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Venue guide · Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2

National Concert Hall

Ireland's national concert hall on Earlsfort Terrace, with four spaces: the Main Stage, the Kevin Barry Recital Room, the John Field Room and The Studio.

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The National Concert Hall on Earlsfort Terrace at night
Photo: National Concert Hall · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Seating & venue layout

The Main Stage has stalls downstairs and balconies above: the Main Balcony, Side Balconies and Choir Balcony. When you book a concert on nch.ie, you pick your seat from that night's seat map.

  • StallsDownstairs. Wheelchair spaces are at the back.
  • Main, Side & Choir BalconiesUpstairs, with no lift access.
  • Kevin Barry Recital RoomSmaller recital room, reachable by lift.

Seating plans are the venue's own, so we link to them rather than copy them.

Getting there & venue info

The essentials

Address
Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, D02 N527
Directions ↗
Box office
+353 1 417 0000 · Mon–Fri 10am–2pm
Age
Under 5s aren't admitted to concerts that aren't suitable for children. Babies under 12 months go free to family events.
Cloakroom
Free.
Food & drink
Four bars, a tea, coffee and snack bar, and The Terrace restaurant. All open before concerts and at the interval.
Latecomers
Ushers seat you at a suitable break. Until then you can watch on TV monitors.
Website
nch.ie ↗

Getting there

  • LuasHarcourt on the Green Line, then walk to Earlsfort Terrace via Hatch Street.
  • BusBuses stop on Earlsfort Terrace and nearby Leeson Street.
  • DARTPearse is the nearest station.
  • BikeA Dublin Bikes station right outside, more on Hatch Street and St Stephen's Green East, and a bike rack at the front entrance.

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair spaces for users and carers are at the back of the stalls. Book them by phone or email, not online.
  • Step-free ramp access at the front left of the building.
  • There's no lift to the Main, Side or Choir Balconies. The Kevin Barry Recital Room has one.
  • Two unisex accessible toilets in the foyer. Infrared assistive listening on the Main Stage and in the John Field Room.
  • 50% off NCH-promoted Main Stage concerts, and some others, for disabled people and their carers.

Access queries: [email protected] · +353 1 417 0000

Full access information ↗

Checked against the venue's own pages on Monday 28 September 2026: NCH: Getting to the NCH, NCH: FAQs, NCH: Accessibility. Details change, so confirm with National Concert Hall before you travel.

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