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2022 Dolores O’Riordan Music Bursary Award open for applications

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Dolores O Riordan Music Bursary Award – Pictured above is Limerick singer Emma Langford, who received the first Dolores O Riordan Music Bursary Award in 2019.

The opportunity to receive a bursary of up to €4000 is available for Limerick musicians

Dolores O’Riordan, singer, songwriter, and lead vocalist with The Cranberries, was one of Ireland’s most enduringly popular artists. The Dolores O Riordan Music Bursary is an award to honour her memory and to support a Limerick professional musician to develop their career.

Limerick City and County Council invite applications from professional musicians to be considered for a Bursary of up to €4,000 for the development of work/professional skills. Artists based in Limerick City and County Council’s administrative area, or operating substantially within Limerick City and County can apply for the music Bursary. 


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This scheme is in line with the Limerick Cultural Strategy Aim and Objective 1: 

– To grow Limerick’s cultural capacity by retaining and attracting creative practitioners to live and work in Limerick.

– Support and develop the creativity of individual artists in Limerick through recognising the need to support the making and development of creative work as well as its presentation and exhibition.

– Encourage the highest standards of creativity and excellence in all aspects of cultural activities.

The Dolores O Riordan Music Bursary Award scheme is to support professional musicians to develop their artistic practice. It is designed to support the development of Limerick-based professional musicians through any means that will demonstratively contribute to an artist’s development such as:

– Costs relating to the production of a specific body of new artistic work (Development of new work for performance, presentation, or recording).

– Costs relating to improving your knowledge (Research or short-term courses in Ireland or a structured mentoring relationship).

– Costs relating to improving your professional capacity (Such as website development, or documentation).

– Other (Any purpose that contributes to the removal of existing barriers to an artist’s development). 

The closing date for applications is 4pm on Wednesday, August 17. 

Apply for the Dolores O Riordan Music Bursary Award HERE

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