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St Peters, North Main Street, Cork Every great city has its old town and, in Cork, it’s North Main Street. St.

Peter’s Cork is its highlight and we continually breathe new life through our innovative cultural and heritage programme of events.

29/05/2026

Poetry this June is brought to you by new group Words Wander Back, certain to enrapture all in attendance

Tess holds an MA in Modern Literature from UCC. Her fiction appears in Channel and the anthology This is what it’s like to be in love with life. She regularly reads at the Words Wander Back open mic.

Mikayli Devi Dennehy has created various forms of radio and publications under the title “The Passage Between” and most recently collaborated on a Cork Fringe Festival show called “PlayRoomPlay.” She also published an anthology of Cork poets called “Chaos & Flowers.” She currently co-hosts the poetry open mic night called “Words Wander Back” in Cork City.

Rebecca Jane is a Cork-based poet who alongside Mikayli runs Words Wander Back. Her poetry has a personal frequently confessional tone as she explores complicated emotional waters.

Pádraig O' Connor is a writer based in Cork City. He has written and directed two plays. 'Blue Parting', his debut collection of poetry was released in 2025.

28/05/2026

A city-wide trail of child-only play pods and cosy dens scattered across Cork City.
These are spaces designed by kids for kids. Lead Artist Chris Finnegan asked children from Cork what their city would look like if they were in charge. They wanted to play! PlaySpaces trail leads families on an exploration of secret hideaways and imaginative play installations developed in collaboration with children from across Cork City.
Funded by the Arts Council’s Arts in Early Learning and Childcare Scheme, Arts in Education Portal Documentation Award 2026 and Cork City Council through Creative Communities Scheme.

With support from Sample Studios.

Lead Artist: Chris Finnegan
Producer: Susan Holland
Accessibility Support: Donna O’Keeney
Design Consolidation: Olan Wyrnn

27/05/2026

Our musical performance of this June is brought to you by 🪩🪩

BILLIONAIRES are a Irish-based pop duo blending cutting-edge production, visuals, and high-energy live performance. Led by Fiachra Davis and Éadaoin O’Shea Costley, they create fully self-directed musical experiences shaped by q***r culture, filmmaking, and contemporary pop innovation.

Friday, the 19th of February 7:30 to 10:30 PM Tickets available on Eventbrite and at the door

26/05/2026

St Peters Arts Night Tickets are now available on Eventbrite 🎉🎉

Find the link in our bio

23/05/2026

We're delighted to announce that we will be brining back St Peter's Art's Night very soon!

For our poetry, we are thrilled to be welcoming Words Wander Back to the stage to share some beautiful stories! 📖

Music will be brought to you by BILLIONAIRES 🪩🪩

And for our films, we have invited 3 fantastic filmmakers to be our artists in residence for the evening!

Featuring work by:
Jo Heffernan
Adam Barry Murphy
George Lynch

Friday, the 19th of June 🗓️
7:00 to 10:30 PM ⏰

Tickets available to purchase online shortly.

Stay tuned for more updates!

20/04/2026

The Story of Us: Independent Ireland and the 1926 Census

We're delighted to host The Story of Us: Independent Ireland and the 1926 Census exhibition right here at St Peter's from the 7th to 27th July.

The 1926 Census has just been released to the public for the first time. This landmark exhibition brings it to life through real documents, images and audio-visual displays; revealing what everyday life looked like in the newly independent Irish Free State: from Cork's city streets to the islands, tenements to grand estates.

Part of a major national programme from the National Archives, with shows also running in Dublin Castle, London and Boston. We're so excited to be teaming up with Cork City and County Archives to bring this landmark exhibition to Cork.

📅 7–27 July 2026

15/04/2026

It's all starting to come together now for the launch tomorrow evening... Don't miss the launch of a new exhibition of paintings by Colm Murphy starting at 18:00 tomorrow the 16th of April

20/03/2026

Open Walls welcomes you back into St Peters for a closing event on 28th March at 3pm. Cork and Wexford based performance duo Anna Cavenagh and Sadhbh McCarthy McCool will be premiering a new performance piece, developed on residency at Live Art Ireland. This live event will bring Open Walls at St Peters to a close. We are so excited for this performance and we hope to see you there!

18/03/2026

St Peter’s is thrilled to announce an exhibition of new paintings by acclaimed Cork Artist Colm Murphy, marking the fourth solo exhibition in the venue. The exhibition is set to open on Thursday the 16th of April and will run until Saturday the 25th with daily viewing from 10:00 – 17:00.

Working in mixed media on watercolour paper, Murphy’s subjects include birds, landscapes and microcosms in nature — possess a distinctive and elegant character. His paintings offer a timely and deeply felt meditation on our natural and fragile legacy of the island of Ireland. Murphy’s style is described by art critic Hillary Pyle as “fine multi- paginal realism”, Murphy has been exhibiting professionally for over three decades, with his work held in collections worldwide.

“Murphy offers a kind of Beckettian stillness of the here and now, suggesting an inner composition, a sense of something going on inside which you can only guess… Sometimes we may see a connection and the search is pleasing in itself, but what we are looking at is not explained by relativity, but by the integral DNA of each subject. The one is part of, grown from the other, a helix of imagination.”

— Mary Leland, author and critic

14/03/2026

🎨 Open Walls takes over our mezzanine next week

Featuring 16 international artists across painting, print, photography, sculpture, ceramics and film — all under one roof.

Since launching in late 2024, Open Walls has been building something special for Cork's art scene. Regular, accessible exhibition space for artists who need it. They've popped up at The Roundy, The Friary, Kino and more — and now they're bringing it to St. Peter's

Come see the work for yourself.

12/03/2026

Last chance to buy tickets - Join us Friday night to kick start the St Patrick's Festival in style.

📍 St. Peter's Cork , North Main Street
📆13th March 2026, 8pm (Sharp)

☘Irish Women in Harmony brings the magic of its celebrated collective to the stage with an intimate performance from five standout artists.🎶

🎤Known for their mesmerising harmonies and powerful reinterpretations of the Irish songbook, the group—founded by Grammy nominated Ruth Anne—first captivated audiences with their chart topping charity hit “Dreams.”

🎵With sell-out concerts and acclaimed festival appearances behind them, this special showcase offers a unique chance to experience the movement inspiring a new generation of Irish women in music♀

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Monday	10am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	10am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	10am - 4:30pm
Thursday	10am - 4:30pm
Friday	10am - 4:30pm
Saturday	10am - 4:30pm

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http://www.stpeterscork.ie/

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