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St Patrick’s Festival committee AGM and call for volunteers tonight at The Irish Centre

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

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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Happy St Patrick’s Day Digbeth!

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Nicky Getgood | 1 Comment

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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St Patrick’s Festival Parade Day tomorrow – advice and information

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

Are we all geared up for the big St Patrick’s Festival parade day tomorrow?  Birmingham City Council’s News Room has published some information about parking issues and road closures during the day to help you be prepared: Digbeth High Street … Continue reading →

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St Patrick’s Festival this week

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

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 →

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Preparing for this year’s St Patrick’s Parade

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

There may not be many blossoming daffodils in Digbeth to mark the start of spring in March, but at least we get to see the streets come to life with the St Patrick’s Day Parade from 12pm on Sunday 13th … Continue reading →

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Urban Village sale on for another two weeks

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

The Urban Village vintage store in the Custard Factory will be carrying on its January sale for another fortnight.  Pop by for some cut-price vintage garb or the perfect jumper for the St Patrick’s Day Festival in March, if you’re … Continue reading →

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August Irish Heritage: James Moran’s ‘Irish Birmingham – A History’

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Nicky Getgood | 2 Comments

This month’s Irish Heritage really was a gem – Drama Lecturer James Moran gave a presentation around his book Irish Birmingham – A History, charting the rich political and cultural exchange between Ireland and Birmingham that’s been taking place since … Continue reading →

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St Patrick’s Festival Irish literarure event

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

This year’s Irish literature event at Tuesday, which was part of the St Patrick’s Festival Birmingham Fringe, was as Kent Davis described – ‘great little event that we can build for the future’.  It was a lovely, cosy gathering around … Continue reading →

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Big St Patrick’s Festival Parade post

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Nicky Getgood | 4 Comments

Oh yes, it’s that time of year again, when I attempt to summarize the Sunday parade madness.  Things kicked off with mass at St Anne’s Church, where Father Murphy asked parishoners to ‘Remember St Patrick gave us the mass…he never … Continue reading →

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A notice for fans of Irish film, literature and that

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

Those of you who missed the special screening of the Philip Donnellan piece on BBC1′s Inside Out on 8th March, which featured interviews with Filum fans at the Spotted Dog who’d just watched his documentary film The Irishmen, you can … Continue reading →

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