High Street, Wexford

Tel: (053) 912 2144  

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The National Opera House was opened in 2008 to provide a suitable home for Wexford’s historic and award winning Wexford Festival Opera. Since then, the stylish venue has been designated Ireland’s National Opera House by the Minister of Arts in 2014, and gone on to take the main prize at last year’s IMRO Live Venue Of The Year Awards. The National Opera House contains two performances spaces: the 771-seat O’Reilly Theatre, which can be extended to an 855-seat capacity; and the versatile 172-seat Jerome Hynes Theatre, along with numerous meeting and hospitality facilities and bars. As well as providing a home to the high arts, the National Opera House also features contemporary music and comedy. The Fureys, Dara Ó Briain and Derek Ryan are just some of the names that have performed so far this year.