We Are Eastside – arts and culture- Developing Your Profile Online Saturday 25 February 10–3pm Eastside Projects February 3, 2012
- Thursday Lunch Club 23 February 1–2pm Eastside Projects February 3, 2012
- Why is Painting Still Important? Thursday 16 February 6.30-8pm Eastside Projects February 3, 2012
- Untitled January 31, 2012
- Artist’s Talk: Simon Bill Wednesday 1 February 6.30 – 8pm Eastside Projects January 26, 2012
- Birmingham Post: Digbeth articles
- Proestes campaign to save Island House from demolition February 1, 2012
- Birmingham historian Carl Chinn joins fight to save Island House from demolition January 31, 2012
- Jazz Diary December 30, 2011
- Health fears over rise of shisha bars in Birmingham December 29, 2011
- HMV Live sale to include the Institute venue in Digbeth and Global Gathering festival December 21, 2011
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Tag Archives: irish heritage
Birmingham Irish Heritage this Wednesday: A Night of History and Heritage
Join the Birmingham Irish Heritage Group for A Night of History and Heritage with the Collins 22 Society at The Irish Centre this at 7pm Wednesday 2nd November. All are welcome and entry is £5.
Posted in Art, culture and that, The Irish Quarter
Tagged Collins 22 Society, irish centre, irish heritage
Arise, You Gallant Sweeneys! at Irish Heritage
Last night Ian Nesbitt (OutSideFilm) and Julie Cassidy Gosling (Chair of Nottingham Irish Centre) very kindly travelled over from Nottingham to present Arise, You Gallant Sweeneys! (the film they created with The Long Distance Gang) to Birmingham Irish Heritage. A short … Continue reading
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 celebrate the launch of Finegan’s Journal on Weds 25th May
On Wednesday 25th May the Birmingham Irish Heritage Group will be celebrating the launch of Finegan’s Journal – the insightful writings of an Irish Protestant hired by the Birmingham Town Mission in 1837 to work with the city’s Irish population. T A … Continue reading
Posted in Local Life, The Irish Quarter
Tagged Birmingham Town Mission, Carl Chin, Chris Upton, Finegan’s Journal, heritage, History, irish heritage
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
Happy St Patrick’s Day Digbeth!
I hope everyone has had a great St Patrick’s Day. Going by the number of revellers dressed in green still walking the Digbeth streets, I’d say so. St Patrick’s Day in Digbeth is always a lively affair, but not half … Continue reading
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Tagged BakeAngel, Birmingham Post, Custard Factory, Digbeth Residents Association, Handsworth, HMV Institute, I Am Birmingham, irish heritage, Newswaves, Sisters of Mercy, st annes church, St Mary's Convent, St Pat Rocks, st patricks festival, Val Birchall
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
All change
You may notice things are looking a bit different here on Digbeth is Good. Many thanks to Pete Ashton for the great theme tweaking and Midge for the new header design. I hope you like the new place. Find your … Continue reading
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Tagged Aimee, bcu, Birmingham City University., carl, Digbeth Residents Association, HMV Institute, irish heritage, midge, moseleyrd, Nav, Newswaves, pamela, Pete Ashton, snowblind, the rainbow
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
Posted in The Irish Quarter
Tagged Aston Villa, Birmingham City, football, irish centre, irish heritage, john macintyre