Irish Language | Music Graduation Ceremony: Irish Language Certificates Doireann Ní Ghlacáin Teastas Eorpach na Gaeilge 2022-23 students receive their diplomas, with trad music by Doireann Ní Ghlacáin
Talk Rencontre with Billy Glynn Chairman of the Board of Management when the Irish College was on the cusp of becoming the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Billy Glynn is in conversation tonight with Tom O’Connor, one of the Fondation Irlandaise' esteemed current members.
Literature Brendan Behan in Paris Readings, discussions, music Discover the lesser-known story of Brendan Behan in post-war Paris and how the city nurtured and influenced him as a writer. Join special guests for a varied and entertaining afternoon of readings, discussion and music.
Music | Festival Behan 100: Jack O’Rourke Chapel Sessions Captivating live performer Jack O’Rourke composed music to Brendan Behan poetry during his recent residency at the CCI. Inspired by traditional music and sean-nós, there are also nods to classical and contemporary influences.
Gaulin Club | Music | Festival Behan 100: Macdara Yeates Gaulín Traditional Singers’ Club Described by Irish Music Magazine as “a deep and powerful performer”, traditional folk singer Macdara Yeates leads our special Gaulín as part of Behan 100.
Film The Laughing Boy Behan 100 This documentary is a voyage of discovery interweaving Brendan Behan's well-known song with the tragic and bloody birth pangs of both modern Ireland and modern Greece.
Literature | Festival Behan 100: Brendan Behan in Paris A host of special guests celebrate the centenary of one of Ireland’s best-loved writers, with performance, song and lively discussion that reveal how post-war Paris influenced Brendan Behan’s writing.
Music Lash&Grey Festival Jazzycolors The duo from Bratislava charm us tonight with their warm, textured repertoire that nods to Norah Jones, Etta James and Billie Holiday.
Visual Arts Critical Beans Critical Beans is an annual get-together organised by PHOTOIRELAND and FOMU Antwerp where visitors enjoy strong coffee and urgent conversations around art criticism.
Visual Arts | Talk Women's Stories Sandra Johnston and Susan MacWilliam This evening explores personal memories, unofficial stories and embodied ways of existing in order to address the manner in which women’s experiences have, largely, been written out of ‘History’.
Exhibition | Visual Arts Kate Nolan LACUNA (2016-2022) This multi-faceted exhibition considers the physical and psychological impact of partition on young people of the Irish borderlands.
Exhibition | Visual Arts | Music Vernissage Kate Nolan Opening evening of our Paris Photo and PhotoSaintGermain listed exhibition that considers the impact of partition on young people of the Irish borderlands. Artists conversations, open-studios and Irish electro as well!
Music The Cope The music of this Dublin/Berlin electro duo resonates with the full spectrum of human emotion and is complemented by their bespoke visual creations.
Literature | Talk What’s a translator? All you ever wanted to know about the joys and challenges of being a (French) translator, in the company of writer and translator Marie Hermet.
Literature | Music Heaney in Translation Join us for a delightful evening of music and readings by actor Eleanor Methven of a selection of poems from the landmark volume ‘The Translations of Seamus Heaney’.