The Irish Cultural Centre

🎶 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/...

Declan O'Connor reads "Skeete's Bay, Barbados" by John Robert Lee One always missed the turning, but found, in time

"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.

"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.

"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.

The Irish Cultural Centre Hammersmith London celebrates the 80th birthday of English folk singer 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

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.

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Special concert at The Irish Cultural Centre Hammersmith with Irish musician Lorraine Nash for St Brigid's Day 2026 featuring Liam ó Maonlaí. 🗓 Friday 30 January 2026 - doors from 7.30pm

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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"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.

🎶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

TRIP - Irish Cultural Centre Here at the Irish Cultural Centre, we invite you to check out TRIP. Book your tickets today!

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/

James Byrne reads "The Overmind" I was wearing a jellyfish over my head. I could barely see at all—

"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.

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

"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.

✨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!

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/...

"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.

Peter Doolan reads "Scrambling the Number Stations" I like to look at the birds

"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.

With @rosemet.bsky.social at @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social

MAGPIE - Irish Cultural Centre Here at the Irish Cultural Centre, we invite you to check out MAGPIE. Book your tickets today!

🎭 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/

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!

*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

📢 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...

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!

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-...

"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.

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/...

🍂 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

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!

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...

🚨🎶 No surprise here… SOLD OUT! 🎶🚨

Eddi Reader & The Alan Kelly Gang at the Irish Cultural Centre is SOLD OUT. Thanks to those who snapped up tickets – it’s going to be an unforgettable night of live music at the ICC.

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Catherine McGrath - Irish Cultural Centre Here at the Irish Cultural Centre, we invite you to check out Catherine McGrath. Book your tickets today!

🚨👉 Your last chance to get tickets for the amazing Catherine McGrath this week at The Irish Cultural Centre in London Hammersmith!

🔗 🎟 BOOK HERE: irishculturalcentre.co.uk/event/cather...

🎶✨ Autumn kicks off at the Irish Cultural Centre!

First event back: Catherine McGrath – Thu 4 Sept
Followed by Eddi Reader & The Alan Kelly Gang, Lisa Lambe, Altan, MNÁ & much more.
🎟 Tickets selling fast – book now:
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🔥Beckett like you’ve never seen him before

Join us at The Irish Cultural Centre on Fri 12 Sep at 8pm for the UK launch of Not Beckett: The Plays. 5 brilliant Irish writers bring Samuel Beckett’s ideas to life in live readings + discussion. 7.30pm
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🤔How should history remember Gerry Adams?

Join us at The Irish Cultural Centre for the exclusive UK preview screening of Gerry Adams: A Ballymurphy Man – winner of Best International Documentary at Galway Film Fleadh 2025

🎬+ Q&A
🗓Sat 13 Sep | 2pm irishculturalcentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...