Our Supporters
Our community of support sits at the core of the IBO, and helps to make our work possible.
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The IBO is proudly funded by Arts Council Ireland / An Chomhairle Ealaíon.
IBO Supporters
Catherine Griffin, Edel Creely, Eileen Lee, Marianne Gorman, Mary Moran-Long, Patricia Mulvihill Woods, Richard Cox, Ruth Kinsella
IBO Friends
Adrienne McCann, Alan & Frances Tuffery, Anna Drury, Catherine Bunyan, Chris Southgate, Clodagh Bowen, David and Dorothy Byers, Davina Saint, Deirdre O'Donovan, Donald Taylor Black & Consolata Boyle, Eileen Raggett, Felicity Maxwell, Frances Coleman, Geoffrey Keating, Helen McGovern, Hugh Hartnett, John Healy, John Quinn, Judith Gannon, June Ryan, Kristina Odlum, Linda Scales, Marie Betts, Marjo Moonen, Martin Larkin, Mary Flynn, Mary O'Kennedy, Patricia Egan & Dave King, Patricia Keating, Robert Mourik, Rosie Head, Séamus Moran, Simon Boyle, Siobhan O'Beirne, Stephen Cahill, Tom Gallagher, Yvonne Grayson, and other Friends who wish to remain anonymous.
IBO Foundational Friends
Aibhlín McCrann & Peter Finnegan, Anne Fogarty, Brendan Cullen, Cathy & John Brown, Ciaran Diamond, Dermot and Susan Scott, Gary Keating, Helen Butler, Joan & John Martin, Joseph Hamill, Karen Banks, Kenneth Langan, Mary Murphy, Maureen O'Sullivan, Maurice Foley, Meidhbhín Ní Úrdail & Jürgen Uhlich, Oonah McCrann & Noel McMahon, Peadar O'Mórdha, Peter Roycroft, Raymond & Patricia Turner, Robert Anderson, Scott Hayes, Sue Phillips, Tim Fiennes, Valerie Keegan, and other supporters who wish to remain anonymous.
IBO Patrons
Aurelie Fabre, Frances McDonagh, Geraldine O’Sullivan, Jiri Kytka, John & Michele Keogan, Tony Baines
IBO Gold Circle
Eric and Jean Finch, Lyndon MacCann & Claire Callanan
IBO Directors Circle
Daphne Burnett, Isabella de Sabata, Jennifer Caldwell, Paddy Morton, Rhoda Draper & Martin Dilly
Learning Benefactors
The Apprentice Programme in 2025 is generously supported by Mike Beary & Gary Gates.
Rachel Baptist Champions
We are hugely grateful to our Rachel Baptist Champions for helping us to bring the Rachel Baptist story and music to life in 2024:
Rhoda Draper, Carol Reynolds, Simon Boyle, Val Keegan, Paddy Morton, Siobhan O'Beirne, Geoffrey Keating, Peter Roycroft, Garret Cahill, Jürgen Uhlich, Elizabeth Hilliard, Annick Smith, Tony Baines, Isobel Bailey, Garret Dalton, Sean Tester, Kathy Brown, Garry Hynes, Kenneth Langan​ and several donors who wish to remain anonymous.
Trusts and Foundations
The Benefact Group - Movement for Good Awards
CESCA Grassroots Fund
Backstage Trust
Aviva Stadium Community Fund
The Tomar Trust
The DWF Foundation
Katharine Howard Foundation
The Ireland Funds
IMRO
Core Partners
The Office of Public Works
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Supporting the Arts
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Project Partners
Italian Institute of Culture, Dublin
Corporate Partners
Capital Credit Union
ORIX Aviation
Smithwick's Solicitors
Global Dream Travel
Communique International
