Ireland Yearly Meeting will be held on 9 – 12 April 2026 at the Dominican Retreat Centre in Tallaght, Dublin. It is expected that registration will open in January 2026.

The theme for IYM 2026 is Deepening our Spirituality.

A summary of information about IYM 2026 can be downloaded here. Much of this information is also given under the relevant headings below.

Note that Ireland Junior Yearly Meeting will be held just before IYM, on 2 – 6 April 2026 at the Moyallon Centre, Co. Down.

Registering and Booking Meals

Information will be posted as soon as it is available!

Accommodation

The Dominican Retreat Centre has 29 single rooms available on site. The cost of accommodation is to be confirmed, however, it’s hoped to be similar to the price for IYM 2023 (which was €50/£45 for Bed and Breakfast). We will put out further information in January regarding costs and registration.

We will be allocating rooms at the Dominican Retreat Centre in a priority order, looking to accommodate Yearly Meeting guests, those with limited financial resources and/or mobility issues, those travelling from outside Dublin and those staying all three nights.

For those who will be staying in local hotels, we advise early booking. The following local hotels are within reasonable walking distance of the venue for those with good mobility (although Friends are, of course, not limited to these):

The Maldron Hotel, Tallaght (about 20 minutes walk): info.Tallaght@maldronhotels.com. Tel. (01) 468 5400

The Plaza Hotel, Tallaght (about 15 minutes walk): reservations@plazahotel.ie.   Tel. (01) 462 4200

Glashaus Hotel, Tallaght (about 20 minutes walk): reception@glashaushotel.ie.  Tel. (01) 538 1410.

Tallaght Cross Hotel (about 24 minutes walk): info@tallaghtcrosshotel.ie, Tel. (01) 541 3400.

Transportation to IYM 2026

Information will be posted as soon as it is available!

Volunteering to help at IYM 2026

There are a lot of jobs to be done at IYM 2026 – collecting meal tickets, being a roving microphone steward, helping at the fundraising and book stalls and more. Most of these jobs don’t require any previous experience, and you’ll be given clear instructions about what to do.

A volunteer form will be available here in due course.

Special Interest Groups

Following feedback from Friends last year, we have decided to hold Special Interest Groups in-person only at this year’s Yearly Meeting. Friends wanted the opportunity to explore issues face-to-face. The SIG’s will take place on the Saturday morning of Yearly Meeting.

If you have a topic or theme that you want to explore, and have a clear plan of how this might be presented on the day, please email your proposal to Office@quakers.ie by 31January 2026 at the latest. The Programme Committee will then be able to decide which proposals can be developed further, so that we have as wide-ranging programme

Public Lecture

Our Public Lecture will be given by Brian Maguire, reflecting on his experience of using painting in addressing issues of social injustice and social malfunction.

More information about the Public Lecture will be posted here once it is available.