Festival Team

Board of Directors

Emer Foley (chair), Fergus Cronin, Susan Proud, Maureen Kennelly, Anna O’Sullivan, Conor Langton, Thomas O’Toole, Michael O’Toole, Isabell Smyth, Orla Kelly, Gobnait Kearney, Sean McKeown.

Festival Team

CEO Damian Downes
Marketing Director Brendan Rice
Administrator Áine Dennehy
Programme Editor & Publicity Co-ordinator Maeve Butler
Programme Co-Ordinator Jacqui Dempsey
Production Manager Michael Burke
Technical Consultant Eamonn Fox
Marketing Assistant Fabien Tiratay
Public Relations Kate Bowe PR
Street Co-Ordinator Jane Russell
Volunteer Co-Ordinator Niamh Duff
Friends Co-Ordinator Hazel Williams, Enya Kennedy
Artist Liaison egina Fitzpatrick, Gwen O’Sullivan
Artist Liaison Consultant Jane Russell
Box Office Team Tracy Power (Manager), Lilian Burke, Nicola Younge, Davy Holland, Brian Butler
Graphic Design A&D
Web Design Pixel Design
IT Support Textrix
Web Maintenance Spot On
Festival Image Alé Mercado

Thanks to our amazing team of volunteers, especially all our regulars – we could not do this without you.

Thank you to all our sponsors and friends – your generosity makes this happen.
To our programmers and artists – your passion and commitment inspires us.
To everyone who gets involved – thank you.

Special thanks to Ide Deloughry, Karen Hanratty, Caroline Coode, Mary Butler, Niamh Finn, Ger Cody, Peggy Murray, Shay Gilbert, The Dean, Chapter & Staff of St Canice’s Cathedral, Roisin McQuillan, Sharon O’Gorman, Mary Heffernan, Anne Teehan, Frank Kavanagh, Ground Staff at Kilkenny Castle, Sally O’Halloran, Fr Louis Hughes, Willie Meighan, Fr Oliver Maher, Donie Butler, Philip Edmondson, The Civil Defence, Andy McEneff, Gabrielle Hickey, Sandra McGrath, Bek Patterson, Denis O’Reilly, IMC Cinema Group, Anthony Hogan, Johnny Holden, John Cleere, Eamon Walshe, John McNena, Margaret Coughlan, Noel Lane, Michael Lynch, Mick McAteer, Eddie Langton, Aine Comerford, Elaine Brennan, Maria Comerford, Esther Mullins, Alison McGrath, Alan Ragget, Lindsay Perry, Fr Richard Scriven, Fiona Flood, Mary Kearney, Donal Gibbons, Jon Hegarty, Oxfam Ireland, Louise Allen, Alva Pearson, Elaine Scott, The Gourmet Store, Fintan Blake Kelly, Geraldine Tierney, Anne O’Connor, Sunniva O’Flynn, Bob Quinn, Brian Tyrrell, Tony Walsh, Joe Crockett, Denis Carr, Sgt Gary Gordon, Isabelle Etienne, Rolf Stehle, Paul Ashe-Browne, John Purcell, Sarah Quinlan, Una McCarthy, Imelda Rey, Fergus Shiel, Jim Fogarty, Superintendent Walter O’Sullivan, Camphill Communities, Irish Baroque Orchestra, Ken Maguire, James Alderman, Una Molloy.