{"id":1087,"date":"2025-11-17T08:30:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T08:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/tourism\/?page_id=1087"},"modified":"2026-01-08T16:20:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:20:37","slug":"monaghan-county-council-tourism-failte-ireland-events-funding-schemes-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/tourism\/monaghan-county-council-tourism-failte-ireland-events-funding-schemes-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Monaghan County Council  Tourism  &#038;  F\u00e1ilte Ireland Events Funding Schemes  2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/tourism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/02\/MCC_Crest_withText.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-353 size-thumbnail aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/tourism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/02\/MCC_Crest_withText-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/tourism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/02\/MCC_Crest_withText-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/tourism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/02\/MCC_Crest_withText-330x330.jpg 330w, https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/tourism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/02\/MCC_Crest_withText-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/tourism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/03\/Monaghan_tourism_logo.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-890\" src=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/tourism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/03\/Monaghan_tourism_logo-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"Monaghan Tourism Logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/tourism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/03\/Monaghan_tourism_logo-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/tourism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/03\/Monaghan_tourism_logo.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Monaghan County Council Tourism Unit is pleased to announce two strands of funding to support festivals and events which will attract visitors to Co. Monaghan in 2026. The festival grants will be administered under two schemes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scheme 1<\/strong>: Delivery of small tourism focused festivals and events under the <em>Monaghan County Council Tourism Festival Funding Programme 2026<\/em>. The key objective of this fund is to provide support to local event organisers for festivals\/events which will drive visitors to county Monaghan. This scheme provides fund amounts of a maximum of \u20ac2,000 per event and it is envisaged a minimum of five events or festivals will receive support from this fund.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Applications are now closed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>T\u00e1 \u00e1thas ar Aonad Turas\u00f3ireachta Chomhairle Contae Mhuineach\u00e1in dh\u00e1 shn\u00e1ithe maoinithe a fh\u00f3gairt chun tac\u00fa le f\u00e9ilte agus imeachta\u00ed a mheallfaidh cuairteoir\u00ed chuig Co. Mhuineach\u00e1in in 2026. D\u00e9anfar na deontais fh\u00e9ile a riar faoi dh\u00e1 sc\u00e9im.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sc\u00e9im 1<\/strong>: Seachadadh f\u00e9ilte beaga a bheidh d\u00edrithe ar an turas\u00f3ireacht agus imeachta\u00ed faoi <em>Chl\u00e1r Maoinithe F\u00e9ilte Turas\u00f3ireachta 2026 de chuid Chomhairle Contae Mhuineach\u00e1in.<\/em> Is \u00e9 pr\u00edomhchusp\u00f3ir an chiste seo taca\u00edocht a chur ar f\u00e1il d\u2019eagraithe imeachta\u00ed \u00e1iti\u00fala le haghaidh f\u00e9ilte\/imeachta\u00ed a mheallfaidh cuairteoir\u00ed chuig chontae Mhuineach\u00e1in. Cuireann an sc\u00e9im seo suimeanna ciste ar f\u00e1il ar fi\u00fa \u20ac2,000 in aghaidh an imeachta ar a mh\u00e9ad iad. T\u00e1 s\u00e9 beartaithe go bhfaighidh c\u00faig imeacht n\u00f3 f\u00e9ile taca\u00edocht \u00f3n gciste seo ar a laghad.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/tourism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/09\/Failte-Ireland-Logo.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-294 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/tourism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/09\/Failte-Ireland-Logo.png\" alt=\"Failte Ireland Logo\" width=\"275\" height=\"103\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scheme 2<\/strong>: Delivery of larger scale regional focused festivals and events under the <em>F\u00e1ilte Ireland Regional Festivals &amp; Participative Events Funding Scheme<\/em>. This scheme aims to support festivals and participative events that will drive domestic tourism and help to improve the visitor experience by attracting and developing domestic and international visitors to the area, to increase bed-nights and benefit the local economy, and to raise awareness of the region internationally. Monaghan County Council\u00a0will receive an allocation\u00a0from F\u00e1ilte Ireland to support festivals and participative events that best drive the economic contribution of tourism in Co Monaghan.\u00a0The funding will be distributed to a select number of events\/festivals that demonstrate strong visitor appeal and economic impact.<\/p>\n<p><b>Applications are now closed.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sc\u00e9im 2<\/strong>: Seachadadh f\u00e9ilte agus imeachta\u00ed at\u00e1 ar sc\u00e1la n\u00edos m\u00f3 agus at\u00e1 d\u00edrithe ar an r\u00e9igi\u00fan faoi <em>Sc\u00e9im Mhaoinithe na bhF\u00e9ilte agus na nImeachta\u00ed Rannph\u00e1irt\u00edochta R\u00e9igi\u00fanacha de chuid Fh\u00e1ilte \u00c9ireann.<\/em> An aidhm at\u00e1 leis an sc\u00e9im n\u00e1 tac\u00fa le f\u00e9ilte agus imeachta\u00ed rannph\u00e1irt\u00edochta a chuirfidh dl\u00fas le turas\u00f3ireacht inmhe\u00e1nach agus a chabhr\u00f3idh chun an t-eisp\u00e9ireas cuairteoir\u00ed a fheabhs\u00fa tr\u00ed chuairteoir\u00ed inmhe\u00e1nacha agus idirn\u00e1isi\u00fanta a mhealladh chuig an gceantar agus iad a fhorbairt chun l\u00edon na n-iostas o\u00edche a mh\u00e9ad\u00fa agus chun feasacht ar an gceantar a ard\u00fa go hidirn\u00e1isi\u00fanta.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PLEASE NOTE THAT SCHEME 2 is funded by Failte Ireland. Therefore applicants CAN apply for other Monaghan County Council (non-tourism) funding streams.<\/p>\n<p>Deadline for both funding streams is <strong>17:00 hrs on 19<sup>th<\/sup> December 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For further information please contact Monaghan Tourism via email at <a href=\"mailto:tourism@monaghancoco.ie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tourism@monaghancoco.ie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TABHAIR FAOI DEARA go maoin\u00edonn F\u00e1ilte \u00c9ireann SC\u00c9IM 2. Mar sin, IS F\u00c9IDIR le hiarrth\u00f3ir\u00ed iarratais a dh\u00e9anamh ar shruthanna maoinithe eile de chuid Chomhairle Contae Mhuineach\u00e1in (nach sc\u00e9imeanna maoinithe turas\u00f3ireachta iad).<\/p>\n<p>Is \u00e9 <strong>17:00<\/strong> <strong>an 19 Nollaig 2025<\/strong> spriocdh\u00e1ta an d\u00e1 shruth mhaoinithe<\/p>\n<p>Le tuilleadh faisn\u00e9ise a fh\u00e1il, t\u00e9igh i dteagmh\u00e1il le Turas\u00f3ireacht Mhuineach\u00e1in tr\u00ed r\u00edomhphost a sheoladh chuig <a href=\"mailto:tourism@monaghancoco.ie\">tourism@monaghancoco.ie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monaghan County Council Tourism Unit is pleased to announce two strands of funding to support festivals and events which will attract visitors to Co. Monaghan in 2026. 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