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<p><b>Aosdána</b> ( , ; from <i>aos dána</i>, 'people of the arts') is an Irish association or academy of artists, each of whom must have produced a distinguished body of work of genuine originality. It was created in 1981 by the country's <a href="page.php?w=Arts_Council_%28Ireland%29">Arts Council</a> on the initiative of a group of writers with support from the <a href="page.php?w=Taoiseach">Taoiseach</a>. Membership, which is by invitation from current members, is limited to 250 individuals; before 2005, it was limited to 200. Its steering</p><p>
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