Community Language

Féile na Gaeilge / Irish Language Day 2026

Our annual Irish language celebration!

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Details

$56 (inclusive of fees)

6 hours

Date(s)

Sat, Mar 28, 2026

12:00pm - 6:00pm

Contact

info@irishartscenter.org

Location

Irish Arts Center
726 11th Avenue
Hell's Kitchen, NYC

Overview

This year's event celebrates the storytelling practices that sustain and evolve the Irish tradition today. The afternoon's program includes story-focused workshops, conversation circles, Irish language short films, and a special storytelling session curated and hosted by Seanchoíche, a Dublin-based global storytelling collective.

Feile na Gaeilge is a bilingual event for speakers of all levels, including absolute beginners and those simply curious about Irish cultural heritage.

SCHEDULE

12pm–1:30pm // Workshops (Pick from one of three sessions, details coming soon)
1:40pm–2:20pm // Lunch break and conversation circles
2:30pm–4pm // Gearrscannáin na Gaeilge / Irish Language Shorts Screening
Guthanna Nua na Gaeilge (New Irish Voices) presented in partnership with the Galway Film Fleadh
4:15pm–4:45pm // Tea and conversation
5pm // Seanchoíche: An evening of live storytelling in Irish
6pm // Libations and conversation

Complimentary tea and coffee served throughout the day

Presented with generous support from Culture Ireland, CIE Tours, the Emigrant Support Programme, the Irish Institute of New York, National Endowment for the Arts, and the St. Patrick's Day Foundation, NYC.


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Irish Arts Center programs are supported, in part, by government, foundation, and corporate partners including Culture Ireland, the agency for the promotion of Irish arts worldwide; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office and the New York City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; Howard Gilman Foundation; Tourism Ireland; the Jerome L. Greene Foundation; the Brandt Jackson Foundation; the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation; Charina Endowment Fund; the Ireland Funds; the Shubert Foundation, Inc.; the Arnhold Foundation; the Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; the Irish Institute of New York; the Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater; the MacMillan Family Foundation; Bloomberg Philanthropies; the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, New York; Northern Ireland Bureau; Invest NI; CIE Tours; M&T Bank; the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate of Ireland in New York; the St. Patrick's Day Foundation, NYC; the Hyde and Watson Foundation; the H.W. Wilson Foundation; the Manhattan Tourism Foundation; and thousands of generous donors like you.

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