Ireland’s Islamic Cultural Headquarters

The Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland (ICCI) is located in Clonskea next to University College Dublin. It was designed by the Irish architect firm, Michael Collins & Associates, and the layout is based on a square divided into nine smaller squares, with the mosque placed in the center. It was funded by the al-Maktoum Foundation of Dubai and has a Sunni orientation. It was officially opened in 1996 by President Mary Robinson and Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum. The mosque and cultural center include the main prayer hall, a restaurant, a library, meeting rooms, laundry facilities, ten apartments, administrative offices, and recently a shop. A primary school is also located on the premises. The center housed the headquarters of the International Association of Muslim Scholars (later International Union of Muslim Scholars) before it moved to Qatar.