Club Chonradh na Gaeilge

Club Chonradh na Gaeilge — often shortened to Club an Chonartha or simply An Club — is an Irish-language social club and bar located in the basement of the headquarters of Conradh na Gaeilge at 6 Sráid Fhearchair (Harcourt Street) in Dublin 2, Ireland. It was founded in 1969 and operates independently of Conradh na Gaeilge, the language organisation whose building it occupies. Its purpose is to provide social contact, entertainment and recreation through the medium of Irish, and it does so by renting a dedicated space in which it stages more than a hundred events each year. The club is a voluntary community group rather than a commercial nightlife operator in the conventional sense. It is sustained by a membership system: more than 200 members pay an annual subscription, and the official website states that this income alone is what allows the club to maintain its space and run its programme. Members hold voting rights in the election of the club committee, which is responsible for running the club and is elected at the annual general meeting. This structure gives the club a co-operative, member-owned character. Programming is broad and cultural. The club hosts a monthly get-together on the second Friday of each month, typically in a Dublin pub such as Teach Tábhairne Uí Dhuibhir on Sráid Aungier, and it organises trips and buses to Irish-language events around the country — for example a bus to Féile na Gealaí in Ráth Chairn, County Meath, and a tour to Inis Meáin in the Aran Islands. It also has a tradition of nurturing performers; the Irish-language Wikipedia article links the club to Amhránaithe an Chlub (club singers) and to the comedy collective GaelGÁIRÍ. From the end of September 2024 the club itself closed temporarily, with the historic building at 6 Sráid Fhearchair being redeveloped into an Irish-language centre; the closure is expected to last until 2027. During this period monthly events continue to be organised by the Provisional Club Chonradh na Gaeilge Committee in various venues in Dublin and further afield. The club therefore remains an active brand and community institution even while its physical home is under construction.

Club Chonradh na Gaeilge was founded in 1969 as a social club and bar for Irish speakers in Dublin. It was established in the basement of the headquarters of Conradh na Gaeilge at 6 Sráid Fhearchair (Harcourt Street) in Dublin 2, but from the outset it operated independently of Conradh na Gaeilge itself. The club's model was that of a members' association: members pay an annual subscription, hold voting rights, and elect a committee at an annual general meeting; that committee runs the club. This structure has remained the basis of the club's governance. Over the decades the club became a fixture of Dublin's Irish-language social scene, offering a bar and a programme of cultural events in Irish. It hosted a wide range of Irish-language cultural activities and developed a particular association with music and performance — the Irish-language Wikipedia article links it to Amhránaithe an Chlub (club singers) and to the comedy group GaelGÁIRÍ. It also built links with other Irish-language social clubs, such as Club Áras na nGael in Galway. By the 2020s the club was running more than a hundred events a year in its rented space and had over 200 paying members, whose subscriptions the club describes as the sole means by which it can maintain the space and run the events. Its programme included a monthly get-together on the second Friday of each month, often held in Dublin pubs such as Teach Tábhairne Uí Dhuibhir on Sráid Aungier, and organised trips — for example a bus to Féile na Gealaí in Ráth Chairn, County Meath, and a tour to Inis Meáin in the Aran Islands. A major turning point came in 2024. From the end of September 2024 the club itself closed temporarily while the historic building at 6 Sráid Fhearchair was redeveloped into an Irish-language centre; the closure is expected to last until 2027. During this period, monthly events continued to be organised by the Provisional Club Chonradh na Gaeilge Committee in various venues in Dublin and further afield. The club thus remains active as a community and brand while its physical home is rebuilt.

• 2026

  Club organises a tour to Inis Meáin, 29 May to 1 June 2026.

• 2024

  From the end of September 2024 the club closes temporarily while 6 Sráid Fhearchair is redeveloped into an Irish-language centre; closure expected until 2027.

• 1969

  Club Chonradh na Gaeilge founded as an Irish-language social club and bar in the basement of Conradh na Gaeilge headquarters, 6 Sráid Fhearchair, Dublin.

A member-owned, voluntary Irish-language social club and cultural venue, independent of Conradh na Gaeilge, sustained by subscriptions and run by an elected committee.

• Annual membership

  Over 200 members pay an annual subscription; members have voting rights for the club committee.

• Monthly club get-together

  Held on the second Friday of each month, often in Dublin pubs such as Teach Tábhairne Uí Dhuibhir on Sráid Aungier.

• Bus to Féile na Gealaí

  Club-organised bus to the festival in Ráth Chairn, County Meath; €25 return or €20 for members.

• Tour to Inis Meáin

  A club-organised tour to Inis Meáin in the Aran Islands, 29 May to 1 June 2026.

1. 1Club Chonradh na Gaeilge official websiteanclub.ie
2. 2Club Chonradh na Gaeilge on Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Club Chonradh na Gaeilge on Irish Wikipediaga.wikipedia.org