About Lismore Castle Arts

Lismore Castle Arts hosts one major international exhibition per year, alongside a growing programme of smaller exhibitions in our off-site project space St Carthage Hall, as well as regular arts related events, education programmes and other outreach initiatives.

Lismore Castle Arts is committed to the presentation and promotion of contemporary visual art. We seek to create greater opportunities for people to experience visual art of international significance in the South and South East of Ireland.

In 2003 the owners of Lismore Castle, the Devonshire family, conceived an ambitious plan to transform the long-derelict West Wing of the Castle into a state-of-the-art contemporary gallery. Working with award-winning, Cork-based architects Jack Coughlan Associates, their plan was realised in September 2005, when Lismore Castle Arts opened. The gallery is a series of light-filled rooms, designed to exhibit and allow contemporary art to be appreciated in a modern context whilst also revealing elements of the 300 year old history of the building.

The gallery can be hired for receptions and other events. For more information, please email: Director, Lismore Castle Arts.