What's on

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    Tour

    Public Tour: How to Read an Artwork

    01 March 11.30 - 12.30

    Learn how to read an artwork on this special tour

    Free
  2. Cubist-style painting of a group of horses

    Workshop

    Sunday Family Drop-in Workshop: Where Horses Play on Paper

    01 March 11.30 - 13.30

    Join us for this free creative workshop

    Free
  3. A young child on a free family friendly tour in the Millennium Wing. © National Gallery of Ireland

    Tour

    Public Tour: Family Tour

    01 March 13.00 - 14.00

    Join us for a special tour designed for children and their guardians, parents and carers.

    Free
  4. Impressionistic landscape painting of a river, trees on the riverbank, buildings on the horizon and a white sailboat.

    Tour

    Public Tour: Mindfulness tour

    01 March 14.30 - 15.30

    Slow down and reflect through close-looking at art.

    Free
  5. View of the classical facade of the National Gallery of Ireland at Merrion Square

    Special event

    Sound Baths at the Gallery

    02 March 13.15 - 14.15

    Experience a relaxing and restorative Sound Bath in the beautiful surroundings of the National Gallery.

    €25
  6. Jan Wyck (1644-1702), 'The Battle of the Boyne', 1693.

    Talk

    Pop-up Talk: Wyck's Battle of the Boyne

    03 March 13.15 - 13.45

    A free lunchtime talk

    Free
  7. A woman in a red dress stands in a Gallery hung with large oil paintings.

    Talk

    Friends Fortnight 2026: Director's Lecture

    03 March 15.00 - 16.00

    Join Gallery Director Caroline Campbell for an exclusive talk for Friends.

    Free
  8. Painting of an elderly man with white hair and a white beard sitting with his arm on the headrest of a chair.

    Talk

    Friends Fortnight 2026: Under the Yeatsian Spell - Robert Henri on Achill Island

    05 March 17.30 - 18.30

    A talk with Jessica Sharkey as part of Friends Fortnight. Tickets available.

    Free
  9. Black and white photo of paintings hung Salon-style on the wall with view through doorway into next gallery space

    Talk

    Friends Fortnight 2025: Legal episodes in the national collection

    09 March 12.00 - 13.00

    Exclusive talk for Friends of the Gallery - free, but booking is essential

    Free*
  10. Colin Davidson (b.1968), 'Portrait of Michael Longley (b.1939), Poet, Editor and Anthologist', 2011-2012. © National Gallery of Ireland.

    Talk

    Friends Fortnight 2026: Colin Davidson in Conversation

    10 March 15.00 - 16.00

    Exclusive talk for Friends of the Gallery - free, but booking is essential

    Free