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Sirius Arts Centre We do not respond to Facebook messages. Please email [email protected] for enquiries. Sirius Arts Centre is a venue in Cobh, County Cork.

Sirius Arts Centre facilitates the production and presentation of, and public engagement with, art and knowledge. Sirius Arts Centre showcases all art forms – visual, performing, live, film, sound, vocal, written, born-digital, and beyond – through a mix of exhibitions, screenings, performances, concerts, panel discussions, learning and outreach activities, digital broadcasts, and publications. Sirius Arts Centre is part of Cork County’s and wider Irish art infrastructure.

Art Adventure Day at SIRIUS: HalloweenSIRIUS, in collaboration with Glorious Arts & Crafts, presents a Halloween Camp fo...
17/10/2026

Art Adventure Day at SIRIUS: Halloween

SIRIUS, in collaboration with Glorious Arts & Crafts, presents a Halloween Camp for children aged 5-10. The workshop explores creativity and making for children around the holiday of Halloween. Participants make cards and decorations using different techniques in preparation for the festive season.

Gloria O’Doherty is an artist who has taught the people of Cobh and beyond for over 15 years. She supports participants of all abilities and backgrounds in expressing themselves through artistic ideas and means.

Saturday, 31 October
2-5pm
Advanced booking via Eventbrite is essential (link in bio).

Information
Children must wear suitable clothes. A packed lunch is welcome, but refreshments are provided.

Accessibility Note
Our building has accessibility limitations. There are three steps to the front door and a temporary wheelchair ramp is available upon request. Our facilities are also accessed via stairs.

Gloria O Doherty
Megan Ní Dhrisceóil
Cork County Council
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon



Exhibition – Eslam Abd El Salam: HiraethEslam Abd El Salam is an Egyptian artist based in Belfast. He is self-taught and...
17/10/2026

Exhibition – Eslam Abd El Salam: Hiraeth

Eslam Abd El Salam is an Egyptian artist based in Belfast. He is self-taught and practices through photography and writing, rooted in intuition and a grounded understanding of the real. He uses walking to engage with place and focus on the body in motion, whether in nature or alongside others. He explores synchronicity in friendships and serendipitous encounters, capturing both playfulness and vulnerability in everyday settings.

This exhibition features a selection of photographs that examines displacement and care, rooted in the distance – physical, emotional – between the artist and his mother. The title refers to a Welsh word describing a deep, bittersweet longing for a home, time, or site to which one can never return, or that may never have existed. The images focus on mundane, day-to-day life. The exhibition shapes a common thread between the personal and the collective, considering how experiences of belonging can be shared.

This exhibition is organised by SIRIUS in partnership with PS2, Belfast, and curated by SIRIUS Director Miguel Amado. It is realised with funding from the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport through the Co-operation with Northern Ireland Scheme.

LAUNCH EVENT

SIRIUS
Saturday, 24 October
2-4pm
Free; no booking required

Eslam Abd El Salam in conversation with Miguel Amado

Eslam Abd El Salam and Miguel Amado discuss the exhibition’s central themes and works, as well as the personal, political, and aesthetic considerations that inform the artist’s practice.

Accessibility Note
The building has accessibility limitations. There are three steps to the front door, but a temporary wheelchair ramp is available upon request. The facilities are also accessed via stairs.

Image description: A portrait of artist Eslam Abd El Salam.













The Quiet Club at SIRIUSThe Quiet Club is formed by Cork-based artists Danny McCarthy and Mick O’Shea. They perform expe...
16/10/2026

The Quiet Club at SIRIUS

The Quiet Club is formed by Cork-based artists Danny McCarthy and Mick O’Shea. They perform experimental music using a range of improvised instruments. They often collaborate with other artists to create new and alternative sonic environments. They showcase site-specific, responsive works across Cork County, nationally and internationally. This year, they are celebrating their twentieth anniversary with a nationwide tour.

As part of this initiative, SIRIUS presents This Now hEar (Cycles Of Time and Eternal Renewal), engaging with the site’s history and architecture in collaboration with artists Artem Trofimenko and Jeffrey Weeter. Their concert at SIRIUS has become an annual event and is a highlight of the East Cork art scene.

Friday, 23 October
7pm (doors: 6.45pm)
Free; no booking required

The Quiet Club at SIRIUS is funded by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport through the Night-Time Economy After Hours at the Museum scheme.

Accessibility Note
The building has accessibility limitations. There are three steps to the front door, but a temporary wheelchair ramp is available upon request. The facilities are also accessed via stairs.

Image description: A close-up of two men, musicians Mick O’Shea and Danny McCarthy, standing inside a greenhouse, looking at the camera.

Mick O'Shea
Danny Mc Carthy



Megan Ní Dhrisceóil
Cork County Council
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
Department of Culture, Communications and Sport




Diveboy at SIRIUSDiveboy are an Indie pop band hailing from Cork, Ireland via the west coast of Clare. Formerly known as...
15/10/2026

Diveboy at SIRIUS

Diveboy are an Indie pop band hailing from Cork, Ireland via the west coast of Clare. Formerly known as The Burma - Tony O’Donovan, Peter Piggott and Cian Doherty recently relaunched as Diveboy. Accrediting their sound to influences of indie scenes in the United States and the United Kingdom from the 1980s to the early 2000s, they list bands such as The Killers, Tame Impala, The Smiths, Arctic Monkeys and The Strokes as their inspiration.

Diveboy’s first two albums, Sucker for Stars and Crazy Dreams & Cruel Realities, have gained extensive coverage and airplay across Ireland, and their highly anticipated new album, In Orbit, was released on 2 October 2026. At SIRIUS, they present a homecoming evening with a setlist including their newest album and fan favourites to the people of Cobh and beyond.

Friday, 20 November
8pm (doors: 7.45pm)
Tickets: €20.00 (non-refundable)
Advance booking via Eventbrite is recommended (link in bio).

Diveboy at SIRIUS is funded by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport through the Night-Time Economy After Hours at the Museum scheme.

Accessibility Note
The building has accessibility limitations. There are three steps at the front entrance, but a temporary wheelchair ramp is available upon request. Facilities are accessible only via stairs.

Diveboy
Megan Ní Dhrisceóil
Cork County Council
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
Department of Culture, Communications and Sport




Thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening of Leanne McDonagh’s exhibition, Community & Connection, at Uillinn:...
14/10/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening of Leanne McDonagh’s exhibition, Community & Connection, at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, following its presentation at SIRIUS. Community & Connection, curated by SIRIUS Director Miguel Amado, is the most comprehensive showcase of Leanne’s work to date.

The staging at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre features an expanded selection of works, alongside a new display by guest artist Chloe McDonagh. Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre is organising a series of learning activities with West Cork Traveller Centre led by artist Toma McCullim.

Leanne is an Irish artist from the Traveller community based in Cork County. She records her community’s life and heritage from an insider perspective, subtly yet vividly capturing its circumstances and experiences. Her images portray family meetings, celebrations, scenes of labour and trade, domestic interiors and activities, and public gatherings. They emphasise both the distinct characteristics of Traveller culture and universal aspects of social relations.

This exhibition is organised by SIRIUS. Its presentation is part of a tour including SIRIUS, Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, and Limerick City Gallery of Art, produced by Rayne Booth. The exhibition and the tour are supported by the Arts Council through a Project Award and the Touring of Work Scheme.

📸 Pedro Mesquita

Image description: 1-5. People conversing and viewing photographs and screenprints by Leanne McDonagh in Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre.

Leanne McDonagh







Megan Ní Dhrisceóil



Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre
Limerick City Gallery Of Art
Pavee Point
Cork County Council
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon


TEMPORARY GALLERY CLOSUREDue to unforeseen circumstances, SIRIUS is closed on Saturday, 10 October. We resume our openin...
09/10/2026

TEMPORARY GALLERY CLOSURE

Due to unforeseen circumstances, SIRIUS is closed on Saturday, 10 October. We resume our opening hours on Wednesday, 14 October, at 11am.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Thank you for your understanding.

The Quiet Club at SIRIUSThe Quiet Club is formed by Cork-based artists Danny McCarthy and Mick O’Shea. They perform expe...
09/10/2026

The Quiet Club at SIRIUS

The Quiet Club is formed by Cork-based artists Danny McCarthy and Mick O’Shea. They perform experimental music using a range of improvised instruments. They often collaborate with other artists to create new and alternative sonic environments. They showcase site-specific, responsive works across Cork County, nationally and internationally. This year, they are celebrating their twentieth anniversary with a nationwide tour.

As part of this initiative, SIRIUS presents This Now hEar (Cycles Of Time and Eternal Renewal), engaging with the site’s history and architecture in collaboration with artists Artem Trofimenko and Jeffrey Weeter. Their concert at SIRIUS has become an annual event and is a highlight of the East Cork art scene.

Friday, 23 October
7pm (doors: 6.45pm)
Free; no booking required

The Quiet Club at SIRIUS is funded by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport through the Night-Time Economy After Hours at the Museum scheme.

Accessibility Note
The building has accessibility limitations. There are three steps to the front door, but a temporary wheelchair ramp is available upon request. The facilities are also accessed via stairs.

Image description: A close-up of two men, musicians Mick O’Shea and Danny McCarthy, standing inside a greenhouse, looking at the camera.

Mick O'Shea
Danny McCarthy
Artem Trofimenko
Jeffrey Weeter

MODA
Cork County Council
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
Department of Culture, Communications and Sport




Elinor O’Donovan’s exhibition, Róisín, opens at Sample-Studios Gallery: The Lord Mayor's Pavilion on 10 October at 2pm. ...
07/10/2026

Elinor O’Donovan’s exhibition, Róisín, opens at Sample-Studios Gallery: The Lord Mayor's Pavilion on 10 October at 2pm. The exhibition culminates the Sample-Studios Spike Island Summer Residency 2026, delivered in collaboration with SIRIUS, and is produced and presented with support from SIRIUS.

Róisín explores the life of Charlotte Grace O’Brien (1845–1909), O’Donovan’s great-great-great-great-aunt. O’Brien wrote and campaigned on behalf of Irish women emigrating to the United States in the late nineteenth century, specifically protesting the conditions they experienced in Queenstown (now Cobh), County Cork, aboard emigrant ships and then subsequently upon their arrival in New York.

The exhibition features a film that takes the form of a ‘desktop documentary’; it conveys its narrative via browser windows, archival materials, drawings, and digital imagery, mirroring O’Donovan’s research. Accompanying the film is an installation that references decorative floral plasterwork found in Irish state buildings.

Image description: An overhead view of a desk, with a title card on a green cutting mat and the words 'Róisín, a film by Elinor O'Donovan' being written by hand, with notes and books around the borders.



















Screening – Shirani Bolle: When We Are TreesShirani Bolle is an artist based in Limerick with Sri Lankan, Dutch-German a...
03/10/2026

Screening – Shirani Bolle: When We Are Trees

Shirani Bolle is an artist based in Limerick with Sri Lankan, Dutch-German and British heritage. Her practice spans performance, film, and sculpture, with textiles serving as a central medium. She explores themes of ethnicity, intergenerational trauma, gender-based violence, and masking.

When We Are Trees is a film that explores existential ideas and themes of grief. It grows out of conversations between the artist and her children, aged four and eight, about death and the afterlife. It gathers stories from people around the world to explore how emotional, psychological, and physical responses to loss can feel solitary, yet may be the most collective experience we share. The narrative moves through dreamlike sequences consisting of fragmented imagery and layered sound, connecting bodies, places, imagination, and memory.

SIRIUS
Saturday, 3 October
11am-5pm
Free; no booking required

This screening is organised by SIRIUS in the context of a tour of Shirani Bolle’s work curated by SIRIUS Director Miguel Amado. This tour includes SIRIUS, Pallas Projects/Studios in Dublin, PS2 in Belfast, Centre for Contemporary Art Derry-Londonderry, and Screen Service. The tour is supported by the Arts Council through the Shared Island Touring Scheme, delivered in partnership with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and funded by the Shared Island Cultural Cooperation Fund.

Accessibility Note
The building has accessibility limitations. There are three steps to the front door, but a temporary wheelchair ramp is available upon request. The facilities are also accessed via stairs.

Image description: A white poster depicting the SIRIUS logo of an ‘S’ and the words ‘Shirani Bolle: When We Are Trees’.



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Exhibition – Florin Nolan: A World in BloomFlorin Nolan is an Irish artist of Romanian heritage based in Cobh, County Co...
03/10/2026

Exhibition – Florin Nolan: A World in Bloom

Florin Nolan is an Irish artist of Romanian heritage based in Cobh, County Cork. He is affiliated with Horizon’s Suisha Inclusive Arts, which supports practitioners identified as disabled, D/deaf, and neurodivergent. This exhibition features an extensive body of work realised under the mentorship of Irish artist Róisín O’Sullivan, and is the most comprehensive presentation of his work to date.

Florin explores themes of belonging, human-animal interactions, and collective memory. Core to the exhibition is a group of sculptures representing a range of wildlife, reflecting the artist’s keen interest in the natural realm as a site of magic and invention. These works are complemented by collages depicting animals in a variety of landscapes and seascapes. Reality and the imagined meld through the lens of fantasy and storytelling, suggesting a dreamlike space of wonder and adventure.

This exhibition is organised by SIRIUS and curated by Miguel Amado, Director.

Florin Nolan is funded by the Arts Council through an Agility Award and the Arts and Disability Connect Scheme managed by Arts & Disability Ireland, as well as Cork County Council through a Bursary Award.

LAUNCH EVENT

SIRIUS
Saturday, 3 October
2-4pm
Free; no booking required

Florin Nolan in conversation with Miguel Amado and Róisín O’Sullivan

Florin Nolan, Miguel Amado and Róisín O’Sullivan discuss the personal and aesthetic considerations that inform Nolan’s practice and the exhnibition’s key themes.

Accessibility Note
The building has accessibility limitations. There are three steps to the front door, but a temporary wheelchair ramp is available upon request. The facilities are also accessed via stairs.

📸: John Beasley

Image description: A detail of a collage by artist Florin Nolan.

Florin Nolan

Róisín O’Sullivan
MODA
John Beasleyarts
Horizons
Arts & Disability Ireland
Cork County Council
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon




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The Old Yacht Club, Westbourne Place
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P24F209

Opening Hours

Wednesday 11am - 5pm
Thursday 11am - 5pm
Friday 11am - 5pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm

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