Launching Thursday December 11th 5-7pm, M.Cahill’s legendary Tobacco & Fine Teas transforms into an art venue this December, offering the Fine Art of Wickham St. Studios’ Carl Doran to its patrons, new and old. Housed in the Old Snuff Factory on Limerick’s Wickham St., in operation since 1870, Cahill’s is a Limerick institution, that specialises in all smoking related products, and also the finest teas from China, India, Japan and Ceylon, and a large range of superior and unique teapots.
Carl Doran, based in Limerick’s Wickham St. Studios, presents a series of his drawings of Teapots, created in 2021-5, and never exhibited before.

The Courthouse Gallery & Studios, Ennistymon, hosts its annual Christmas Craft Market on Fri 12 Dec (2–9pm) & Sat 13 Dec (11–6pm). Enjoy a festive weekend of local makers, mulled wine, music and a brilliant raffle. This year’s market features an exceptional lineup of makers from across the region, each offering unique, high-quality handcrafted gifts perfect for a thoughtful Christmas giving.

Featuring outstanding crafts including; jewellery, ceramics, textiles, photography, natural skincare and more from artists across the region. This will be a warm, creative celebration of community and craft.

The Courthouse Gallery & Studios, Ennistymon, hosts its annual Christmas Craft Market on Fri 12 Dec (2–9pm) & Sat 13 Dec (11–6pm). Enjoy a festive weekend of local makers, mulled wine, music and a brilliant raffle. This year’s market features an exceptional lineup of makers from across the region, each offering unique, high-quality handcrafted gifts perfect for a thoughtful Christmas giving.

Featuring outstanding crafts including; jewellery, ceramics, textiles, photography, natural skincare and more from artists across the region. This will be a warm, creative celebration of community and craft.

‘Istabraq Hall plays host to Limerick Expo 2025 this December, featuring the work of 11 local artists. Visitors can expect to see a fine representation of Paintings, Prints, Photography and Ceramics. As a group, we wish to bring culture and the arts into the city for the pre-Christmas period, to Limerick Citizens and visitors alike. Artists; Kathleen Bartlett, Mags Dunne, Declan Greene, James Kearney, Luci Lane, Hugh Mac Mahon ,Tim O’Neill, Ciarán O’Sullivan, Ester Redlichova, Paul Rhatigan, Dan Scully’,
Carl Doran, Curator.

On Friday December 5, 6-8pm, we will have a public reception and launch, with mulled wine for the public.

Súil’s inaugural annual open featuring works from across the spectrum of creativity, including, painting, photography, print, drawing, textiles and craft.

Cork County Council’s LHQ Gallery presents the now annual Open Call Winter Exhibition which will run throughout November and December 2025. 76 works from 71 Cork-based artists will be presented in Cork County Council’s LHQ Gallery in the County Library. You are warmly invited to the opening on Friday, the 7th of November from 6-8pm.

Opening Reception — 14th November, 6-8pm.

Performance — 15th & 22nd November, 1pm.

STAC Chapel Installation — 18th – 21st November, 11am-4pm.

‘Moving Through Things’, a new exhibition and performance by Elaine Grainger traces sequences of movement across three interwoven sites: Slievenamon mountain, STAC Gallery, and STAC Chapel. Drawing on the mountain’s historic cursus — a pathway once used for procession and ritual — the work explores how motion accumulates meaning, absorbs time, and dissolves boundaries between self, place, and ritual. It considers movement not as transit, but as a sustained form of attention.

Backwater Artists Group is delighted to present “In the Presence of Beings”, a solo exhibition by studio member, Seán Hanrahan. This new body of work takes its inspiration from ‘Visions of Genius,’ a major Hieronymus Bosch exhibition in his native city, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, which Hanrahan visited in 2016. The Haywain triptych in particular captivated Hanrahan and sparked an interest in ontology, the branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being.

Exhibition continues from the 6th of December to the 20th of December 2025.

