Ealaíon do Leanaí, Branar – Téatar do Pháistí, Féile of which have helped to make Galway an an fonn mór a bhíonn ar dhaoine fanacht i in the country for non-fee paying attractions Ealaíon an Chlocháin agus Cruinniú na mBád – agus internationally recognised cultural destination. gCathair na Gaillimhe, mar chathair le bheith ag outside the capital with over 220,000 visitors chuidigh na féilte sin go léir chun aitheantas a The Galway Races, Connacht Rugby and the staidéar ann, le bheith ag obair ann, le cuairt a annually. Galway’s Town Hall Theatre annually thabhairt do Ghaillimh ar fud an domhain mhóir Ballinasloe October Horse Fair are the three more thabhairt air agus le maireachtáil ann.
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  • Galway and Culture City Description

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    Pilot City 2015-2017 for Agenda 21 for culture United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) BACKGROUND DOCUMENT: GALWAY AND CULTURE CITY DESCRIPTION POPULATION AND TERRITORY The City of Galway is situated in the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay and it is surrounded by the County of Galway. It is the fourth most populous urban area in the Republic of Ireland and the sixth most populous city in the island of Ireland. Galway has had the title of fastest growing city in Europe.In the 2011 census, it consisted of 75,529 people (175,127 in Galway County). CULTURAL HERITAGE The name of the city comes from the - its fortunes have ebbed and flowed. For river Gaillimh (River Corrib) that formed nearly ten millennia Galway was primarily the western boundary of the earliest accessed through the super highway that settlement, which was called Dún Bhun is the Atlantic – a route that could carry na Gaillimhe (“Fort at the mouth of the people, goods and vessels anywhere in the Gaillimh”). The word Gaillimh means world – and through the Corrib and Shannon “stony” as in “stony river” (the mythical rivers, Lough Derg and the lakelands. The and alternative derivations are given in the city and county developed a unique cultural subsection ‘History). Historically, the name pattern of life, a response to the confluence was anglicised as Galliv, which is closer of place, that translated into a wide variety to the Irish pronunciation than its name in of archaeological monuments, vernacular Latin, Galvia.Galway is perched on the edge buildings, richly patterned and coloured of the Atlantic, surrounded by beauty – the textiles and costumes, traditional crafts and unique Karst limestone landscape of the vernacular buildings.