Simon O’Connor

Simon O’Connor is a composer and the founding Director of the Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI), a partnership between University College Dublin and the National Library of Ireland. Under his leadership, MoLI has received the European Heritage Award/Europa Nostra Award (Grand Prix, 2023), the Business to Arts Award for Best Philanthropic Support of the Arts (2021), as well as multiple design awards, and was shortlisted for both the European Museum of the Year Award and the European Mies van der Rohe Architecture Award.

He was also the founding curator of the Little Museum of Dublin, which was awarded a European Heritage Award in 2016. Combining artistic vision with organisational leadership, he develops engaging cultural experiences that strengthen public appreciation of Ireland’s literary heritage.