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The home of Irish Arts & Culture in London since 1995 - featuring Ireland’s best live music, film, literature, theatre & art events.
🎶 BÉAL BÁN Live at The Irish Cultural Centre Fri 21 Nov 2025. A superb night of traditional Irish music with a powerhouse line-up of four of London & Ireland’s finest trad musicians: Rita Farrell, James Patrick Gavin, Collette O'Leary, Tad Sargent irishculturalcentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
November 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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"The sea rose angrily.
It knew that freedom here was short."

Declan O'Connor reads John Robert Lee's "Skeete's Bay, Barbados" in the final film in this year's collaboration with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
Declan O'Connor reads "Skeete's Bay, Barbados" by John Robert Lee
One always missed the turning, but found, in time
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November 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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"We are alone
because the dead are alone."

James Byrne performs Michael Hartnett's poem "For Edward Hartnett" in a film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
October 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main."

Obioma Ugoala performs John Donne's "No man is an island" from Meditation XVII in a film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
October 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The Irish Cultural Centre Hammersmith celebrates the 80th birthday of Ralph McTell - Sun 30 Nov 2025.

Timothy O’Grady | Camille O’Sullivan, Daoirí Farrell, Michael McGoldrick, Damien O’Kane, Ed Boyd, Dezi Donnelly & Dermot Byrne.

🎟Limited tickets irishculturalcentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
October 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We are thrilled to announce this special concert at The Irish Cultural Centre Hammersmith with Lorraine Nash for St Brigid's Day 2026, with Liam ó Maonlaí.

🗓 Friday 30 January 2026 - doors from 7.30pm
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October 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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"That night, the young doctor
with the black moustache
too close to me at 2 a.m.,
his breath in my ear, whispering –
Something has to be done about the Irish."

Martina Evans performs her poem "Clinical Indications" in our latest poem film with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
October 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
🎶Join us for Remembering Séamus Begley & Arty McGlynn – a weekend celebrating two of Ireland’s finest musicians at @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social, Hammersmith. Music, memory & community, Fri 14 & Sat 15 Nov 2025. Tickets 🎟️ irishculturalcentre.co.uk/whats-on/ #SeamusBegley #ArtyMcGlynn #IrishCulture
October 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Delighted to share that Glasgow trad band TRIP will be performing at The Irish Cultural Centre on Tue 04 November 2025 at 7.30pm.

➡️ Book tickets here: irishculturalcentre.co.uk/event/trip/
TRIP - Irish Cultural Centre
Here at the Irish Cultural Centre, we invite you to check out TRIP. Book your tickets today!
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October 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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"It is October, I have returned the jellyfish to the sea.

You’ve been given another chance said the doctor (strange term for anyone
on the brink of divorce)."

James Byrne performs his poem "The Overmind" in a new film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
James Byrne reads "The Overmind"
I was wearing a jellyfish over my head. I could barely see at all—
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Irish Trad meets American bluegrass. 💚💙

Damien O’Kane & Ron Block Band: BANJOVIAL TOUR 2025
📍 Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith
🗓️ Sat 18 Oct | 🎟️ £20/£18 → irishculturalcentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
One night of pure banjo magic. Don’t miss it! 🎶🔥
#Banjo #IrishMusic #Bluegrass #LiveMusic
October 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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"Every old man I see
In October-coloured weather
Seems to say to me
'I was once your father.'"

Declan O'Connor performs Patrick Kavanagh's "Memory of My Father" in our latest film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
October 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
✨Legendary musician John Spillane is coming to The Irish Cultural Centre!

Poet, songwriter & storyteller – his music is steeped in Irish tradition, shimmering with wit, magic & heart

🗓️Sat 11 Oct 2025, 8pm
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🎶Don’t miss one of Ireland’s finest live!
October 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Join The Irish Cultural Centre for the London premiere of Ocean Child, composed by Neil Martin & narrated by Oscar-nominated, BAFTA-winning Stephen Rea. Performed by the acclaimed West Ocean String Quartet + Louise & Michelle Mulcahy. 8–9 Nov 2025 irishculturalcentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
October 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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"I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother."

