We Are Eastside – arts and culture- Jonathan Watkins & Jiehong Jiang | Eastside Projects, 1 May, 6.30-8pm April 18, 2012
- Lunch Club | Eastside Projects, 26 April, 1–2pm April 10, 2012
- Underground Photography | Eastside Projects, 26 April, 6.30-8pm April 10, 2012
- Introducing Contemporary China, Eastside Projects, 11 April, 6.30-8pm April 5, 2012
- Discussion | Studios – Is there a need for permanence? 27 March 6.30-8pm Eastside Projects March 22, 2012
- Birmingham Post: Digbeth articles
- Bomb disposal squad called in to Birmingham tower block April 20, 2012
- Joe Holyoak: HS2 station in Birmingham could be disastrous for Digbeth March 30, 2012
- Review: Life Is A Dream, Birmingham Opera Company, Argyle Works, Digbeth March 30, 2012
- 48Sheet art project to transform billboards across Birmingham March 23, 2012
- Helicopter heaven for Birmingham Opera Company during Cultural Olympics March 15, 2012
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Tag Archives: irish centre
St Patrick’s Festival committee AGM and call for volunteers tonight at The Irish Centre
The St Patrick’s Festival committee are holding their Annual General Meeting tonight (Wednesday 19th October) at 7pm at the Ulster Suite of the Irish Centre. We would like to invite all stakeholders and members of the community to attend. The meeting will include the presentation … Continue reading
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Tagged irish centre, st patricks festival
Two forthcoming screenings of Arise, You Gallant Sweeneys!
They were among the many thousands who came to Britain to work on the roads and building sites of a booming postwar economy and who, for various reasons, have never been able to go back. When I read this article in … Continue reading
Birmingham Irish Heritage Group this May
This month Birmingham Irish Heritage Group will host a presentation from Liam Kirwan about the Massacre of Dunlavin Green in 1798. Go along to The Irish Centre this Wednesday 4th May at 7pm. All are welcome and there’s no charge. Later this month the Irish … Continue reading
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Tagged Finegan's Journal, irish centre, irish heritage, Liam Kirwan, Massacre of Dunlavin Green
A night of history and heritage from the Collins 22 Society on Weds 6th April
Birmingham Irish Heritage Group are hosting a night of history and heritage from the Collins 22 Society at The Irish Centre on Weds 6th April at 7.30pm. Admission is free and everyone is welcome.
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Tagged Collins 22 Society, irish centre, irish heritage
St Patrick’s Festival this week
A reminder, as if you needed one, that it’s the St Patrick’s Festival this week. Things kick off on Friday 11th March with the launch event at The Paragon Hotel, with the celebrations carrying on into Saturday 12th March with … Continue reading
February Irish Heritage: Deirdre O’Byrne on females in farm fiction
The last Birmingham Irish Heritage Group evening event on Wednesday 2nd February saw a welcome return visit from Deirdre O’Byrne. Deirdre gave a very interesting talk about the depiction of women in Irish rural fiction, often relating her findings to her … Continue reading
The Birmingham Irish Heritage Group Christmas quiz
On Wednesday 1st December I headed down to The Irish Centre for the Birmingham Irish Heritage Group’s Christmas quiz, which is the subject of the little film above. Questions were provided by Vice Chair John MacIntyre and there was live music … Continue reading
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Tagged Aston Villa, Birmingham City, football, irish centre, irish heritage, john macintyre
MACE talk about the Full Circle Project at the Tuesday Club in the Irish Centre
A little while ago Lucie Kerley of MACE (Media Archive for Central England) invited me along to a presentation she was giving at the Tuesday Club in the Irish Centre. Now the Tuesday Club is a real hidden gem that … Continue reading
The Irish Heritage Group ask How Irish Are You? and look forward to The Gunpowder Plot this Wednesday
Here’s a report on the last Birmingham Irish Heritage Group event from Chair Michael Walsh, when Alex Smith of the Federation of Irish Societies spoke about the under-representation of the Irish community in the previous Census (there’s a handy website where … Continue reading
Birmingham Irish Heritage Group Annual General Meeting this Weds 6th October
Join the Birmingham Irish Heritage Group for their Annual General Meeting at the Irish Centre from 7pm tomorrow night, Weds 6th October. All are welcome and there’s no charge. Birmingham Irish Heritage Group AGM on 6th October 2010
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Tagged irish centre, irish heritage