Join artist Mary Moynihan for a poetry reading and thought-provoking talk on her poem The Standing Stone at Glanleam, exploring ancestral voices and how they continue to speak to us in the context of human rights
Join us for live music at Frank’s Bar & Bistro at the Kerry Coast Hotel, Cahersiveen
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From the Forest to the Ocean Solo Exhibition with Guided Tour, Artist Talk + Poetry Reading
September brings together new and existing works by gallery artists and new artists working across a wide range of media and cultural backgrounds.
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Three-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026), celebrating Palestinian culture through art, music, food, education and community events
A multidisciplinary exhibition reflecting on peace, equality and human rights through contemporary visual and creative expression.
A high-energy dance work for virtuosic male dancers, combining street-dance energy with Broadway, jazz and Afro-Brazilian styles.
A visual exhibition using photography, personal stories and immersive imagery to highlight avoidable and preventable blindness and the importance of accessible eye care.
GOAL NextGen, with THINKHOUSE and designers and artists Farouk858 and Helen Steele, reimagine the Irish flag as a symbol of welcome, belonging, solidarity and community.
Visual artist Hina Khan works creatively in Darndale with older adults from the Golden Years Senior Centre Programme
Visual artist Hina Khan works creatively in Darndale with young people from the neuro-divergent group Lighting Up the Spectrum.
Guest Speakers | Artist Talk and Poetry Reading | Exhibition | Live Performance | Refreshments
A multidisciplinary installation and live monologue presented by Peace Bridges International and Udeido Collective.
A guided coastal, storytelling walk from the iconic Forty Foot Bathing area in Sandycove along the seacoast to the Roger Casement statue in Dun Laoghaire and back again.
A song writing workshop with Colm Quearney, songwriter, musician and workshop facilitator, exploring the history and power of songs that have supported human rights movements.
A national solidarity march organised by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, featuring speakers, music and chants.
A march and rally organised by the Derry Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign
A live monologue performance from Memorial Monologues: The Path of Memory Part II by Mary Moynihan
This event features extracts and reflections from Mahvash Sabet’s memoir Open Wide the Doors, documenting her imprisonment in Iran.
An evening of poetry and spoken word with acclaimed Irish poet and spoken word artist Emmet O’Brien, including performance and informal conversation about his creative work.
An applied-theatre and participatory workshop led by Ekaterina Schalmann and Evdokia Romanova (aka Dunia)
An interactive evening bringing artists and audiences together to discuss peace, equality and human rights through contemporary artistic expression.
A dance work by John Scott with music by Ryan Vail for dancers Mufutau Yusuf and Salma Ataya.
An inspiring practical theatre workshop with internationally acclaimed theatre-maker Frédérique Lecomte from Théâtre & Réconciliation, Brussels, Belgium.
A documentary about Indigenous communities in South Papua and the impact of the National Strategic Project on land, livelihoods and culture.
A live improvised performance created by participants in the Theatre for a Shared Humanity workshop, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A
A community arts workshop using discussion, spoken word, creative writing, storytelling and performance to enable participants identify issues and rights that matter to them and turn ideas into creative expression.
Green Imaginings is a creative gathering exploring connections between European environmental policy, creativity and citizen action.
This panel discussion looks at how political systems reflect or fail to reflect the diversity of the societies they serve.
An autobiographical performance by Renate Dujaković combining comedy, physical theatre, storytelling and photography.
The Irish in Resistance During World War II pop-up installation features 12 storyboard artworks by Mary Moynihan, each telling the story of an Irish person who resisted fascism and totalitarianism and stood up for the rights and dignity of others during WWII.
Ciara Hayes interviews journalist and author Clodagh Finn, author and lawyer John Morgan, and writer, poet and artist Mary Moynihan.
Silent is the touching and challenging story of homeless McGoldrig, who once had splendid things. But he has lost it all – including his mind.
Visual Artists Róisín Kane and Elizabeth Bennett work with primary school children to explore the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
A one-day showing of Mary Moynihan’s solo exhibition combining photography, poetry and film inspired by physical landscapes and seascapes and their connection to landscapes of the soul and the deep interconnectedness of life — from forests to the ocean.
Artist Mary Moynihan discusses the imagery and stories behind From the Forest to the Ocean and shares a selection of her original poetry
Join filmmakers Kirsty Fogarty and John Connors for a special screening of two powerful short films exploring human experience, dignity and human rights.
A curated programme of short documentaries from Irish and international creators celebrating independent filmmaking and socially engaged storytelling.
This event has been cancelled due to illness.
An evening celebration of independent and emerging short filmmaking, featuring a curated programme of short films.
An award-winning solo dance work questioning notions of place, belonging and otherness.
A guided walking tour exploring stories of resistance, struggle and human rights activism in Bray, from the Anti-Apartheid movement and Aboriginal solidarity campaigns to recent climate action.
Walking Through Women’s History 1916–1923 is a guided storytelling walk exploring the lives of four revolutionary Irish women
Join us for the premiere of Trócaire’s powerful new documentary film, End Fossil Power, followed by an inspiring panel discussion on climate justice and the transition to a clean, renewable future
An Irish-language evening with Laoighseach Ní Choisdealbha, a poet and writer and The Arts Council Scríbhneoir Cónaithe Gaeilge at Dublin City University (DCU), and Joe Phádraic Ó Fátharta, writer.
Presented by Front Line Defenders, this open mic night celebrates poetry, music, solidarity, human rights and social justice.
Enjoy one of Dublin’s most beautiful seascapes blending dramatic coastal views and spectacular scenery with captivating stories
Enjoy a unique guided walking trail along Scotsman’s Bay, from Sandycove to Dún Laoghaire and back
A workshop and performance by multidisciplinary artist Aoife Ó Tiompánaigh, presented as part of the inaugural Smashing Times Artist Residency Programme.
Writer and artist Mary Moynihan is in conversation with renowned human rights defender Mary Lawlor about the vital role of defending human rights today.
Kiz Rutherford presents an exhibition of intimate and affirming portraits of members of Ireland’s LGBTQ+ community, alongside an artist talk and live portraiture sittings.
Celebrate the Irish Arts + Human Rights festival finale with an unforgettable bilingual evening of music, song, verse, and conversation.
A launch of Evgeny Shtorn’s English-language novel The Refugee Chronicles, including a reading followed by conversation with the author and chair.
Physical Landscapes is a thrilling and unique dance work by choreographer John Scott and Irish Modern Dance Theatre featuring international dancers and responding to ecology and nature.