Obioma Ugoala performs Langston Hughes' poem "I, Too" in the second film in our new series with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
September 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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"Swans lightly pass
Oh the aching nature of September evenings
The colours of the daytime blend"

Peter Doolan performs his poem "Scrambling the Number Stations" in a new film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
Peter Doolan reads "Scrambling the Number Stations"
I like to look at the birds
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org
September 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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September 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
🎭 Magpie opens TONIGHT!

Two brothers. Divided by hate. Reunited by fate.
Set in Kilmainham Gaol, 1923, this gripping new play explores fractured loyalties, war, and the human cost of a divided Ireland.

🗓Oct 1–2, 7.30pm
📍Irish Cultural Centre
🎟£15/£13
irishculturalcentre.co.uk/event/magpie/
MAGPIE - Irish Cultural Centre
Here at the Irish Cultural Centre, we invite you to check out MAGPIE. Book your tickets today!
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October 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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*Event alert*

'Not Beckett, The Plays' launches this Friday with live readings + discussion.

📆Fri 12 Sept 2025
🕢7.30pm
🎟️£10
📍The Irish Cultural Centre @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social

Book your place today:
https://t.co/TZpyn4fuEB
Not Beckett UK Book Launch - Irish Cultural Centre
Here at the Irish Cultural Centre, we invite you to check out Not Beckett UK Book Launch. Book your tickets today!
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September 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
📢 Didn’t catch our newsletter? Don’t miss this week's highlights from The Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith London👇

🎭 Fri – Exciting 'Not Beckett' launch
🎬 Sat – UK film preview - Gerry Adams: A Ballymurphy Man + Lisa Lambe
🎶 Sun – MNÁ live music

🎟️ Tickets: mailchi.mp/irishcultura...
September 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Too many stories in Ireland have gone unheard. Many a lot like this one. Acclaimed Poet Damian Gorman and Master Uilleann Piper Leonard Barry give it voice through poetry and music – a stunning performance of courage, resilience & hope. 🗓️ Fri 19 Sep 2025 irishculturalcentre.co.uk/event/b-o-y-...
B O Y - an unforgettable life in words and music: Followed by a Q&A - Irish Cultural Centre
Here at the Irish Cultural Centre, we invite you to check out B O Y - an unforgettable life in words and music: Followed by a Q&A. Book your tickets today!
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September 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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"Airless, humid dark. Leaf-noise.
The stirrings of a garden before rain.
A hint of storm behind the risen moon."

Martina Evans reads Eavan Boland's poem "An Irish Childhood in England: 1951" in the first in our new series of poem films with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
September 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
We are honoured to present the London premiere of Ocean Child, composed by Neil Martin & narrated by Oscar-nominated, BAFTA-winning Stephen Rea. Performed by the acclaimed West Ocean String Quartet with Louise & Michelle Mulcahy. 8–9 Nov 2025 irishculturalcentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
September 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🍂 This week at the Irish Cultural Centre: Eddi Reader & The Alan Kelly Gang SOLD OUT & tickets for Lisa Lambe, MNÁ, Ultan Conlon, Gerry Adams & Dr Strangely Strange are moving fast.

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#IrishMusic #LondonEvents #WhatsOn
September 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Delighted to support "Who is us?" - a new exhibition exploring the future of humanity by Paul Doran and pupils of Paul's old school, St Josephs Belfast, hosted by our friends @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social
🗓️9 September - 9 October 2025
FREE to view: irishculturalcentre.co.uk/event/who-is...
Who is us? By Paul Doran and St Josephs Belfast - Irish Cultural Centre
Here at the Irish Cultural Centre, we invite you to check out Who is us? By Paul Doran and St Josephs Belfast. Book your tickets today!
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September 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM