To celebrate the partial solar eclipse visible on 12th August, join us at the planetarium for a day of solar-themed activities for all ages. Get creative with hands-on crafts and interactive space activities, build and blast your own rockets, and enjoy colourful face painting and delicious food stalls. It’s a fantastic opportunity to learn more […]
SOLD OUT! The Department of Physics at Maynooth University is delighted to invite you to a special celebration of one of the deepest solar eclipses visible from Ireland in decades. This remarkable eclipse will see more than 90% of the Sun obscured, and the next eclipse of comparable magnitude will not be visible from Ireland until 2090. […]
BOOKING ESSENTIAL! Free family event in Dundalk to watch Ireland’s deepest partial solar eclipse since 1999 — eclipse glasses, talks, and telescopes!. On the evening of Wednesday 12 August 2026, Ireland will see its deepest partial solar eclipse since 1999 – and Dundalk is holding its own community eclipse party to mark it. Hosted by […]
SOLD OUT! Join us at Dunsink Observatory for a night-long celebration of the solar eclipse on the 12th August. Throughout the night we’ll have talks, conversation, demonstrations and, weather permitting, some solar viewing — all in the historic surroundings of Dunsink Observatory. Meet the scientists at the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies (DIAS) who are […]
Join Erris at Night for a once-in-a-generation celestial event in a truly spectacular and ancient place, Cross Abbey on the Mullet Peninsula, County Mayo! On Wednesday, 12th August, Ireland will witness an extraordinary deep partial solar eclipse, and the Mullet Peninsula is officially among the best vantage points in Europe to experience it! Because we […]
The Irish Astronomical Society (IAS) will be hosting a public viewing event on the 12th August 2026 in the visitor centre of the Phoenix Park. More details at: www.irishastrosoc.ie
The Irish Astronomical Society will host a public seminar in UCD on the 28th September 2026. Members of the society who traveled to see the 2026 total Solar Eclipse in August, present reports, images and videos of their observations and travel adventures.
