Birmingham Irish Association were delighted to host a visit from President Michael D Higgins and his wife Mrs Sabina Higgins on 11th February. President Michael D Higgins started his visit with a civic reception hosted by Birmingham’s lord mayor Yvonne Mosquito and later visited the memorial to the victims of the Birmingham pub bombings, which […]
The Birmingham Irish Association are delighted with the recent announcements from the President’s office that their CEO, Maurice Malone, has been appointed to the Council of State. The Council established by the constitution exists to offer advice to the President. Commenting on the announcement, Pat Reihill, Chair of Birmingham Irish Association said, ‘’This is a very […]
Birmingham St Patrick’s Festival, in association with DigBrew Co and Birmingham Irish Association, have secured 10 breweries, 8 Birmingham Irish bands and bucket loads of craic for their new OktoberFeis – an Irish music and beer festival. Popular Irish breweries including Galway Bay, Blacks and Rascals will be displaying the best of their brews, alongside the […]
OktoberFeis: The Irish Beer and Music Festival! St Patrick’s Festival Birmingham, in association with Birmingham Irish and DigBrew Co, are excited to announce the inaugural OktoberFeis! The weekend-long event, running from Friday 26th until Sunday 28th October, will feature the best in local and Irish brewed beers, along with the finest in Irish music, all while raising money to ensure the […]
New Memorial to be unveiled at New Street Station for the Victims of the Birmingham Pub Bombings of 1974 On 21st November 2018 a new memorial to the victims of the Birmingham Pub Bombings will be unveiled in a ceremony outside New Street Station, exactly forty-four years after the atrocity took place. The memorial has […]
Father and son team Mick and Deaglan O’Brien are planning to scale the Three Welsh peaks in 24 hours to raise money for the St Anne’s Centre at Birmingham Irish Association; where they provide care support to elderly Irish. You can support them here. Spurred on by successfully raising over £2,500 last year on their climb […]
Highways England’s plans to build a relief road off junction six of the M42 will have a “hugely damaging effect on Pairc na hEireann (…) stakeholders and consequently the sustainability of Gaelic Games (a minority sport), in Warwickshire.” Warwickshire GAA Secretary Michael Colling said “We feel strongly that the new proposals will impact negatively on […]
Following the recent publication of Minister Bruton’s Review, the Board of Caranua have announced that Caranua requires survivors who want to apply for funding supports from Caranua must complete and return an application form to apply for services by Wednesday 1st August 2018. Please follow this to an ISL video by the Irish Deaf Society with […]
The Trip to Birmingham TradFest is returning for it’s 5th year, and the line-up for 2018 and it is a belter! The 2018 TradFest will run from 22nd-25th November and feature well known traditional Irish artists; Four Men and a Dog, Brid Harper, Damien Mullane, Dermot Byne & Steve Cooner, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh and many […]
It has been almost a year since I had the honour of becoming the Ambassador of Ireland to the UK, and what a wonderful year it has been. Together with the team at the Embassy, I have travelled across Britain working to strengthen the cultural, economic and political ties between Ireland and the UK. In […]