Abbey Theater
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The Abbey Theater was already collapsing with debt when the government appointed Fiach Mac Conghail to be its next director early last year. Mr. Mac Conghail revamped the Abbey's antiquated legal structure, persuaded the Irish government to clear its 4-million-euro ($4.9 million) deficit, and won the largest grant ever awarded by the government's Arts Council, for 25.7 million euros ($31.3 million) over three years. The Abbey, founded by William Butler Yeats, provided a space for those movements' political and cultural expressions.