2016 News & Events
October 2016
25 October 2016
The Royal Irish Academy's 1916 Portraits and lives exhibition is currently on view in the Embassy in Prague. The biographies selected compose an inclusively broad picture of the rising, representing the spectrum of personalities and perspectives that were involved in the event.
September 2016
Exhibition: Stanislav Libenský Award 2016
30 September 2016
Come see the works of nominees for the Stanislav Libenský Award, including Irish artist Michelle Ryan. The exhibition will be on display in the DOX gallery until 14 November 2016.
Exhibition: McCullough Mulvin Architects in Brno
06 September 2016
Ambassador Sheehan will open a solo exhibition of Irish Architecture firm McCullough Mulvin at the Galerie Architektury in Brno, Czech Republic on 6 September 2016. The exhibition will run until 2 October 2016.
August 2016
13-19 August 2016
The traditional Bernard's Summer School will take place in Prague from 13 to 19 August 2016. Bernard’s Summer School (BSS) is a week long international educational event which has been held annually in Prague for the past 15 years. It has been founded and organised by Václav Bernard and his family who are well known popularisers of Irish dancing and Irish culture in the Czech Republic.
June 2016
16 June 2016
the Tale of the Gael from Ireland performed a traditional concert of Irish music entitled "Joyce's Dublin on Monday, 13 June 2016 in Na Prádle Theatre, Prague 1.
April 2016
1916 Rising Centenary Commemoration
27 April 2016
Ambassador Sheehan hosted a 1916 Rising Centenary Commemoration on Wednesday 27 April at the Embassy Residence.
23rd Days of European Film Festival
15 April 2016
The 23rd Days of European Film will take place in Prague, Brno and other towns in the Czech Republic.
Exhibition: McCullough Mulvin Architects
5 April 2016
Ambassador Sheehan attended the launch of the McCullough Mulvin Architects exhibition on 5 April in Ostrava.
March 2016
17 March 2016
Ambassador Sheehan hosted St. Patrick's Day Reception on Thursday, 17 March, at the beautiful Art Deco Residence of the Mayor of Prague.
17 March 2016
See the latest News from the Embassy of Ireland in Prague.
Brno Mahen Theatre joins traditional Greening sites
17 March 2016
Brno Mahen Theatre has joined the Petřín Tower in Prague and the Ostrava City hall this year to celebrate Tourism Ireland's Global Greening initiative marking St. Patrick's Day, 17 March.
Launch of a Collection of Irish Short Stories
2 March 2016
Ambassador Sheehan attended the book launch of a collection of Irish short stories translated into Czech, held on 2 March in Café Campus, Prague 1.