Cork Printmakers at Sirius Arts Centre are bringing you two Winter exhibitions
Dates: 6 – 20 December
Opening reception: Sat 6 December 2pm-4pm
Miguel Amado, Director of Sirius Arts Centre, in-conversation with Cork Printmakers Members

Oceanic Imaginaries
Cork Printmakers Members Exhibition: Noelle Noonan, Elize de Beer, Aoife Claffey, Leslie Allen Spillane, Debbie Godsell

In the Space Between
Cork Printmakers Young Print Collective Exhibition: Nadein Aldabbas, Amal Hope, Viktoria Kondratieva, Leen Maarouf, Fionnuala O’Connell, Yeaneah O’Connell, Reem, Elton Sibanda, Alisa Treshchova

Gallery opening times: Wednesday – Saturday, 11am-5pm

We are delighted to welcome Radio Kerry’s Joe McGill to introduce our final show of the year: Kerry Select — an exhibition of 19 friends and colleagues across a range of media including painting, sculpture, ceramics and prints.

Artists include Regine Bartsch, Dorota Borowa, Lucy & Robert Carter, Kathy Cronin, Fermoyle Pottery, Lisa Fingleton, Laura Fitzgerald, Karen Hendy, Austin Ivers, Darragh Kinch, Holger Lönze, Rochelle Lucey, Deirdre McKenna, Poppy Melia, Aran Mulvihill, Niall Naessens, Ciara O’Connor, Alan Raggett and Christopher Steenson.

Launching Thursday December 11th 5-7pm, M.Cahill’s legendary Tobacco & Fine Teas transforms into an art venue this December, offering the Fine Art of Wickham St. Studios’ Carl Doran to its patrons, new and old. Housed in the Old Snuff Factory on Limerick’s Wickham St., in operation since 1870, Cahill’s is a Limerick institution, that specialises in all smoking related products, and also the finest teas from China, India, Japan and Ceylon, and a large range of superior and unique teapots.
Carl Doran, based in Limerick’s Wickham St. Studios, presents a series of his drawings of Teapots, created in 2021-5, and never exhibited before.

‘Art in Motion’ Exhibition to Open at Baile Mhuire Day Centre.

Tralee Art Group is delighted to announce their latest collaborative exhibition, ‘Art in Motion’, which will be officially opened on Tuesday, June 17th at 2.30pm at Baile Mhuire Day Centre, Balloonagh, Tralee. The opening will be led by special guest Paddy Garvey, Chairperson of Baile Mhuire, and all are welcome to attend. Guests can enjoy an afternoon of art, music and refreshments in a warm and inclusive setting.

This special exhibition is the result of a unique collaboration between members of Tralee Art Group and the clients of Baile Mhuire Day Centre, showcasing the creative energy and expression of both groups. Featuring a variety of works in different media, styles and subjects, Art in Motion celebrates movement, creativity, and community spirit.

TAG is committed to enriching the cultural life of Tralee and surrounding areas. The group regularly holds exhibitions, workshops, and community projects, and has built strong relationships with local organisations—including an ongoing volunteering partnership with Baile Mhuire.

This exhibition reflects that partnership, with art created not only by TAG members but also by clients of the Day Centre who engage weekly in creative workshops facilitated by the group volunteers from Tralee Art Group. The result is a joyful and inspiring collection of artworks, each piece telling its own story of imagination, connection, and collaboration.

All are welcome to attend the opening and celebrate this uplifting display of artistic expression in our community. The exhibition will run for a year and be available to the public weekdays between 4pm and 5pm.

Exhibition continues from the 1st of November to the 31st of January 2026

Opening reception Thursday 06 November 5.30-6.30pm

The Winter Exhibition is a seasonal showcase of the best in Irish art, craft and design including paintings, prints, sculpture, ceramics, textiles and much more, with prices to suit every budget in the run-up to Christmas and into the New Year. Support local artists and makers as well as Lavit Gallery, a not-for-profit arts organisation and registered charity. Each year the exhibition features work by over 50 artists and makers including regular contributors and new additions.

Exhibition continues from the 19th of September to the 22nd of January 2026

Group exhibition showcasing artwork from the Waterford Art Collection as well as loans, commissions and open call submissions inspired by our relationship with the sea. Artists include Killian Browne, Maura Culbert, Mick O’Dea, Phoebe Donovan, Paul Henry, Jane Jermyn, Patrick Leonard, Tanja Novacic, Eilis O’Toole, Clare Scott, John Skelton, Jack Thompson, Síle Walsh and more.

