PRESS RELEASE The Plassey Project – July & August Created by Galway-based musician and artist Keith Wallace, ‘The Plassey Project’ recounts the shipwreck of the MV Plassey in March 1960 and the subsequent rescue of its crew by the islanders of Inis Oírr. ‘The Plassey Project’ is a soundtrack accompanied by a film as opposed...
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release 20 June 2025 Áras Éanna Celebrates 25 Years of Artistic Exchange and Island Inspiration Inis Oírr, Galway – This summer, Áras Éanna Arts Centre proudly marks 25 years as a unique creative hub on the smallest of the Aran Islands. Since opening its doors in 2000, Áras Éanna has grown...
Tugtar cuireadh duit freastal ar: Seoladh Seoladh agus taispeántas do Chlár Cruthaitheachta do Chlubanna Óige, 7ú Márta, 2025 @ 1:00i.n, Áras Éanna Ionad Ealaíne, Inis Oírr. Tá Comhpháirtíocht Áitiúil Óige Ildánach GRETB agus Muintearas Teo ag comhoibriú le chéile mar chomhpháirtithe straitéiseacha seachadta cruthaitheacha chun tacú le healaíontóirí, oibrithe deonacha agus éascaitheoirí...
Open Call: AIR on the Edge is a one-month international artist residency exchange between Denmark, Finland, Ireland, The Netherlands and Serbia. It focuses on artists’ professional development, creating opportunities to engage with rural communities and connect with host organisations, communities, nature, heritage and cultural landscapes of a variety of rural places and cities. Creative professionals...
Áras Éanna is delighted to announce an open call for artists to apply for residencies for 2024. Áras Éanna is the most westerly arts centre in Europe, located on the small Gaeltacht island of Inis OÍrr in Co Galway. The centre supports artists through its Artist in Residence programme. We offer artists the time and...
7.40pm 22/03/23 Áras Éanna Arts Centre Learn how to do Dance Dates for Peace – 9 minute practice divided into three components of meditation, movement and connection. See link for more details https://bernadettedivilly.com/presence-for-peace-daily-dance-dates/ 8.00pm 22/03/23 Áras Éanna Arts Centre The Decade of Commemorations Project Workshop – bringing the learnings from the past to the present day See...
A musical and cultural treat is in store at Áras Éanna this Friday evening (November 18) when Aboriginal artist Jessie Lloyd brings the indigenous songs of Australia to our theatre (8pm). Jessie is a vocalist, guitarist, bassist, and ukulele player from the tropics of North Queensland, a cultural practitioner of indigenous music who is dedicated...
By Ciarán Tierney A series of four documentary films celebrating the lives of older Irish women who have been “mad, bad, and dangerous” will be screened at Áras Éanna, Inis Oirr, on Sunday. The screenings of the films, which were created and directed by Emma O’Grady, is part of our celebration of International Women’s Day...
There is magic in the air at our theatre this week as three theatre companies featuring artists with intellectual disabilities have come together to produce a performance based on the visit of a famous French actor and writer to the Aran Islands in the 1930s. Under the creative direction of Zone Poeme (from Lille, France)...
The Galway Cartoon Festival is returning to Inis Oirr for the second year in a row with two exhibitions in the Áras Éanna gallery and some live drawing this week. This five year old festival travelled overseas for the first time in 2020 and the cartoonists had such good fun on Inis Oirr that they...
