• An t-Earrach Thiar – Féile an Phobail, Inis Oírr

    An t-Asal Uaigneach - a new puppet show performed by the pupils of Naomh Caomhán National School, devised and directed by Des Dillon. Art Exhibition featuring the work of Inis Oírr Art Class. Photography exhibition featuring the work of Club Ceamra Inis Oírr. Ceol Inis Oírr - music session featuring the fantastic local musical talent.

    Free
  • MARGOT QUINN EXHIBITION OPENING

    A representative of Margot’s work which is  about the ordinary everyday and can be anything from a pile of washing up to some bizarre models or a newspaper headline.

    Free
  • Michael Mulcahy

    Áras Éanna

    An exhibition featuring the first ever artist in residence at Áras Éanna, Michael Mulcahy, will open at the arts centre on Friday, July 8 (8pm). Mick Mulcahy is one of Ireland's most famous expressionist artists and showcased his work to the people of Inis Oirr after spending a winter on the island in the late...

  • Old Aran in Colour

    Áras Éanna

    Inis Oirr, 1939. Visitors to Inis Oirr are in for a special treat this summer when Áras Éanna hosts an outdoor exhibition of colourised old photos from the three Aran Islands from July to September. Based on the success of the books 'Old Ireland in Colour', NUI Galway academics and co-authors John Breslin and Sarah-Anne...

  • Dath an Dóchais exhibition

    Áras Éanna

    Photograph by Clive Wasson An exhibition which celebrates 40 years of visual artists in the Gaeltacht will take place at Áras Éanna in August. Údarás na Gaeltachta and Ealaín na Gaeltachta will celebrate 40 of the Gaeltacht’s visual artists in a superb exhibition which will take place on Inis Oirr from August 5 to September...

  • Cloch / Stone

    Áras Éanna

    Photograph by Hwan Jin Jo (Jeju Island, Korea) A photographic exhibition with artists Cormac Coyne (Inis Oirr), Jacqui Devenney Reed (Donegal), and Hwan Jin Jo (Jeju Island, Korea) opens in the gallery at Aras Eanna Ionad Ealaine this evening. The opening of the exhibition (8.30pm) also marks the official welcome of a group of stone...

    Free
  • Galway Cartoon Festival

    Áras Éanna

    The Galway Cartoon Festival is returning to Inis Oirr for the third year with three exhibitions in the Áras Éanna gallery and some events on the island in early October. On Tuesday, October 4, the festival will launch the third annual ‘Tarraing É I nGaeilge’ exhibition, featuring some of the leading cartoonists in Ireland, as...

  • Draw it in Irish & Lucie Arnoux

    Áras Éanna

    As part of The Galway Cartoon Festival, an exhibition of cartoons in Irish will take place in Áras Éanna between the 6 October and the 6 November 2025. This is the sixth annual exhibition of Draw it in Irish, and it will be launched in Áras Éanna. The exhibition will showcase a wide variety of...