Cork County Council’s LHQ Gallery presents the now annual Open Call Winter Exhibition which will run throughout November and December 2025. 76 works from 71 Cork-based artists will be presented in Cork County Council’s LHQ Gallery in the County Library. You are warmly invited to the opening on Friday, the 7th of November from 6-8pm.

Súil’s inaugural annual open featuring works from across the spectrum of creativity, including, painting, photography, print, drawing, textiles and craft.

Opening Reception — 14th November, 6-8pm.

Performance — 15th & 22nd November, 1pm.

STAC Chapel Installation — 18th – 21st November, 11am-4pm.

‘Moving Through Things’, a new exhibition and performance by Elaine Grainger traces sequences of movement across three interwoven sites: Slievenamon mountain, STAC Gallery, and STAC Chapel. Drawing on the mountain’s historic cursus — a pathway once used for procession and ritual — the work explores how motion accumulates meaning, absorbs time, and dissolves boundaries between self, place, and ritual. It considers movement not as transit, but as a sustained form of attention.

Penti Menti at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre is Sarah Dwyer’s first institutional exhibition in Ireland. Born in Cork, Dwyer has a significant international profile. The artist frequently combines drawing with painting, printmaking and sculpture, employing exuberant colour palettes and lively mark-making to depict semi-figurative and abstract imagery. Taking cues from Surrealism, Cobra and Abstract Expressionism, her practice explores image and form through the iterative nature of storytelling and poetry. Dwyer’s dynamic compositions process her own surroundings and the everyday experience—while also indulging our desire for play.

Limerick City Gallery of Art (LCGA) is delighted to launch a new exhibition entitled SORE SPOT, by artists Helen O’Leary and Eva O’Leary. This exhibition features works that, when combined, aim to find moments of clarity and connection between different media – paint and photography. Together, through works considering fragmentation and cohesion, they offer a meditation on care, resistance, and the stubborn hope that emerges from making sense of a broken world.
SORE SPOT notes the distance between both artists as mother and daughter — geographic and generational.

Backwater Artists Group is delighted to present “In the Presence of Beings”, a solo exhibition by studio member, Seán Hanrahan. This new body of work takes its inspiration from ‘Visions of Genius,’ a major Hieronymus Bosch exhibition in his native city, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, which Hanrahan visited in 2016. The Haywain triptych in particular captivated Hanrahan and sparked an interest in ontology, the branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being.

Limerick City Gallery of Art (LCGA) is delighted to launch SORE SPOT, by artists Helen and Eva O’Leary. This exhibition features works that, when combined, aim to find moments of clarity and connection offering a  meditation on care, resistance, and the stubborn hope that emerges from making sense of a broken world.

SORE SPOT notes the distance between both artists as mother and daughter — geographic and generational, a map of crossings.  It’s about what the hands can make when words fail, how materials can offer a kind of reconciliation — or at least a pause in the noise.

Ormston House presents ‘Table Turning’, a solo exhibition by Susan MacWilliam.

Since 1997, Susan MacWilliam has had an ongoing fascination with how humans have sought to document and quantify the spirit realm. She explores the study of psychic phenomena by drawing from printed archives, scientific apparatus, and interviews with experts.

This exhibition of new work has emerged out of the cutting, stitching, and moulding of paper, felt, and clay. For MacWilliam, “the realisation of ideas and objects in the studio” is akin to “the manifestations and materialisations of the séance room”.

Ormston House is open Wednesday to Saturday, 12–6pm.

Exhibition continues from the 17th of November to the 18th of Janurary 2025

LCGA is delighted to present this installation by Caoimhe Glennon the Graduate Award winner from LSAD Sculpture & Combined Media 2025.
The Invisible Visible centres around the Glennon’s diagnosis of PCOS, a condition that causes the formation of polycystic ovaries. Her work explores personal narrative connections discovered between rookeries and polycystic ovaries, both of which require specific circumstances to be revealed, and when they are, are found as clusters of dark circles.

