A Claddagh Christmas
Eight hundred years of Irish tradition, from the ancient Kilmore Carols of Wexford to Home Alone and Hans Zimmer - performed across up to six 40-minute concerts a day, in Ireland's largest choral concert series. Join the almost 4,000 who came last year for a Christmas concert experience like no other.
Tickets launch November 1st.
Love. Time. Magic.
Christmas as you've never heard it before
Ireland's largest choral concert series, A Claddagh Christmas transforms The Round Room at the Mansion House Dublin & St. Nicholas’ Church Galway into an immersive this December.
Now expanding into its 2nd year, A Claddagh Christmas began as a Christmas concert series in Galway and has grown into a three-day event featuring 6 short, installation-style shows a day - keeping the room full of energy, and tickets accessible to everyone.
Hear a thousand years of Irish Christmas - from the ancient Kilmore Carols of Wexford to the music of Home Alone and Hans Zimmer - performed live.
Forty minutes of festive carols and rich choral harmony, wrapped around a story about the things that matter most at Christmas:
the people we love, the time we're given, and the magic we still believe in.
Almost 4,000 attendees in December 2025!
THE EXPERIENCE
800 YEARS OF
IRISH CHRISTMAS
From the ancient Kilmore Carols of County Wexford to contemporary favourites including Home Alone and Hans Zimmer, the programme is built to work for someone who's never set foot in a classical concert - while still holding up for regular National Concert Hall audiences.
SIX SHOWS A DAY
Short, installation-style performances run throughout the day, keeping turnover high and the room from ever feeling precious or exclusive. Come for one, or come back for several.
FOR EVERYONE
A joyful, accessible alternative to Christmas Eve mass, or a serious concert-going tradition. Whichever you're looking for, there's a seat for you.
A Claddagh Christmas started as a handful of concerts in Galway and has grown into something much bigger - a series built to bring people who'd never normally set foot in a classical concert into the same room as those who go every week. Christmas has a thousand years of Irish tradition behind it, and I wanted to build something that honours that while still speaking to people today. Every year the goal is the same: make it bigger, make it better, and make it feel like it belongs to everyone.
- Stephen Carroll, conductor
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