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 Page 4 of 8 Name Of Approved Body Effective From 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.