The Nuit Européenne des Musées (European Night of the Museums ) is the perfect opportunity to discover new and spectacular events in a wide range of Parisian venues! During this 20th edition, which takes place on Saturday May 18, 2024, you can visit the Centre Culturel Irlandais, located in the heart of the 5th arrondissement, free of charge.
The Centre Culturel Irlandais allows us to discover thehistory and traditions of this beautiful country, as well as today's artists. Painters, singers, dancers, musicians, actors, writers... Irish culture is showcased through a wide range of events throughout the year. Far from clichés and stereotypes, Irish culture, its artists and traditions are revealed at the Centre culturel irlandais! Are you ready for a trip on Saturday, May 18, 2024?
Let's take advantage of this free nocturne to visit this institution, located in the Latin Quarter, and immerse ourselves in the culture of this magnificent country! During the Nuit des Musées, special events are planned - find out more about the evening's program.
Throughout the first half of 2024, the exhibition hall at the Centre Culturel Irlandais will be transformed into an evolving space dedicated to experimental projects: installations, performances and conversations will follow one another over the weeks and months to explore the close links between art and sport.
For the third phase of this Project Space, dedicated to Gaelic sports, we present original limited edition prints commissioned from Camán & Co. who bring their graphic and modernist style to the Irish sporting tradition. Created by harpist and sound artist Una Monaghan in County Kilkenny, where the love of hurling is tangible, the film And The Goals Will Come marries harp, bassoon, percussion and hurling.
Amelia Stein's black-and-white portraits show sportsmen and women from the Irish Defence Forces, while Paul Carroll's photographs capture the seasonal changes of Gaelic sports fields. James L. Hayes explores the heritage and practice of road bowling, played in Ireland since the 17th century.
Dancer-choreographer Fearghus O Conchúir's short film Abú celebrates the commitment, thoughtfulness and passion needed to form a strong team; his earlier work Match is a male duet set in an empty Croke Park, the temple of Gaelic sport.
On view until May 19, 2024 - free admission
Monday-Sunday: 2-6pm (until 8pm on Wednesdays)
One hundred years ago, in Paris, Ireland took part in the Olympic Games for the first time as an independent nation. Set up in the courtyard of the Centre Culturel Irlandais on the occasion of Paris 2024, this bilingual exhibition presented in partnership with the Irish Embassy marks the centenary of Ireland's entry into the sporting arena. Historian Mark Duncan offers a fascinating insight into the close links between sport and international issues. Political, commercial, diversity and identity issues have all shaped Ireland's Olympic and Paralympic history. A look back at a century of prejudice and progress, failures and victories, which highlights the difficult road to recognition for female athletes and para-athletes over the course of the Olympics, while celebrating extraordinary sporting and human achievements.
You can also find the digital version of this exhibition on our website!
On view until September 8, 2024 - free admission
Monday-Sunday: 2-6pm (until 8pm on Wednesdays)
In collaboration with Irish Tourism, the Centre Culturel Irlandais is delighted to present this striking selection of photographs from the best-selling Old Ireland in Colour. Published in autumn 2020 by Merrion Press, the first of the three editions sold tens of thousands of copies, quickly becoming a popular object and a publishing phenomenon. Using archival images from museum and library collections, academics John Breslin and Sarah-Anne Buckley have employed new colorization techniques, based on meticulous research into eye and hair color, clothing and uniforms, traditions and folklore. Through these astonishing coloring processes and context, they bear witness to an era and bring 19th and 20th century Ireland to life through landscapes, historical portraits and scenes of everyday life.
Exhibition organized with the support of the Galway Lorient twinning committee.
On view until May 19, 2024 - free admission
Monday-Sunday: 2-6pm (until 8pm on Wednesdays)
Dates and Opening Time
On May 18th, 2024
Location
Center Culturel Irlandais
5, rue des Irlandais
75005 Paris 5
Prices
Free
Official website
www.centreculturelirlandais.com
