The History of Pride in Ireland

This interactive ArcGIS StoryMap will take you through Ireland's historic moments for positive change and progress for members of the LGBTQ+ community.

On June 27 1974, 10 people marched from the Department of Justice in St. Stephen’s Green to the British Embassy to protest the criminalisation of homosexuality (under the Offences Against the Persons Act), which dated back to the Victorian Era.

Ireland’s first Pride Week was held on June 25th to July 1st 1979, organised by the National Gay and Lesbian Federation. The 10-day event was established to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall Riots and to draw attention to the difficulty and oppression that members of the LGBTQ+ community in Ireland faced.

In March 1983, the first large scale LGBTQ+ protest march took place in Dublin, organised in response to the release of five men who  brutally murdered Declan Flynn in a homophobic attack  , in Fairview Park. About 900 people marched from Liberty Hall to Fairview Park to express their outrage and desire for justice. The march was a demand for change and marks a turning point for recognising the injustices against LGBTQ+ people.

Today – Pride festivals and parades are held across the island of Ireland. In Dublin, the annual parade has grown to become one of the biggest festivals celebrated in Ireland, beginning at the GPO on O'Connell Street and finishing up at Merrion Square.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Ireland's First Pride LGBTQ+ March against violence in Dublin with tens of thousands of people flocking to Dublin City to celebrate the occasion.

Let's take a look at some of the Pride festivals happening around Ireland this Summer 2023!

Below is a map of some of the LGBT+ resource centres around Ireland.

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Belfast

• Cara-Friend - 23-31 Waring Street, Belfast, BT1 2DX
• HERe NI - 23 -31 Waring Street Belfast BT1 2DX
• Transgender NI - 98 University St, Belfast BT7 1HE
• The Rainbow Project - Belfast Office - 23-31 Waring Street, Belfast BT1 2DX

Cork

• Gay Project - South Parish Community Centre, Sawmill St, Ballintemple, Cork, Ireland T12 CX32
• LINC - LINC, 11A White St, Cork, T12 D36W
• Gender Rebels - Cork City
• LGBT+ Youghal Network - Cumann na Daoine, Catherine St, Youghal-Lands, Youghal, Co. Cork, P36 WY82

Derry/Londonderry

• The Rainbow Project - Foyle Office - 20 Strand Road, Orlan House, BT48 7AB

Dublin

• Guide Clinic - Hospital 5, St. James’s Hospital, James’s Street, Dublin 8
• LGBT Ireland - 80 Dame St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 RH42
• Gay Men’s Health Service (GMHS) - Meath Primary Care Centre, Heytesbury St, Dublin 8, D08 HX97
• Outhouse LGBTQ+ Centre - 105 Capel St, Rotunda, Dublin 1, D01 R290
• Belong to Youth Services - Parliament House, 13 Parliament Street, Dublin 2, D02 P658, Ireland

Galway

• Teach Solais LGBT+ Resource Centre - Westside Resource Centre, Seamus Quirke Rd, Galway
• GOSSIP Galway Support Group - Galway City

Kerry

• Trans Kerry Support Group - Listowel Family Resource Centre, John B. Keane Rd, Ballygowloge, Listowel, Co. Kerry

Kildare

• Sunrise Lgbt Kildare - Kildare Volunteer Centre, Meadow Rd, Kildare

Leitrim

• 8 Rays Leitrim - Carrick-On-Shannon, Co. Leitrim

Limerick

• GOSHH – Gender Orientation Sexual Health HIV

Louth

• Dundalk Outcomers - 8 Roden Pl, Townparks, Dundalk, Co. Louth, A91 NX31

Mayo

• OutWest - Unit 6, Cualgara, Teeling Street, Ballina, Co. Mayo F26XW65

Tipperary

• ChillOUT South Tipp - The Wilderness Youth & Community Centre, 15 Wilderness Grove, Carrigeen, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary

Wexford

• Gorey Youth Needs Group - Mary Ward Lane, St Michael's Rd, Mill Lands, Gorey, Co. Wexford