JOHN LIMER (1938-2019) – a modest tribute by Tony Corcoran September 2019 After a long illness, bravely borne, John Limer passed quietly away last week.Born in Hebburn on the south banks of the Tyne, he was raised in the heart of a vibrant Catholic – Irish community the values and traditions of which he absorbed […]
CARRYING DAVID A play which recently had its world premiere at the Tyneside Irish Centre in Newcastle could be set to go on a national tour of the UK and Ireland. Carrying David is the story of how Glenn McCrory, a lad from an Irish family, rose from the depths of the economic wilderness created […]
Irish History Lecture Series September 2019-April 2020 Thursdays 7.30pm Free 19 Sept: Sinéad Morrissey: Poetry reading by the inaugural Belfast Poet Laureate, Sinéad Morrissey, currently Professor of Creative Writing at Newcastle University and Director of the Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts. 3 October: Seán Donnelly: Ireland’s ‘Wilsonian Moment’: Anti-Imperialism, the War of Independence & the […]
On a rainy Wednesday afternoon in June, in the village of Annitsford just north of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, the Tyneside Irish Cultural Society hosted one of their regular meetings for their ‘Raised on Songs and Stories’ project at the United Irish League club. The project provides a free afternoon of live Irish […]
We recently took our Raised on Songs and Stories project out to St. Joseph’s church in Stanley, County Durham where we had a very warm welcome from Fr. Kevin Dixon and many of his parishioners. Lady Elsie Robson attended the afternoon of music, chat and food. We were asked by several people if they could […]
32nd Tyneside Irish Festival 2018 13th to 21st October All events at Tyneside Irish Centre, 43 Gallowgate, NE1 4SG (unless stated otherwise) Big Trad Weekend Ticket available for £30 for Friday 19th, Saturday 20th, Sunday 21st October Saturday 13th – David Lyttle Trio, (Jazz) The Globe pub NE4 7AD (in assoc. with Jazz North East) […]
Online renewal applications have a much faster turnaround time. You still need to apply for a passport with a paper form (available from the Irish Centre) if it’s a first-time application. You can find all the details here: https://www.dfa.ie/irish-embassy/great-britain/passports/
Keep up to date with all that’s going on at the Irish Centre at their new website. www.tynesideirishcentre.com You can check on which sports games are showing, find out about room hire and what is happening in the bar and function rooms. The Cultural Society will focus on providing information on their own music events, […]
Tyneside Irish Cultural Society(TICS) will be showing the acclaimed RTE documentary “Seven Ages: the Story of the Irish State” starting on Thursday 19th April 2018 from 4.30pm to 6pm in the Irish Centre, Gallowgate NE1 4SG. The series is generally regarded as a unique source of evidence for the dramatic events that shaped Ireland in the […]
Starting from Thursday 1st February we are inviting our senior Irish members to a monthly hot lunch and social gathering. The meal will be served at 1.00 pm and should be finished well before 2.30 pm hopefully this will leave time for the bingo for those who want to play. This is an extension to […]
