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 […]
Saturday 27th January Free 7pm Described as “Ireland’s George Orwell”, Hubert Butler (1900-91) was both essayist and human rights champion. From his base in rural Ireland he travelled in Europe, working to smuggle Jews to Ireland from post-Anschluss Vienna, and exposing World War 2 atrocities in the Balkans, work that brought him into a head-on […]
Doors open 7pm Show 8pm The Echoes of Erin tour returns once again on Monday 19th February. A colourful and exciting show of traditional Irish music, song, dance and storytelling. Starring Ireland’s leading traditional musicians, singers and dancers. £8 / £6 Concession Click here for tickets
Irish product hampers made to suit your budget. Fantastic gift idea. Just ask at the bar.
Membership subscriptions taken and new cards issued on Friday and Saturday evenings 6pm to 8pm from Friday 5th January until Saturday 24th February. Rates are unchanged. Renewals £5 Concessions £3 Life members Free (20 years and 70+) New members £10 / £7 Concession (Concession for men and women aged 65 and over)
Following the success of the Easter Rising lecture series the Tyneside Irish Cultural Society have programmed six more lectures which will run until May 2017. Tyneside Irish Centre History Lecture Series The Revolutionary Generation Dr Stephen Reagan (Durham University) 24 November 2016 7.30pm W.B. Yeats: ‘Poetry, Politics, and Easter 1916’ In 1896, W.B. Yeats wrote to […]
