Cultúrlann Sweeney is a wheelchair accessible 108 seat theatre, gallery space and library in Kilkee, County Clare.
Contact us at 065 9060769 or for bookings. Alternatively you can book anytime online (please note booking fee of €1 per ticket applies to all tickets).
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What’s on
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- Art Exhibition
- Entertainment
- Family friendly
- Free
- Visual Art
- Wheelchair accessible
“Flow” an exhibition by Artist Julie O’Gorman
Clare Arts Office in conjunction with Cultúrlann Sweeney Gallery is delighted to present “Flow” an exhibition by Kilkee artist Julie O'Gorman.
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- Entertainment
- Film
- Wheelchair accessible
An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl)
Wonderfully recreating the feel of a country home in 1980s Ireland, An Cailín Ciúin, adapted from Claire Keegan’s acclaimed short story,Foster, is a genuine, deeply felt portrait of the bonds that sustain us.
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- Entertainment
- Film
- Wheelchair accessible
Pure Grit
Dir & Writer: Kim Bartley 2021 92 mins Cert: 12A Language: English Growing up queer on Wyoming’s Wind River…
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- Dance
- Entertainment
- Music
- Theatre
- Wheelchair accessible
Improvisation in Traditional Irish Dance with Colin Dunne
Improvisation in Traditional Irish Dance with Colin Dunne
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- Entertainment
- Film
- Wheelchair accessible
The Banshees of Inisheerin
Set during the Irish Civil War, on a coastal Island, lifelong friends Pádraic and Colm, suddenly find themselves at an impasse when Colm unexpectedly ends their friendship.
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- Entertainment
- Film
- Wheelchair accessible
Juniper
Dir: Matthew Saville New Zealand 2022 94mins Cert:15A(IFCO) Language: English Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Marton Csokas, George Ferrier, Edith Poor ,Desray Armstrong, Angela…
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- Entertainment
- Family friendly
- Music
- Traditional Music
- Wheelchair accessible
Andy Irvine
Andy Irvine has enjoyed a long and successful career as a traditional Irish musician.
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- Entertainment
- Free
- Wheelchair accessible
Official Competition
Official Competition (Competencia Oficial) Directors: Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat Cast: Penelope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, Oscar Martinez Film INFO: 115minutes, Language:…
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- Concert
- Entertainment
- Music
- Wheelchair accessible
Cuar Ensemble
Cuar is an Irish chamber music ensemble founded by Neil Ó Lochlainn from Ballyvaughan.
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Information

Photo courtesy Matt O'Mahony & Associates
History
The Sweeney Memorial Public Library, Kilkee, was founded in the 1950s with money bequeathed from Dr. William J. Sweeney, Union City, New Jersey whose grandfather was born in Kilkee in 1833. A newly refurbished library, theatre and gallery, renamed as Cultúrlann Sweeney, was opened on the 27th of February 2012 by Jimmy Deenihan, T.D., Minister for Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs.Theatre
Culturlann Sweeney Kilkee runs a Film Club all year round with a special children’s programme in July and August annually. Occasional events take place throughout the year with a full summer line up in July and August that features film, theatre, music concerts and supports local events such as the Kilkee Civic Trust talks and the Kilkee Playwrights Festival.Gallery
We run a year round gallery programme. If interested in exhibiting please read our gallery guidelines and contact arts@clarecoco.ie to be placed on a waiting list. A permanent collection of watercolours by the Rev. William O'Brien are on display in the meeting room.Opening Hours

Photo courtesy Matt O’Mahony & Associates
Our gallery opening hours are
- Monday 1.30pm–5.30pm and 6.00pm–8.00pm
- Tuesday 10.30am–1.30pm and 2.00pm–5.30pm
- Wednesday 1.30pm–5.30pm and 6.00pm–8.00pm
- Thursday 10.30am–1.30pm and 2.00pm–5.30pm
- Friday 10.30am–1.30pm and 2.00pm–5.30pm
- Saturday 10.30am–2.00pm
Our box office opening hours are
- Wednesday 2.00 - 5.00pm
- Friday 2.00pm–5.00pm
Kilkee
Co. Clare
V15 P960
Ireland