Consulate General of Ireland, Edinburgh

05/08/2026

Winner of the Solas Nua New Voices Award 2025, Good With Faces (Oisín Kearney and Gina Donnelly) is at TechCube 0 at Summerhall from 6 - 31 Aug.

Tickets at https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/good-with-faces

Kindly supported by Culture Ireland

Winner Solas Nua New Voices Award 2025. Garrick has tidied her living room and put out the good biscuits. But social worker Hegarty is there to interrogate. Why has her son got a mysterious bruise? Is she fit to care for him? What is she hiding? As power shifts and facades drop it becomes clear Garr...

05/08/2026

6 - 30 August: Olivier Award winning Fishamble presents For Dolores, written by Eva O'Connor

"Funny, bruising and brilliantly written and acted" - The Irish Times

Tickets at https://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/for-dolores

Kindly supported by Culture Ireland

Scotland's new writing theatre, the Traverse champions creative talent by placing powerful and contemporary theatre at the heart of cultural life.

04/08/2026

📅 5-31 August
🎭Spin Cycle: The Le***an Launderette Play
🗺️Underbelly Clover, Bristo Square
🎟️https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/spin-cycle
Kindly supported by Culture Ireland

03/08/2026

5-31 August: Mortal Sin (Benjamin Reilly) at Gilded Balloon Teviot

"Mortal Sin is an impressive piece of Irish theatre with heart and humour abounding." The Reviews Hub

Full details at https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/mortal-sin

Kindly supported by Culture Ireland

JFK'S been shot and Colm and Peggy want a day off school. Sure, they got one when the Pope died? Follow two best friends as they stage a protest to honour the slain U.S president. A bold, heartfelt and hilarious exploration of growing up different in an Ireland where the church controls everything f...

30/07/2026

15 Aug: Join Booker Prize winner Anne Enright & Caoilinn Hughes at the Edinburgh Futures Institute as they discuss craft, memory, and the art of looking closely as part of Edinburgh International Book Festival

Full details at https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/events/anne-enright-attention

Kindly supported by Culture Ireland

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29/07/2026

5 - 30 Aug: The Pigeon Factory is a darkly absurd one-man show that explores work, family and finding purpose in a broken society.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️'Ingenious, consistently entertaining' (Irish Times)

🎟️https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/the-pigeon-factory

Kindly supported by Culture Ireland

14/07/2026

📣 Announcing the Culture Ireland Edinburgh Showcase Programme – we’re thrilled to be presenting 8 incredible shows at !

⚠️ Don’t Miss:
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FOR DOLORES by Eva O'Connor - Fishamble: The New Play Company


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Good With Faces by Oisín Kearney and Gina Donnelly
Julius Caesar Variety Show by Joy Nesbitt
The King of All Birds by Martha Knight

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Ham Sandwiches and Discipline by Nóra Ní Anluain Fay - NAF Dance

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Mortal Sin by Benjamin Reilly

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The Pigeon Factory by Aaron O'Neill - Oh!Scare Wilde Productions
Spin Cycle: The Le***an Launderette Play by Zofia Zerphy - Bethan Rose and Berserk Theatre

🥁Stand by for details of each show, booking links & info

ℹ️ Find out more here - https://www.cultureireland.ie/culture-ireland-edinburgh-showcase-2026/

With many thanks to the artists & venues featured, we look forward to seeing you at these fantastic shows this August!

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📣 Ag fógairt Culture Ireland Edinburgh Showcase Programme – tá ríméad orainn 8 léiriú iontach a chur i láthair ag !

⚠️Ná Caill:
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FOR DOLORES le Eva O'Connor - Fishamble: The New Play Company


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Good With Faces le Oisín Kearney agus Gina Donnelly
Julius Caesar Variety Show le Joy Nesbitt
The King of All Birds le Martha Knight

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Ham Sandwiches and Discipline le Nóra Ní Anluain Fay - NAF Dance

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Mortal Sin le Benjamin Reilly

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The Pigeon Factory le Aaron O'Neill - Oh!Scare Wilde Productions
Spin Cycle: The Le***an Launderette Play le Zofia Zerphy - Bethan Rose agus Berserk Theatre

🥁Fan le sonraí faoi gach léiriú, naisc le haghaidh áirithinte & tuilleadheolais

ℹ️ Tuilleadh eolais - https://www.cultureireland.ie/culture-ireland-edinburgh-showcase-2026/

Go raibh míle maith agatleis na healaíontóirí & ionaid a luaitear, táimid ag súil go mór le bualadh leat ag na seónna iontacha seo i mí Lúnasa!

23/06/2026

27 June: The GAA will be holding a handball event at Broughton High School in Edinburgh from 11:00. All are welcome to attend.

17/06/2026

To mark Bloomsday 2026, the Irish Consulate in Scotland hosted an evening of fantastic discussions, music and conversation as part of a global series of events entitled "Bloomsday & Beyond", featuring international cultural events celebrating James Joyce's Ulysses.

To kick off, we were treated to some wonderful music from the period in which Ulysses was set by mezzo-soprano Joyce Byrne accompanied on piano by Mary McCarthy of the Little Ireland Arts Collective. Edward Sweeney provided a wonderful scene setter to each piece and also put in a very elegant plug for the Wexford Festival Opera later this year!

A lively and engaged panel discussion followed on the links between Joyce and Scotland involving Professors Matthew Creasy and Maria-Daniella Dick from University of Glasgow and Professor Richard Barlow from University of St Andrews

Ranging from Joyce's views on the Celtic mind and his first overseas visit to Glasgow to a Finnegan's Wake reading group visit to a neolithic tomb in Scotland, this was a varied and entertaining tribute to a legendary Irish writer.

Many thanks to all those who took part in making this evening possible and the many active and engaged guests who attended this event.

11/06/2026

The Consulate supported an event this week with The Constitution Society and Scottish Council on Global Affairs to mark the 10 year anniversary of the Brexit referendum.

A panel of expert speakers ably moderated by John Edward explored what impact Brexit has had on the relationship between the UK and the rest of Europe, the current state of play and discussed how this may change in the future. The panel included former Secretary General of the Irish Foreign Ministry and former Irish Ambassador to the UK David Cooney, British historian at Princeton University and author Professor Linda Colley and Nicola McEwen, Professor of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Glasgow

A wide ranging and thoughtful conversation between the panel also saw some very insightful questions from the packed audience at the wonderful French Cultural Institute venue in Edinburgh.