Sirius Arts Centre

Sirius Arts Centre is a venue in Cobh, County Cork. Sirius Arts Centre facilitates the production and presentation of, and public engagement with, art and knowledge. Sirius Arts Centre showcases all art forms – visual, performing, live, film, sound, vocal, written, born-digital, and beyond – through a mix of exhibitions, screenings, performances, concerts, panel discussions, learning and outreach activities, digital broadcasts, and publications. Sirius Arts Centre is part of Cork County’s and wider Irish art infrastructure.

Sirius Arts Centre is housed in a beautiful Italianate building that was designed by Anthony Salvin and built by James Smith Barry of Fota in 1854 to house the Royal Cork Yacht Club, the oldest in the world (founded in 1720 on Haulbowline Island). Salvin was best known for his restoration work on Windsor Castle and the Tower of London.