Exhibitions & Events

Directed by Irish language activist Deaglán O Mocháin, this unusual film argues for a nuanced perspective on Ulster Scots, considered by some to be merely a dialect.

This the moment to sign up for the Certificate in Irish language delivered by Maynooth University.

This is the story of how the uniquely Irish uilleann pipes were brought back from the brink of extinction in the 1960s to now being played by up to six thousand musicians worldwide.

Composer-in-residence Siobhán Cleary presents ‘Book Smugglers’, a documentary on linguistic resistance, for which she composed the original music.

An evening with music to celebrate the graduation of Teastas Eorpach na Gaeilge students.

Virtuoso singer and accordionist Breanndán O Beaglaoich will lead this evening’s Gaulín singers’ club with songs from the Dingle peninsula.

An opportunity to find out more about the Irish language and try out a few words.

A chance to try out a few words of Irish

For our 15th anniversary, two special days of visits, demonstrations, storytelling and the chance to visit the chapel, Médiathèque and current exhibitions with a crêpe car in the courtyard too!

Mná a’ ti Lasairfhíona is a singer-songwriter deeply rooted in the sean-nós singing style of her home on Inisheere, and equally, her innovative approach to Irish music and her new slant on traditional singing makes her endeavors more appealing.

Veritable path-breakers, these three poets continue to find new ways to tell truths of femininity, language, sexuality and culture.

An evening with music to celebrate the graduation of Teastas Eorpach na Gaeilge students.

A chance to try out a few words of Irish and even sign up for a year-long certificate course.

True cross-cultural collaboration: an Irish-Egyptian sean nós singer, an Italian pianist and a Greek master of the lyra.

An evening for the graduates of the 2014/2015 Irish language course

Sean-nós singer Lillis O Laoire will lead this evening with songs from Tory Island and from as far afield as Scotland