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From 10 August 2026 Intensive and Super-Intensive German Courses

If your goal this summer is to maximize your German, we will be running an on-site super intensive 2-week A1.1. German course, starting 10 August, and an intensive 4-week A1.1. German course, starting 24 August.

On the left and right, two young white women smile at the camera and welcome you into Goethe-Institut Irland to learn German courses. The green door at 37 Merrion Square is open, and another young woman can be seen from behind going in. © Simon Lazewski

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Learn German at Goethe-Institut Irland © Simon Lazewski

The Goethe-Institut opens a window on the German Language to the world. We offer German language courses and exams in over 90 countries.

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  • Internationally recognised language certificates

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Explore contemporary German culture in this open place where Europe and the rest of the world meet.

Library

Our library is a free public place for anyone and everyone to read, work, watch a film, listen to music or just take a coffee break

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Onleihe

Our online library gives you access to thousands of German-language digital media titles.

Onleihe: The digital library

Return Gallery

Come see contemporary art at the Return Gallery, the in-house gallery of the Goethe-Institut Irland in Dublin!

Return Gallery

Musician Fehdah is seen in profile on the right. She is singing and playing a guitar. Behind her the library at Goethe-Institut Irland can be seen, a venue for Goethe-Institut Irland's cultural and literary events (C) Molly Keane

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Address

37 Merrion Square East
Dublin
D02 XK52
Ireland

Contact

Telephone

+353 1 6801110

E-Mail

info-dublin@goethe.de

Opening Hours

Mon–Thu :
9 am - 9 pm
Fri:
9 am - 5 pm
Sat:
9 am - 3 pm
Service Mon:
2 pm - 8 pm
Service Tues-Thurs:
2 pm - 5 pm
Service Sat:
10.30 am - 3 pm
Mon-Thu:
1:30pm - 6:30pm
Fri:
10am - 2pm
Standing at the left side of the photo, seen from behind, a young woman with dark hair holds up her phone with two hands, horizontally, in order to photograph the green door of Goethe-Institut Irland, where German courses are taught in Dublin @ Molly Keane

About us

We promote knowledge of the German language abroad and foster international cultural cooperation.

  • Two people seen blurred and in profile as they climb the stairs at Goethe-Institut Irland to their German course. The wall in the background is grey with orange touches. The staircase is a warm wooden colour.
  • The courtyard at Goethe-Institut Irland at night. A group of people are gathered for one of Goethe-Institut Irland's regular cultural events. The building at 37 Merrion Square is in the background, whitewash with brightly lit up windows.
  • A close-up of a piece of artwork stuck to a grey wall. The artwork is bright blue with black, white, red, pink and blue shapes in the centre. a piece of art from one of the exhibitions at Goethe-Institut Irland
  • Goethe-Institut Irland
  • A person photographed below the neck, wearing an ankle length grey woollen coat, walking by the railings outside Goethe-Institut Irland with a Hiberno-Goethe podcast tote bag on their shoulder
  • A woman with her back to the camera sits at a table. She has dark hair and is wearing a purple jumper. She is writing with a pen on a piece of paper whilst looking at the white board on the wall in front of her. The whiteboard is covered with German words from her German course at Goethe-Institut Irland
  • A wooden table is covered with two German newspapers and a German magazine. A woman's left hand hold one of the newspapers, her sleeve is purple. A coffee and a pastry are placed beside the newspapers in the upper right hand corner.
  • Zu sehen ist das Gebäude des Goethe-Instituts Irland, in dem Sprachkurse stattfinden. Der linke Teil des Gebäudes besteht aus Glas und ist orangefarben. Der rechte Teil ist aus sandsteinfarbenen Ziegeln errichtet und verfügt über große Fenster. Von hinten fotografiert eine Frau das Gebäude mit ihrem Smartphone; sie trägt einen violetten Pullover.
  • Student on her way to German Course at Goethe-Institut Irland