Promoting arts in the Gaeltacht

“One of the things I love about this job is that it’s not just professional artists that we’re working with, but entire communities.”

Rachel Holstead’s role as facilitator for Munster at Gaeltacht arts body Ealaín na Gaeltachta, covers a geographic stretch from West Kerry, through Múscraí and Cape Clear in Co Cork to An Rinn in Co Waterford.

Its demographic range extends from pre-school children to senior citizens, but that diversity is both the job’s challenge and its reward, she says.