Woven through threads of memory and emotion, “Threads” explores the fragile tapestry of human experience. Through the textile works of Neva Elliott and Ciara O’Connor, themes of loss, identity, and renewal intertwine. Together, they speak to resilience and transformation, inviting reflection, connection, and healing through the quiet strength of fabric and form.

We are delighted to welcome Radio Kerry’s Joe McGill to introduce our final show of the year: Kerry Select — an exhibition of 19 friends and colleagues across a range of media including painting, sculpture, ceramics and prints.

Artists include Regine Bartsch, Dorota Borowa, Lucy & Robert Carter, Kathy Cronin, Fermoyle Pottery, Lisa Fingleton, Laura Fitzgerald, Karen Hendy, Austin Ivers, Darragh Kinch, Holger Lönze, Rochelle Lucey, Deirdre McKenna, Poppy Melia, Aran Mulvihill, Niall Naessens, Ciara O’Connor, Alan Raggett and Christopher Steenson.

A New Horizon: Launch of linn gallery and Inaugural Exhibition, skylines

A vibrant new chapter for the visual arts in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary begins with the official launch of linn gallery and its inaugural group exhibition, skylines, on Saturday, November 29th, at 2:00 PM.

We’re building on the 22-year legacy of The Narrow Space (1st Floor, 14 Mitchell Street) with a fresh vision: a calm, reflective space dedicated to connecting you with the best of Ireland’s contemporary art.

The launch exhibition skylines features the work of seven incredible Irish artists: Alison Barry, Lynda Bremner, Eugene de Leastar, Gary Kearney, Marine Kearney, Diane Magee, and Lee Shanahan. The show invites artists to explore visions beyond the literal horizon, resulting in beautiful representations of artistic innovation and personal journeys.

Come celebrate with us! linn gallery is set to enhance Tipperary’s reputation as a cultural hub, providing a vital new platform for emerging and established Irish artists in the South East. All are truly welcome to attend the opening.

Image credit: ‘Dingle Swallows’, Lynda Bremner, Oil on old OP Maps, 55 x 78 cm.

O’Connell’s sculptural work often evokes states of becoming and transformation, reflecting her long-standing fascination between the organic and geometric in the natural world. This way of working melds irregularity and flow to the precise and mathematical, emblematic of a human relationship to nature.

Her attentive process is of happenstance: a responsiveness to a materials behaviour and chance occurrences that are worked through and feel not imposed but discovered. Through careful observation of the everyday landscape in her Cork home, O’Connell’s practice instills curiosity and an unexpected sense of discovery and awareness.

Clare Arts Office in conjunction with Cultúrlann Sweeney Library Gallery is delighted to present “Kilkee Abstracted”, an art exhibition by Jacinta Moody.
Jacinta is a Clare based artist and art teacher whose work is rooted in the rich cultural and natural landscape of County Clare. She works mainly through the medium of oils and acrylics exploring the moods, shapes, colours and shifting energy of the Clare landscape. She would like her work to go beyond simply depicting a scene. She wants to convey the vitality, atmosphere and abstract nature of the landscape and seascapes that surround us.

Clare Arts Office in conjunction with the Edna O’Brien Library in Scariff is delighted to present “Le Solas : With Light” by the Artist Sharon Ní Chuilibín. This exhibition explores the play of light, colour and shape in the Irish landscape through the lens of the Irish language with drawings, paintings and guided audio meditation.

Black Gives Way to Blue is an exhibition of new work by Cork-based painter Ava Hayes. Working on large scale canvas, Hayes produces abstract, performative paintings which arise from an exploration of intense bodily feeling; the physical tension that arises when language and verbal expression fails. Her painting strategies play with the intimacy of memory and soundscapes to create a bodily charge that transfers onto the canvas. As this builds, she utilises this anxious energy, creating fervent marks that leave traces of this happening in their wake. Hayes is interested in the moment when internalised experience breaks to the surface.

‘Istabraq Hall plays host to Limerick Expo 2025 this December, featuring the work of 11 local artists. Visitors can expect to see a fine representation of Paintings, Prints, Photography and Ceramics. As a group, we wish to bring culture and the arts into the city for the pre-Christmas period, to Limerick Citizens and visitors alike. Artists; Kathleen Bartlett, Mags Dunne, Declan Greene, James Kearney, Luci Lane, Hugh Mac Mahon ,Tim O’Neill, Ciarán O’Sullivan, Ester Redlichova, Paul Rhatigan, Dan Scully’,
Carl Doran, Curator.

