Theatres, cinemas, pubs and community halls across every county — plus the features and longer reads behind the culture that keeps Ireland's story going.
Ireland's leading touring theatre company, home stage in the Latin Quarter.
Ireland's national theatre, staging new Irish writing since 1904.
The city's grand main stage for theatre, comedy and touring shows.
The National Folk Theatre, blending traditional music, dance and story.
Letterkenny's main stage for touring theatre, comedy and family shows.
A city-centre venue for theatre, spoken word and live performance.
Ennis's Irish music and arts centre, with a full theatre programme too.
Waterford's home for contemporary theatre, dance and visual art.
Castlebar's largest stage, hosting touring shows and big community events.
An independent cinema on the banks of the Corrib, strong on Irish and world film.
Smithfield's home for independent, arthouse and classic film.
A long-standing independent screen in the city centre.
Dingle's own picture house, still run as a proper community cinema.
Ballybofey's arts centre and screen, doubling as a live venue.
Trad sessions most nights, upstairs and down, in a proper Galway institution.
The city's best-known live music pub, breaking Irish acts for three decades.
An unhurried, honest trad session pub on Coburg Street.
Dingle's landmark pub-cum-cobbler's, sessions most nights of the week.
Meenaleck's famous music pub, spiritual home of Donegal fiddle style.
Westport's session pub, owned by The Chieftains' own flautist.
A reliable Ennis trad session most nights, tourists and locals side by side.
Limerick's live music engine room, gigs most nights of the week.
One of Ireland's oldest pubs, sessions running for over 300 years.
An intimate mid-size concert hall for touring international and Irish acts.
Killarney's large-scale events centre for concerts and conventions.
Ennis's traditional music resource centre, sessions and set dancing.
Limerick's covered market hall, doubling as an events space.
The city's grand civic hall, used for concerts and public events.
A neighbourhood hall hosting everything from set dancing to parish meetings.
The social hub of the Gaeltacht parish, from bingo to trad classes.
Achill Island's gathering point for local groups and family events.
A first look at the company's autumn programme, and why it always starts at home.
How one October weekend turns the whole city into a stage.
A guide to the world premieres worth catching before word gets out.
Decades on, the festival remains a strange, sincere bridge back home.
The piers, currachs and fishing villages that shaped a coastline.
How Irish trad music built a second home in every city Irish people settled in.
A small country with an outsized reputation for the stage — and why that keeps happening.