Pride of the Déise

06/09/2026

Hey folks, we would love you to fill out our POTD 2026 feedback survey! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Takes 5-7 mins, fully anonymous, and helps us plan next year's festival, regular events and programming + hand over to the incoming committee ahead of our AGM in a few weeks

https://forms.gle/kC6qCTXfGYhysvACA

We'll share the results at the AGM, on 25th of September and will be discussing ideas and plans for the upcoming year 🩷

04/09/2026

AGM Time 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Seven years ago a handful of our community started Pride of the Déise with a few notions. Now look at us: two festivals a year (Q***r Vision in the spring, Pride in the summer), Q***rcal Comhrá, Déise Gaymers, and spaces for our community right across the calendar.
None of it runs on magic. It runs on people. And giiiirl, do we need more of you.

We want fresh hands, fresh heads and fresh faces on the committee. Learn how it all works, share what you know, and have a go at the wheel yourself.

📍 St Patrick's Gateway
📅 Friday 25 September
🕡 6:30 to 7:30pm

Come for the community, stay for the biscuits. Tar linn! 💛

Bí páirteach. Get involved.
Help us keep the Déise deadly, divas.

[email protected] | prideofthedeise.com

04/09/2026

19/08/2026

🌈 Cork is about to make history.

Our little city is set to become the first city in the world outside the US to host the original Gilbert Baker Rainbow Flag - the flag that went on to become a global symbol of LGBTI+ pride, visibility, inclusion and equality. 🏳️‍🌈

From Thursday, a large fragment of the original flag will go on display at Cork Public Museum for four months, following a special loan from the GLBT Historical Society in San Francisco.

And this is a big deal: the artefact was donated to the society in 2021, but this will be the first time it has ever been exhibited outside America.

A pretty powerful piece of history coming to Cork - and another reminder of the city’s long-standing connection with San Francisco and its commitment to equality, inclusion and community.

Cork, we see you. 🌈💚

14/08/2026

Games on tonight at WCQ!

06/06/2026

The Irish Q***r Archive is a testament to our strength and resilience as a community 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Read 👉 https://buff.ly/kLv8ChJ

04/06/2026

Quare Boaty, the grand finale of the POTD 2026 Festival, is a deliberate, affectionate homage to that tradition. On Saturday 6 June, the Barrow Princess - operated by Three Sisters Irish Cruise and Boat Excursions - sets sail from the quay at 3pm for two hours on the River Suir. Dr. Phil is on the decks. The bar is fully stocked. There are two levels to explore. And the community that has grown, changed, and endured across the decades since that 1999 notice will be on board together for one last bash.

It is, in the most straightforward sense, a boat party. It is also, in every sense that matters, a continuation. Waterford's q***r community has been gathering, celebrating, and yes - cruising the river - for longer than many of its current members have been alive. Quare Boaty is not a new idea. It is a very old one, finally getting the send-off it deserves.

Tickets are €20. Limited availability at https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/quare-boaty-the-grand-finale-of-pride-of-the-deise-2026-tickets-1989150434496

https://www.waterford-news.ie/sponsored/getting-quare-boaty-a-throwback-to-90s-suirside-cruising_arid-99900.html

Getting Quare Boaty: A Throwback to '90s Suirside Cruising - Sponsored - Waterford News & Star