James Connolly Visitor Centre Belfast

16/10/2026

Planning a visit to Belfast?

Call into Áras Uí Chonghaile, in the heart of the Gaeltacht Quarter, to learn about the life and politics of James Connolly - Trade Unionist, Socialist, Republican.

ℹ️ www.arasuichonghaile.com/experience/

15/10/2026

Jim Larkin was a fiery and charismatic trade union leader who organised workers in Belfast & Dublin in the early 20th century. A founder of the ITGWU he led the Dublin Lockout of 1913 along with James Connolly.

🖼 Print kindly donated by Jim Fitzpatrick

14/10/2026

Full house in Áras Uí Chonghaile tonight as we host the Commission on the Future of Ireland for their conversation on ‘Media in a New Ireland’.

An important discussion exploring the impact of partition and what media in a united Ireland could look like.

14/10/2026

🗣️‘The Battle of Cable Street: 90 Years On’ with David Rosenberg

📆 Wednesday 21st October, 7pm

In this talk we’ll explore the Battle of Cable Street, when thousands united to stop Oswald Mosley’s fascists marching through London’s East End.

Register>> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSePO7GNjnzcKeBW6-o5r5Wd_z6eFCQj2EAQ_d16pk2KARy7Xg/viewform

14/10/2026

'However it may be for others, for us of the Citizen Army there is but one ideal – an Ireland ruled, and owned, by Irish men and women, sovereign and independent from the centre to the sea, and flying its own flag outward over all the oceans.'

🖋 James Connolly (1915)

13/10/2026

Fascinating conversation in Áras Uí Chonghaile this evening with former Irish diplomat Ray Bassett and Prof. Colin Harvey.

Discussing 100 years of Fianna Fáil, its record on Irish unity and whether a change of leadership could reshape its approach to a border poll.

13/10/2026

We’re very lucky to have this incredible original painting by the renowned artist Robert Ballagh in Áras Uí Chonghaile!

🖼 ‘A Terrible Beauty’

Hear about it and plenty more with the James Connolly Experience 🙌🏼

Book now:
🔗 arasuichonghaile.com/experience/

13/10/2026