by Carol-TICS | Apr 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
As part of this year’s Tyneside Irish Festival we are excited to welcome The Wakes and Paddy Nash. Tickets are on sale now through the office or Eventbrite. The Wakes sound is a mixture of Celtic traditional music fused with punk rock and funk and with lyrics...
by Rosie Serdiville | Sep 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
We recently had problems with our Facebook page and have had to set up a new one. It’s called Tyneside Irish Cultural Society and you can find us here Or just paste in this link https://www.facebook.com/Tyneside-Irish-Cultural-Society-100460336179101...
by Rosie Serdiville | Sep 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
Calling All Book Group members past present and (hopefully) new This is an informal gathering for anyone interested in reading predominantly Irish fiction and non-fiction We are restarting at the Tyneside Irish Centre on Wednesday, 26th October at 7 p.m. Then on...
by Rosie Serdiville | Sep 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
We’re all set for this year’s Tyneside Irish Festival. Old friends like Andy Irvine, Sean Keane and the Pitmen Poets are joining us again. We have a half term Irish Culture Club for young people – I bet a few parents will be please to hear about...
by Rosie Serdiville | Aug 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Pitman Poets have done a trailer for us – it’s just stunning. You can see it on YouTube here Update. 8/9/22. Our trailer seems to have come off YouTube. But there’s a great trailer for the tour still to be savoured. You can find it...
by Rosie Serdiville | Aug 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Pitman Poets final, never to be repeated, one and only, last farewell tour. From Billly Elliot to Auf Wiedersehen Pet, from When the Boat Comes in to the Likely Lads. A night of songs and stories laced with North East Humour and humanity Lindisfarne singer and...
by Rosie Serdiville | Aug 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
We are delighted to welcome Andy Irvine back to the 2022 Tyneside Irish Festival. He will be here at the Tyneside Irish Centre on 8th October 2022. Doors open 7 pm, performance at 7.30 ANDY IRVINE is one of the great Irish singers, his voice one of a handful of...
by Rosie Serdiville | Mar 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
I’m afraid this evening’s talk by Siobhra Aiken on the Irish diaspora and the civil war has had to be postponed. We will rearrange it as soon as possible. But don’t forget there is another session coming up in April. Dr Stephen O’Neill...
by Rosie Serdiville | Mar 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
Join us for a feast of music, food and dancing, all hosted by our favourite storyteller, Pat Speight. The line up features the Tony Corcoran Ceili Band with special guests Benny Goodman (recently declared Gold Medal Folksinger of the year by the English Folk Dance...
by Rosie Serdiville | Feb 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
From the team that gave us ‘The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists’ we give you Townsend Theatre’s Production of Yes! Yes! UCS! It’s 1971 and Aggie McGraw, straight out of school , gets an office job at Govan shipyard a week before the government decide to kill it off....