Two of Clare’s leading cultural lights are among five newly-announced Cultural Ambassadors for Ireland.
World-renowned fiddler from Feakle, Martin Hayes, and Lisdoonvarna-born architect Shelley McNamara, will now promote Ireland globally as part of the Government’s Global Ireland 2025.
It aims to double Ireland’s footprint globally, though a mix of actions in the cultural, diplomatic, business, education and tourism areas.
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Martin Hayes and Shelley McNamara will be joined Ms McNamara’s Grafton Architects colleague Yvonne Farrell, as well as award-winning actress Ruth Negga and Pulitzer Prize winning poet Paul Muldoon as Cultural Ambassadors.