On Friday December 5, 6-8pm, we will have a public reception and launch, with mulled wine for the public.

“Comfort and Joy” is an exhibition of recent artwork by Kirsten Murray. Featuring depictions of people & animals in ink & paint + , the general theme is finding light in a dark time.
The scope runs from portraits of Palestine, to close personal (purrsonal & pawsonal) relationships. But the thread is constant. How finding community, commonality, connection and companionship are the instincts that see us through the darker seasons, whether of the soul, the annual weather cycle, or world events.

Launch event 2pm-3.30pm on Saturday December 6th. Tea & cakes & tunes. All Welcome.

Clare Arts Office in conjunction with Clare Museum is delighted to present “Something for Everyone” an exhibition by Mid-West Branch of Irish Patchwork Society.

This exhibition showcases a selection of small quilts by their members made over the last number of years. There are quilters of all skill levels and abilities, from new and novice quilters to professionals, covering every style from traditional to art quilts and everything in between.

Exploring the relationship between transgender bodies and the alien-other of science fiction & horror, Conor’s paintings act as a gateway to a dimension occupied by divine queer bodies. With Trans & Genderqueer bodies being weaponised politically by right wing movements worldwide, the discussion around trans identity in media, which largely seems to ignore or underrepresent trans voices, has reduced the issue to ‘us’ and ‘them’. This dehumanises and alienates trans people, who instead become a scapegoat to be feared, rather than individuals to be understood.

Abjection as termed by Julie Kristeva in her book Powers of Horror refers to that which does not “respect borders, positions, rules,” instead “disturbs identity, system, order”. Conor’s work looks to utilise this concept of Abjection as a liberatory field to explore ways of being that challenges paternal law.

The bodies that appear in these paintings, referred to as Visitors, are fluid, porous & permeable. They pull on forms of life native to earth such as fungi or marine life, informing the viewer that they are more like us than we might initially think. Confronted with bodies set apart from our understanding of sentience, viewers are asked to reckon with their own relationship to bodily autonomy & self-determination.

Erin Lawlor’s recent work delves more deeply into the idea of place.

While she has long seen painting as a space for both imagination and psychological exploration, her process — working horizontally and using a wet-on-wet technique — turns the canvas into a physical ground, shaped by focused, immersive labour.

Each painting captures a layered, evolving process — a moment in time built up through action and intuition — yet each one must ultimately hold together as a complete, cohesive whole.

Exhibition continues from the 6th of December to the 20th of December 2025.

Cork Printmakers at Sirius Arts Centre are bringing you two Winter exhibitions
Dates: 6 – 20 December
Opening reception: Sat 6 December 2pm-4pm
Miguel Amado, Director of Sirius Arts Centre, in-conversation with Cork Printmakers Members

Oceanic Imaginaries
Cork Printmakers Members Exhibition: Noelle Noonan, Elize de Beer, Aoife Claffey, Leslie Allen Spillane, Debbie Godsell

In the Space Between
Cork Printmakers Young Print Collective Exhibition: Nadein Aldabbas, Amal Hope, Viktoria Kondratieva, Leen Maarouf, Fionnuala O’Connell, Yeaneah O’Connell, Reem, Elton Sibanda, Alisa Treshchova

Gallery opening times: Wednesday – Saturday, 11am-5pm

Exhibition continues from the 5th of December 2025 to the 3rd of January 2026.

GOMA Gallery of Modern Art is delighted to invite you to our 8th Annual Winter Exhibition, officially launching on Friday 5th December 6–8pm

Our Annual Winter Exhibition is an eclectic exhibition of fine and applied arts featuring work from more than 40 artists from across Ireland. The exhibition will showcase a wide range of talent covering multiple disciplines from painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography and much more.

Join us on Friday 5th December for a festive evening with refreshments and live music. All are welcome!

Exhibition continues until Saturday 3rd of January.